Stories tagged: "031 ECONOMY"

Food A person walks past the meal aisle inside a grocery store on November 14, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Food Casey: Food producers driving, profiting off of increased food prices

“It has, quite literally, gotten harder for working Americans to bring home the bacon,” the report said, describing the rising costs of food prices. 

Sean Kitchen Sean Kitchen November 21, 2023 12:13 pm EST
Economy US Sen. Bob Casey speaking at a Labor Day rally at the Sheet Metal Worker Local 19 facility on Sept. 4, 2023. (Photo: Sean Kitchen)
Economy Sen. Casey takes aim at corporate price gouging’s inflation impacts

The report was released last week by US Sen Bob Casey (D-Pennsylvania), and calls out corporations for using inflation as a cover to gouge consumers and reap record profits coming out of the pandemic. 

Sean Kitchen Sean Kitchen November 16, 2023 10:22 am EST
Economy In Sept. 2020, the median home sale price in Pennsylvania was $230,400. As of Sept. 2023, that figure had risen to $274,900, a 19% increase, according to Redfin. Renters are also paying more in the commonwealth. In 2020, they paid an average of $684 per month for a one bedroom apartment. In 2023, they’re paying an average of $917 for a one bedroom, a 34% increase. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Economy As Pennsylvania housing costs soar, Biden wants to turn empty offices into housing

In Sept. 2020, the median home sale price in Pennsylvania was $230,400. As of Sept. 2023, that figure had risen to $274,900, a 19% increase, according to Redfin. Renters are also paying more in the commonwealth. In 2020, they paid an average of $684 per month for a one bedroom apartment. In 2023, they’re paying an average of $917 for a one bedroom, a 34% increase.

Isabel Soisson Isabel Soisson November 3, 2023 1:19 pm EDT
Economy “[These] charges are taking real money out of the pockets of American families. These junk fees can add up to hundreds of dollars, weighing down family budgets, making it harder to pay family bills,” President Biden said on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Economy Biden moves to ban all junk fees and hidden charges for Pennsylvanians

“[These] charges are taking real money out of the pockets of American families. These junk fees can add up to hundreds of dollars, weighing down family budgets, making it harder to pay family bills,” President Biden said on Wednesday.

Isabel Soisson Isabel Soisson October 11, 2023 6:10 pm EDT
Economy Former President Donald Trump visits the Alpha Gamma Rho, agricultural fraternity, at Iowa State University before an NCAA college football game between Iowa State and Iowa, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, in Ames, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Economy Trump Wants to Cut Corporate Taxes Again

Sixty-five percent of Americans believe corporate taxes should be raised and roughly six in 10 Americans said it bothered them a lot that corporations and some wealthy people “don’t pay their fair share,” according to a Pew survey. Donald Trump has other ideas.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil September 12, 2023 11:18 am EDT

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Volunteers Aaron McKissic, left, an employee of FedEx, and Dina Nellis, right, of the Pittsburgh Pirates, work on an assembly line filling bags with six week-end meals for students in 29 Pittsburgh city schools in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018. The Backpack Feeding Program provides free weekend meals to children enrolled in the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture National School Lunch Program's Free or Reduced Price School Meals. The Backpack Feeding program is coordinated by the joint effort of Focus Pittsburgh, and the Pittsburgh area Food Bank. ( Photo/Gene J. Puskar) Local We asked, you answered: What’s a charity or organization in Pennsylvania you feel strongly about donating your time and/or money to?
Congresswoman Susan Wild speaking at the grand opening of a TSA security checkpoint at the Lehigh Valley International Airport on July 28, 2023 (Photo: Sean Kitchen) Labor Susan Wild confronts anti-union executive at US House hearing
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Economy The proposed regulation would require employers to pay overtime to their salaried workers who are in executive, administrative, and professional roles, and make less than $1,059 a week, or $55,068 a year for full-time employees. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke, File)
Economy Millions More Workers Would Get Overtime Pay Under New Biden Plan

The proposed regulation would require employers to pay overtime to their salaried workers who are in executive, administrative, and professional roles, and make less than $1,059 a week, or $55,068 a year for full-time employees.

Isabel Soisson Isabel Soisson August 31, 2023 2:14 pm EDT
Jobs Thousands of SEIU 32 BJ members rally for a fair contract in Philadelphia on August 29, 2023. (Photo: Sean Kitchen)
Jobs Thousands of ‘Essential’ Workers Rally in Philadelphia for Better Pay

Thousands of commercial janitors and building workers from Service Employees International Union 32 BJ rallied in Philadelphia on Tuesday as the union’s contracts representing 70,000 workers on the East Coast are set to expire over the next  few months

Sean Kitchen Sean Kitchen August 29, 2023 5:44 pm EDT