The minimum wage in Pennsylvania is $7.25 per hour, the lowest allowed by federal law. And that figure has not changed since 2009.Jennifer Berrier wants to change that. Berrier, acting secretary of the state Department of Labor & Industry, is advocating an increase to $12 an hour, ...
A total of $2.6 million in grants is available to students through a new workforce development program.Jennifer Berrier, acting secretary of the state Department of Labor & Industry, unveiled the Schools-to-Work program on Wednesday morning. The initiative, according to a news ...
For more than a year, federal and state agencies have been investigating reports of possible safety issues with the Shell Falcon Pipeline.The ethane pipeline, owned and operated by Shell Pipeline Co., is alleged to have possibly been constructed with defective coating. If so, the coating could ...
The state record may be just down the road.Gasoline prices are continuing to rise across the commonwealth. A gallon of unleaded self-serve averages $3.027 statewide this week, and $3.065 across Western Pennsylvania, according to AAA East Central’s weekly pricing index, which was released ...
<strong>Editor’s note:</strong> <em>This is a weekly series focusing on the importance of buying local.</em>They had long been the overlooked, the unsung, the unheralded.But no more. The days of taking athletic trainers for granted are ...
Unlike the snow, Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate did not fall in January.The Keystone State’s jobless figure climbed two-tenths of a percentage point from December to 7.3%, the Department of Labor & Industry reported on Friday. That was the second monthly bump in a row, ...
