Stories tagged: "economic inequities"

Money Watt-hour meters track electricity used by residents of an apartment building in St. Marys, Elk County, in May 2009. (AP File Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Money Pennsylvania’s Low-Income Families Are Getting More Money to Weatherize Their Homes

The commonwealth will receive $186 million through the Weatherization Assistance Program, money that will help thousands of families make their homes more energy efficient.

Patrick Berkery March 31, 2022 4:45 pm EDT
Healthcare Dr. Ala Stanford administers a COVID-19 swab test on Wade Jeffries in the parking lot of Pinn Memorial Baptist Church in Philadelphia, Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Stanford and other doctors formed the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium to offer testing and help address heath disparities in the African American community. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Healthcare USA Today Honors Dr. Ala Stanford For Serving Philadelphia’s Underserved Communities

Dr. Ala Stanford has helped to provide more than 100,000 COVID-19 tests and vaccinations to Philadelphia’s underserved communities.

Patrick Berkery March 17, 2022 9:24 am EDT
Coronavirus FILE - Gov. Tom Wolf speaks at the Reading Area Community College in Reading, Pa., Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. Wolf followed through on his veto threat Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, rejecting Republican-penned legislation to allow people to carry a firearm openly or concealed, without a permit, adding to his total for Pennsylvania's chief executive with the most vetoes in more than four decades. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Coronavirus Wolf Outlines Plan to Spend $1.7B in Pandemic Relief Money

Under Gov. Wolf’s proposal, funding would go to families, small businesses, healthcare systems, and revitalization efforts impacted by the pandemic.

Patrick Berkery February 2, 2022 4:04 pm EST
Coronavirus Pennsylvania billionaires
Coronavirus A Tale of Two Pandemics: One For Billionaires, One For Everyone Else

From Dick Yuengling to Urban Outfitters owner Richard Hayne, Pennsylvania’s billionaires have seen their fortunes grow during the pandemic.

Patrick Berkery October 22, 2021 1:44 pm EDT
Economy President Trump, one of the wealthiest president in history, has enacted economic policies enriching America's richest citizens. Biden's working-class Scranton background has translated into economic plans that will benefit the vast majority of the nation. (Graphic by COURIER)
Economy ‘Scranton Versus Park Avenue’: How Biden and Trump’s Economic Plans Match Up

Biden's Pennsylvania upbringing and Amtrak-riding ways are light-years from Trump’s billionaire status. That has real implications for Americans' wallets.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil October 30, 2020 12:37 pm EDT

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Pennsylvania nurses celebrate with House Health Committee Chairman Dan Frankel (D-Allegheny) at the State Capitol in Harrisburg, Tuesday, June 7, 2023, after the committee passed the Patient Safety Act. (Photo: Sean Kitchen) Healthcare Nurses Secure Major Victory as Pennsylvania House Advances Patient Safety Act
Economy When news about President Trump's taxes broke, many Americans wondered how he avoided paying anything for years. The answer? Tax breaks and loopholes benefit the rich.
Economy How Trump and America’s Richest Avoid Taxes: They Have Wealth, Not Income

Most taxpayers will never receive the kind of tax breaks given to the wealthy, which expands inequality and hurts the middle class.

Meghan McCarthy Meghan McCarthy October 1, 2020 3:45 pm EDT