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Our first income tax was created today in 1861
We can thank Abraham Lincoln for the income tax.
President Lincoln levied the first national income tax on August 5, 1861, b
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At last, breaking ground on the Pa. Turnpike to I-95 interchange
Gov. Tom Corbett and other officials kicked off construction on something many in the region thought they would never see—a highway int
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11 years ago
“Man-cession” followed by slow recovery for women
Childcare providers, housekeepers, home health aides, and other jobs paying particularly low wages, make up 60 percent of the jobs gained
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Gallup: Economy still top of mind for Americans
Even President Barack Obama concedes it’s unlike that his heavily promoted economic speeches this week will break through Washingto
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Teen unemployment: A tale of two states
It’s a very tough summer job season for teens in this region. But New Jersey is grappling with extremely high teen unemployment, th
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Revel casino announces layoffs
Atlantic City’s newest casino has laid off 75 salaried professional employees even as the casino is attracting more customers.
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East Coast vacation ad places Mount Rushmore in ND
The famous faces of Mount Rushmore remain in western South Dakota — not in North Dakota as one vacation mailer on the East Coast claims
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Pa. spending $40 M to speed up unemployment claims
Pennsylvania has a new law to process unemployment claims more quickly.
It replaces lost federal dollars with money from the state
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Phila. workforce agency to partner with four major employers
Philadelphia’s workforce system didn’t have a great reputation in the past.
Over the past year plus, the city’s
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For first time, Pa. slots revenue drops
State gambling regulators say gross revenue from slot machines was down nearly 2 percent during the fiscal year that just ended, the firs
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11 years ago
Companies promising online privacy see post-PRISM bump
Earlier this month, Americans learned about widespread government surveillance of their online information.
The National Security
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Pa. Turnpike panel seeks to cut back its $450 million annual toll to the state
The cost of crossing the state on the Pennsylvania Turnpike could hit $50 in the coming decade — and $150 by 2057 — unless th
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11 years ago
Natural gas industry eyes increased LNG exports [audio]
The nation’s new energy secretary Ernest Moniz spoke at an energy conference today, where he told the audience that applications fo
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Post-PRISM, traffic soars for websites offering privacy
Since revelations that the National Security Agency is tapping into the servers of Internet giants, including Google and Apple, traffic t
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11 years ago
50 years later, gender pay gap narrowed but still present
In the 1960s, Janice Bellace worked as a Bell Telephone operator while she went to college. All Bell Telephone operators were women then.
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