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Ronna McDaniel: Pennsylvanians can’t afford Biden’s economic crisis

July 28, 2021July 27, 2021
Ronna McDaniel
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The Biden administration’s economic policy is failing Americans–and in particular Pennsylvanians–in the moment where we need good leadership the most.
By Ronna McDaniel

News

Pennsylvania small businesses’ need for workers “a huge issue,” industry representative says

May 10, 2021May 10, 2021
Dave Fidlin

Small businesses across Pennsylvania are grappling with a worker shortage, an industry representative said recently, leading to exacerbated financial challenges for owners trying to regain a solid footing more than a year after COVID-19’s onset.
By Dave Fidlin

The Economy

Guy Ciarrocchi: Small business owners showed compassion while government shut them down

April 12, 2021April 18, 2021
Guy Ciarrocchi
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Instead of celebrating the taxpayer-funded aid sent to struggling communities and businesses, true compassion—true leadership—would be to focus on putting local business owners and citizens back in charge of their own fate.
By Guy Ciarrocchi

The Economy

Gene Barr: Congress looks to fulfill Big Labor’s wish list and jeopardize workers’ privacy

March 22, 2021March 19, 2021
Gene Barr
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As businesses and workers continue to reel from the impacts of the pandemic, House passage of the PRO Act is just one more blow to an already struggling economy.
By Gene Barr

News

Restaurants and nursing homes one year later: The Wolf admin shut us out

March 19, 2021March 25, 2021
Todd Shepherd

“As the pandemic wore on, and the things that we as an industry needed were clear our voices weren’t necessarily being heard. In fact, they were being ignored.”
By Todd Shepherd

Politics

Guy Ciarrocchi: Philadelphia is in serious trouble — monumental changes are needed

March 12, 2021April 13, 2021
Guy Ciarrocchi
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Philadelphia entered the pandemic with a rising crime rate, poor student test scores and among the highest poverty in the nation. It’s done nothing to fix those problems.
By Guy Ciarrocchi

The Economy

Colin O’Reilly: The first steps toward a flourishing post-Covid economy in Pennsylvania

February 1, 2021September 10, 2021
Colin O'Reilly

Is Pennsylvania’s economy dynamic enough to adapt to the post-Covid-19 world? Some of the most compelling data available suggest that it is – as long as Pennsylvanians are given a fighting chance.
By Colin O’Reilly

The Economy

Guy Ciarrocchi: Commonsense recovery is needed

January 28, 2021February 26, 2021
Guy Ciarrocchi

Despite pleas and platitudes about our country’s new “normal,” the government ought to release its stranglehold on businesses and allow citizens to return to work and regain their livelihoods.
By Guy Ciarrocchi

Health

Ben Mannes: The great Covid shakedown

January 26, 2021February 22, 2022
A. Benjamin Mannes
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Did the city’s overreaching Covid response kill the Philly restaurant scene?
By Ben Mannes

State Politics

The Editors: Governor Wolf owns the shutdown

December 16, 2020May 9, 2021
The Editors
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Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf says the virus spurring his latest state lockdowns is “unfair…frustrating… [and terrible].” That’s what we think about his actions.
By The Editors of Broad + Liberty

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