GSD? More like “Gaslighting statewide daily.”
By Matthew J. Brouillette
Greg Moreland: Small business owners sound the alarm in Harrisburg over proposed bill to drastically hike the Pennsylvania minimum wage
The proposal comes as nearly half of small businesses have job openings they can’t fill.
By Greg Moreland
Republican senator cosigns $15 minimum wage
Senator Dan Laughlin joins Democrats in the latest attempt to boost the minimum wage for the first time since 2009.
By Christen Smith
Michael Farren: The minimum wage — who actually wins and loses in Pennsylvania?
Lifting the minimum wage has been an increasingly popular effort. But who’s for and against it — and what are the consequences of the policy?
By Michael Warren
2020 job losses in Pennsylvania rival Great Recession
The job market in Pennsylvania shrank across all sectors in 2020, rivaling record lows set during the Great Recession a decade earlier.
By Christen Smith
Matthew Lau: Minimum wage, maximum damage in PA
Raising the minimum wage effectively cuts the bottom rung off the economic ladder and, by impeding the lowest-skilled workers from gaining the job experience needed to move upwards, increases poverty in the long run and hurts those workers the policy purports to help.
By Matthew Lau