A county-by-county analysis by MIT researchers shows the places in the US that stand to see the biggest economic changes from the switch to cleaner energy because their job markets are most closely linked to fossil fuels. While many of those places have intensive drilling and mining operations, the researchers find, areas that rely on…
Editor: You recently published several good articles demonstrating how little our state government cares about Pennsylvania’s citizens. Our Legislature passed Act 12, allowing municipal governments to receive substantial cash windfalls by abandoning their responsibilities for their water/sewage facilities and burdening residents with outrageously high rates, which the Public Utility Commission consistently allows to escalate. Why? […]
Beginning in the fall of 1971, a group of California high school students would meet regularly at 4:20 after school to partake in some cannabis. And that eventually led to 4/20 becoming a day dedicated to enjoying the leafy plant. Or the story goes. If you are looking to participate on this popular day, choose… Source
By Michael Hutchins Herald Democrat Since I was a kid, I’ve always been something of a geek. I’ve always had a thing for science fiction,… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close
If, as promised, former President Donald Trump were to change thousands of civil service jobs into politically appointed positions at the start of a second term, huge numbers of federal workers could face being fired, warn policy experts.
If, as promised, former President Donald Trump were to change thousands of civil service jobs into politically appointed positions at the start of a second term, huge numbers of federal workers could face being fired, warn policy experts.
Kanawha and Monongalia counties received good scores.
USPS has job fairs in Pittsburgh, but they even have more local hiring fair opportunities in Mercer and Lawrence counties:
The axe remains suspended over 3300 BHP jobs as the mining giant warns of months before a decision on loss-making nickel operations, but NSW coal production is on the up. In an operational update issued on Thursday, BHP said it expected to decide on the longer-term future of Western Australian nickel operations by the annual […]
To the editor: Your article on why citizens do not credit President Biden for improving the economy missed the most obvious explanation. More than half of us make less than the average U.S. income, but all of us pay almost 20% more in prices and sales taxes than we did before Biden's presidency. And those wage gains the article mentioned come with higher income tax rates that take away part of the gain. As for post-pandemic job creation, no, Biden didn't do that. We got our jobs back because the...
Despite writing this letter each week, I still wonder why so few of us write real ones anymore. I was thinking of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, who corresponded frequently but met only once: ‘The present racial crisis in this country carries within it powerful destructive ingredients that may soon erupt into an uncontrollable explosion,’ More
Great British hope ran world No 1 Iga Swiatek close in Stuttgart and is taking confidence from ‘practising really well’Towards the end of another fruitful, promising foray on the WTA tour last week, Emma Raducanu found herself staring down what is fast becoming the ultimate challenge in her sport. Across the net in the quarter-finals of the Stuttgart Open stood Iga Swiatek, the world No 1, on the surface that has most defined her career to date.For more than two hours, Raducanu went toe-to-toe...