Alexa Woronowicz

April 25, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Among other things, the nascent Amazon Labor Union, or ALU, has said it wants longer breaks for warehouse employees, more time off and a dramatically higher minimum hourly wage of $30, up from just over $18 an hour now at the Staten Island facility.

By Haleluya Hadero

6 minute read

April 25, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Bitcoin extended this month's losses in Monday trade as investors shied away from risk assets amid a more hawkish outlook for Federal Reserve policy tightening.

By Joanna Ossinger and Sidhartha Shukla

3 minute read

April 08, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

A 32-17 vote in the Pennsylvania Senate failed to reach a two-thirds threshold to block a regulation written by the Wolf administration that could make Pennsylvania the first major fossil fuel state to adopt a carbon pricing policy.

By The Associated Press

2 minute read

April 04, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Republican proposal to prevent transgender girls from competing in girls' school sports passed the Pennsylvania House Education Committee on March 29, over Democratic opposition.

By Mark Scolforo, The Associated Press

3 minute read

March 22, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

The justices rejected various challenges to the district lines drawn up by the Legislative Reapportionment Commission. As a result, the new state House and Senate districts will be in effect for the coming decade.

By Mark Scolforo, The Associated Press

4 minute read

March 21, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

Candidates came in a stampede before the March 15 deadline to file paperwork to get on Pennsylvania's primary ballots, as large fields shape up for the open governor's office, lieutenant governor's office and U.S. Senate seat, The Associated Press reported.

By Marc Levy, The Associated Press

3 minute read

March 14, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

Kathleen Kane, a Democrat who resigned as attorney general after being convicted of perjury in 2016, was involved in a two-vehicle crash in the city at about 6:30 p.m. March 12, Scranton Police Chief Thomas Carroll said.

By The Associated Press

2 minute read

February 18, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

Lawmakers kicked off budget hearings on Feb. 15 as the Pennsylvania state government faces a multibillion-dollar revenue gap—a hangover from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic—and Gov. Tom Wolf's proposal to raise the state income tax takes center stage.

By Marc Levy/The Associated Press

4 minute read

February 11, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

Wolf delivered the $43.7 billion proposal to lawmakers in a joint session of the House and Senate, the kickoff of almost five months of wrangling before the fiscal year ends June 30.

By Marc Levy and Mark Scolforo, The Associated Press

5 minute read

January 07, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania is sitting on a fat budget reserve, a healthy and growing surplus, and billions in unspent federal coronavirus relief cash.

By Mark Scolforo, The Associated Press

2 minute read