Money & Jobs
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Pennsylvania governor rolls out plan to fast-track and subsidize power plants, hydrogen projects
Gov. Josh Shapiro said Thursday that he wants to fast-track big energy projects in Pennsylvania and offer hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks for projects that provide electricity to the grid and make hydrogen.
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Workers at a Whole Foods Market in Philadelphia become the 1st to unionize
Workers at a Whole Foods Market in Pennsylvania voted to unionize on Monday, becoming the first group of employees to pull off a labor win at the Amazon-owned grocery store chain.
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New ranking finds that Pittsburgh’s job market is thriving
Pittsburgh finished second in WalletHub’s new Best Cities for Jobs ranking. The finance company cited the Steel City’s high-quality jobs, its job opportunities, and status as a growing tech hub.
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Nippon, US Steel file suit after Biden administration blocks $15 billion deal
The suit, filed Monday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, alleges that it was a political decision and violated the companies’ due process.
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2024 was big for bitcoin. States could see a crypto policy blitz in 2025 in spite of the risks
The new year will usher in the bitcoin-friendly administration of President-elect Donald Trump and an expanding lobbying effort in statehouses that, together, could push states to become more open to crypto and for public pension funds and treasuries to buy into it.
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Pennsylvanians will see a change in their electric bills starting in December
All Pennsylvania regulated electric companies are adjusting their rates starting Dec. 1, with most increasing their rates.
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Opinion: What would a second Trump term mean for our taxes?
In this op-ed, the executive director of Pennsylvania Policy Center, Marc Stier, critiques Donald Trump’s potential tax policies, arguing that they would disproportionately benefit the wealthy while imposing higher taxes on working-class families in Pennsylvania.
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Pennsylvania taxpayers will be able to file their returns directly with the IRS in 2025
Thanks to the Biden-Harris Administration’s Inflation Reduction Act, eligible Americans in 24 states, including Pennsylvania, are able file their taxes online for free, directly with the IRS, saving potentially hundreds of dollars and hours of time.
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Opinion: The Inflation Reduction Act’s drug price negotiations is saving taxpayers billions
In this op-ed, Melissa Herd, Region 3 Director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, explains how the Biden-Harris Administration’s Inflation Reduction Act allows Medicare to negotiate lower prices for 10 prescription drugs, potentially saving billions for taxpayers and Medicare enrollees, with the new prices taking effect on January 1, 2026.
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Advocates call for increasing the minimum wage as PA worker salaries lag neighbors
Pennsylvania’s economy has rebounded from the pandemic and is experiencing the lowest unemployment rates in 50 years. However, low wage workers are still making $3,500 less per year than their counterparts in states with higher minimum wages.
