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Op-Ed: Wolf’s liability protections veto leaves industries in the cold
Small businesses, nonprofits, day care centers and the education and medical communities recently received more troubling news in this year of financial hardship when Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed critical liability protections on the last day of the 2019-20 legislative session — effectively leaving these industries out in the cold as they struggle to overcome the myriad of challenges brought forth by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Let’s not allow COVID to affect our natural gas sector
As the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s budget suffers from decreased revenues owing to COVID-19’s curtailment of business activity, I fear Gov. Wolf will attempt to fill this shortfall through additional taxes on Marcellus Shale gas.
From wage taxes to red tape, here’s why Philadelphia is one of the hardest cities to do business
Why would a company moving into a century-old building that’s never flooded need to cut a drain flap into its metal front door?
More taxes will impede Marcellus Shale production
As the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s budget suffers from decreased revenues owing to COVID-19’s curtailment of business activity, I fear Gov. Wolf will attempt to fill this shortfall through additional taxes on Marcellus Shale gas.
Philly, where leaders’ good intentions don’t help a poor city grow
Philadelphia trails other big East Coast cities in business formation, jobs, wages, and personal wealth. To employers, it often looks as if this city is more interested in its progressive image than attracting the for-profit companies that employ most people.
OP-ED: Natural gas: Let’s keep the power on
There is no question that natural gas development in Pennsylvania has led to local, state, and national benefits. Second in the level of production in
Partnerships with Local Industries Critical to Support Medical Workers During COVID-19
While states are transitioning away from stay-at-home orders and returning to some sense of ordinary life, it appears that our hospitals and our healthcare workers
Letter to the editor: Wolf’s severance tax would hurt Pa.’s pandemic recovery
Our state’s economic growth hinges on supporting our natural gas industry – taxing it would only hamper our recovery efforts!
Pa. municipalities to see 20% less in shale gas payouts, following last year’s price drop
This year’s collected fees clock in at just over $200 million, more than 20% lower than last year’s record total of $252 million.
PA Businesses Push For Protection From Consumer Lawsuits During COVID-19
Leaders from Pennsylvania’s business, manufacturing, and health care industries are calling on the state to broaden liability protections to companies during the pandemic, saying without them economic growth will be hampered by an onslaught of lawsuits.
‘Bringing PA Back’ from the pandemic [column]
The COVID-19 pandemic brought forth an unparalleled time in our state’s history. As a commonwealth, we came together to slow the spread of this novel coronavirus.
Jeff Kupfer: More taxes, covid-19 could cripple Pa. shale
Each day brings more evidence of the economic wrecking ball unleashed by the coronavirus. And as the country deals with the crisis, that wrecking ball continues to generate big holes in government budgets.