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BARR: Prioritizing Long-Term Economic Growth in the New Year

We live in rapidly changing times, especially for business. While we remain optimistic about our economic recovery, we continue to be plagued by pandemic-related challenges from government directives, workforce shortages, labor market issues, and supply-chain disruptions. The Omicron variant of COVID-19 and November’s record high annual inflation of 6.8 percent have also been a blow …

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American Airlines Canceling 2 Flights Daily At Philadelphia International Airport Due To Staffing Shortages

Workforce Development

If you have summer travel plans booked with American Airlines, you better check with the airline before heading to the airport. American is canceling hundreds of flights because of staffing shortages. “I think it feels like freedom a little bit to get out of the house and to go away like we used to,” said …

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Letter to the editor: Severance tax not solution for Pa.’s recovery

Energy

For the seventh consecutive year, Gov. Tom Wolf proposes a severance tax in the state budget. The Wolf administration claims that the severance tax, along with other proposed taxes, will help us recover from the covid-19 crisis. The natural gas industry plays a critical role in developing products we use in our everyday lives as …

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Editorial: Chamber of Commerce pledge ‘Rise to the Challenge’ deserves support

News, Workforce Development

No one was planning for a pandemic when rumblings started in early 2020, but here we are a year and half later trying to understand what happened and where to go next. When it comes to Pennsylvania’s economy, the answers are not as simple as going back to how things were before. Business and political …

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Pennsylvania government revenue up about $3 billion

News

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania was predicted to start the 2021 – 2022 financial year with a mounting budget deficit, but the commonwealth is in decent fiscal shape. Economists initially approximated more than 2.5 billion dollars in the hole at the start of the 2021 – 2022 budget year in addition to the continuation of structural deficits …

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Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry launches second phase of economic initiative

News, Workforce Development

The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, the state’s largest broad-based business association, recently launched the second phase of its Bringing PA Back economic initiative. Phase one addressed employers’ short-term needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Phase two will focus on creating a framework that will promote long-term economic growth and opportunity. This will be done …

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Is extra $300 in federal unemployment assistance stopping people from applying for jobs?

Workforce Development

With about 56,000 people in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties reporting they are without a job, businesses still find themselves scrambling to fill vacancies. One reason cited for the challenge is the extra $300 a week in federal Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Assistance that people have collected since the end of December. That supplement is half of …

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How a worker shortage in PA is stalling its recovery, and what jobs are needed most

Workforce Development

As COVID-19 restrictions get lifted and Pennsylvania’s economy tries to get back on track, businesses ranging from fast-food restaurants to manufacturing are clamoring to fill job vacancies — and many are saying they are having trouble luring workers. Labor advocates, though, say businesses are not offering workers enough money in a competitive hiring market still under a pandemic cloud, and there remain obstacles …

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Southeastern Pennsylvania Benefits From Energy Development

Energy

President Joe Biden’s $2.25 trillion American Jobs Plan seeks to put people to work by rebuilding our nation’s critical infrastructure. But his plan to “build back better” overlooks the backbone of America’s energy system: pipelines. Not only are these energy assets critical to powering our economy, pipelines are the lynchpin in helping the administration meet …

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A ‘no’ vote on PRO Act is a ‘yes’ for free enterprise

News

Among other things, President Joe Biden called for passage of the “PRO Act” on Wednesday during his first address before a joint session of Congress. The Protecting the Right to Organize Act, which the U.S. House passed by a narrow margin of 224-194 in March, is part of Biden’s American Jobs Plan, “a blue-collar blueprint to build America.” …

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