by Jane Richey | Jun 15, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Pennsylvania’s statewide unemployment rate held steady at 7;4 percent in May the same rate it was in April, the state the state Department of Labor and Industry said this afternoon. That’s lower than the national rate, which ticked upward from 8.1 percent...
by Jane Richey | May 14, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Oil helped build Pennsylvania. It helped feed the industry’s workers by giving them jobs, such as those at the old ConocoPhillips refinery in Trainer, Delaware County. But these days, the oil industry is unpredictable. Crude oil is costing more, shrinking an...
