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Unemployment and workforce shortage create crisis in Pennsylvania
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Unemployment and workforce shortage create crisis in Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania hasn t increased its minimum wage in 15 years. It stands at $7.25 an hour, which is lower than neighboring states. Democrats on Friday issued a new call to raise the minimum wage. A minimum wage increase is desperately needed by the people of Pennsylvania, Gov. Tom Wolf said.Wolf and Democrats are backing a bill that hikes the minimum wage to $12 an hour and has a pathway to move that rate to $15 an hour. The current minimum wage in our commonwealth is bad for workers. It s bad for business. It s bad for our economy, Wolf said.The Republican chairwoman for the Senate Labor & Industry Committee said there aren t any current plans to advance the bill. She s concerned $12 an hour is too high of a hike for some businesses to absorb.Sue Pera owns Cornerstone Coffeehouse in Camp Hill and said a drastic hike in the minimum wage could hurt businesses, though she thinks a gradual hike to $15 might be acceptable. She already pays her workers more than the minimum wage. If y
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HARRISBURG A key trade that sealed a budget deal between Gov. Tom Wolf and Republicans who control the Legislature was a $100 million injection of cash into Pennsylvania’s poorest public schools in exchange for the governor backing off a regulatory expansion of eligibility for overtime pay.
Wolf, a Democrat, had sought more than $1 billion in new, higher funding for public schools, but met Republican resistance.
He settled for $300 million extra for school district operations and instruction, including the unique idea of setting aside $100 million of that strictly for school districts historically disadvantaged by how Pennsylvania distributes aid to schools.
Aid for schools, overtime rule were key trade in state budget deal
Marc Levy
The Associated Press
HARRISBURG A key trade that sealed a budget deal between Gov. Tom Wolf and Republicans who control the Legislature was a $100 million injection of cash into Pennsylvania’s poorest public schools in exchange for the governor backing off a regulatory expansion of eligibility for overtime pay.
Wolf, a Democrat, had sought more than $1 billion in new, higher funding for public schools, but met Republican resistance.
He settled for $300 million for school district operations and instruction, including the unique idea of setting aside $100 million of that strictly for school districts historically disadvantaged by how Pennsylvania distributes aid to schools.
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