by Jane Richey | Jan 14, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Pennsylvania distributed more than $690 million in overpayments of unemployment compensation money between July 2011 and June 2012, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Benefit Accuracy Measurement program. Overpayments are usually the result of...
by Jane Richey | Jun 13, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Gov. Tom Corbett has signed a law giving Pennsylvania the authority to borrow $4.5 billion. The money will be used to pay another loan — the nearly $4 billion the state has borrowed to hand out unemployment benefits since 2009. Sen. John Gordner, who sponsored...