Working & The Economy

On a whole, the state’s population is graying.

It’s time to give hard-working Pennsylvanians their first pay raise in more than 10 years.

It's time for Pennsylvania to think big -- and to make some bold moves.

JFK pushed consumer rights to the top of the national agenda in 1962, leading to a raft of new laws offering new protections. But without enforcement, such rights are meaningless.

Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday touted a letter signed by nearly 40 economists and academics in support of his proposal to gradually raise Pennsylvania's minimum wage to $15 an hour."This policy would directly lift...

At the state and federal level, politicians who want to address pressing issues without spending public dollars are looking to let individuals mortgage part of their own future for the good of their kids.One...

We've created “Pathways to Prosperity”, a countywide workforce development plan that will help us reach our goals.

When gerrymandering comes up in Pennsylvania, it usually pertains to the drawing of political maps to benefit one party over another.But Sen. David Argall, R-Schuylkill, sees it somewhere else as well.At a Senate Appropriations...

For every analysis that connects higher minimum wages to unemployment, others show little or no overall job impact.

After 24 years in the General Assembly, the southeastern moderate is looking at a career change.