Topic: Pennsylvania
US President Barack Obama warned Wednesday of a "massive blow" to the struggling economy if Republicans refuse to back an extension of a payroll tax cut due to expire next month.Obama, on a trip to a gritty corner of Pennsylvania in which ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett signed a $27.15 billion state budget on Thursday night which reduces spending three percent from the current fiscal year and includes severe cuts to higher and basic education.Corbett, a Republican whose party also controls ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Legislators in U.S. states who are returning to work this month or entering office for the first time expect to spend much of the new year pinching pennies.According to a survey released on Monday by the National Conference of ...
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Boehner criticizes Democrats' postponement of vote on whether to extend Bush-era tax cutsU.S. House Republican leader John Boehner is criticizing Democratic leaders in Congress for postponing a vote on extending Bush-era tax cuts until after the Nov. 2 election.Boehner (BAY-ner) spoke Friday ...
In February, President Barack Obama went on national prime-time television to sell his stimulus package to the American taxpayer, arguing that its quick passage would mean immediate economic relief. For example, in Pennsylvania it appears that the $3.3 billion budget deficit will ...
Biden in W.Pa. to discuss broadband Internet access for rural areas as part of stimulus planVice President Joe Biden is scheduled to be in northwestern Pennsylvania to discuss ways federal stimulus funding can be used to expand broadband access to the Internet ...
Health clinics serving the poor are reaping early federal stimulus benefitsHomeless teenagers at a central Colorado shelter are feeling the effect of the government's economic stimulus package. "It was absolute and pure relief, I mean that," she said.From the Colorado homeless shelter ...
States that cut school aid may not get extra stimulus moneyThe Obama administration warned states Thursday it may withhold millions of dollars if they use stimulus money to plug budget holes instead of boosting aid for schools.Education Secretary Arne Duncan made the ...
Weatherization program gets boost, extra scrutiny from federal stimulus investmentRon Hall has spent 22 years in the home building and remodeling business, none of them as bad as 2008.The deterioration of the economy and sagging consumer confidence left the central Michigan housing ...
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