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It’s time to put our money where our mouth is on raising the minimum wage | Opinion
All of Pa.’s neighboring states have raised their wage. The commonwealth is out of excuses.
UPMC has grown too big; Pa. lawmakers need to support its workers, new report finds
The report cites numerous UPMC employees who told of staffing shortages that affected their jobs and their patients.
Philly, Pgh. among U.S. cities with lowest real minimum wage | Thursday Morning Coffee
Rising prices, inflation wiped out Pa.’s $7.25/hr wage, according to a new report.
Gov. Tom Wolf reflects on eight years of successes, stumbles and standoffs
Looking back over his eight years in office, Gov. Tom Wolf said he hopes he will be remembered for making Pennsylvania a better place and for doing it honestly and efficiently. Wolf took office in 2015, defeating the unpopular Republican Gov. Tom Corbett after a campaign where he spent $10 million of his own money. […]
Child poverty rates highest in states that haven’t raised minimum wage
Of the 20 states that have failed to raise the minimum wage above the federal $7.25 an hour standard, 16 have more than 12% of their children living in poverty, according to a States Newsroom analysis of wage and poverty data. Anti-poverty advocates say that’s a sign that there’s an urgent need for lawmakers to […]
Aumentos récord de alquileres y bajos salarios están impulsando una crisis de desalojos, dijo un panel del Senado de los EEUU
El presidente del Comité Senatorial de Banca, Vivienda y Asuntos Urbanos, el senador de Ohio Sherrod Brown, dijo que las familias están siendo excluidas de la compra de viviendas, y el aumento de los alquileres significa que los inquilinos están “a solo una enfermedad o pérdida de trabajo o reparación de automóviles del desalojo.”
Record rent increases, low wages are driving an eviction crisis, U.S. Senate panel told
The chair of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, said that families are being priced out of buying homes, and rising rents mean that tenants are “just one illness or job loss or car repair away from eviction.”
On anniversary of last minimum wage increase, advocates call for a raise | Five for the Weekend
Happy weekend, all. This Sunday marks 13 years since the federal minimum wage was last raised, the longest period in history without an increase. The federal minimum wage was at its peak purchasing power in 1968, when the minimum wage was worth $13.86 in 2022 dollars, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Inflation Calculator. “Every day without a raise is another day […]
Pa. logs 5.1% wage rise, but inflation takes a bite into buying power | Friday Morning Coffee
If there’s any comfort amid rising costs, it’s that gas prices appear to be leveling off.
The 2 big Pa. budget numbers to pay attention to this week | Thursday Morning Coffee
2021-22 tax collections came in $5.6B ahead of estimates. Why that matters.