Pennsylvania has a workforce problem - a growing skills gap that is making it difficult for employers to find qualified job candidates to fill open positions. We're fighting to close this gap by working with businesses, educators, students and their families to help build the skilled workforce of tomorrow.
Government should operate within its means: evaluating the effectiveness of current programs; weeding out waste, fraud and abuse in spending; and investing wisely in worthy state-run programs that directly benefit taxpayers.
Our natural gas industry holds the promise of economic growth and job creation. Additional taxes hinder this opportunity and drive companies to states with friendlier tax climates that share our resources. We're fighting against proposed new taxes on the industry that would pay for more state spending.
Yogi Berra once famously stated, "It's like deja vu all over again."
Pennsylvania's economy is humming - more of us are working than ever before and tax revenues are coming in well beyond expectations, according to the Department of Revenue.
Sales of soda and other sweetened beverages have declined by 51 percent at chain stores in Philadelphia since the city's controversial tax on beverages took effect in 2017, according to a study released Tuesday, one week before city primary elections in which the tax is a key issue.
Natural gas is revitalizing Wyoming County.
Pipelines are safer than tank cars as long as they are built the right way.
The continued push for a natural gas severance tax and safeguards against opioid addiction may well be taken up in the state Legislature this year.
In recent years, anti-energy groups have rallied around a singular theme: "Keep it in the Ground."
Now that the Amazon show is over, let's take full advantage of our world-class energy reserves
A much-reviled Pennsylvania business tax has been swept out by the new year.
A much-reviled Pennsylvania business tax has been swept out by the new year.
Almost since the day he took office, Gov. Wolf has said he's not accustomed to Harrisburg's dysfunction.
By adding an average of 803 new residents each day between July 1, 2013, and July 1, 2014, Florida recently passed New York to become the nation's third most populous state, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.