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Many local organic farmers had their best season ever in 2020. But with this year’s inflation at its highest since 1990, farms are facing uncertainty in 2022 as they grapple with rising costs of farming inputs like fertilizer, seed, propane and greenhouse plastic.
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New state estimates show that employment in the Pittsburgh area continues to stagnate amid the ever-unfolding pandemic. Although hiring bounced back somewhat in the summer of 2020, there are roughly 50,000 fewer workers in and around Pittsburgh today than just before the pandemic.
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U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said investments in the tech industry would create jobs across Pittsburgh's economy. She spoke after trade and technology talks between the U.S. and the European Union concluded in Pittsburgh Thursday.
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Business and civic leaders in Pittsburgh recently released a strategy to make southwestern Pennsylvania a hub for autonomous tech production. But some warn that residents outside the sector must also have a voice if the economic gains are to be shared.
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The Biden administration says its infrastructure plan would save Pennsylvanians money and create jobs.
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Pandemic-related job losses hobbled the local economy through the winter, with the Pittsburgh region sustaining 87,800 fewer jobs in February compared to…
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Speaking before a small crowd at a Collier union hall, President Joe Biden laid out a jobs plan that pledges both to heal the wounds of the past and…
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As shutdowns and closures related to the COVID-19 pandemic approach the one-year point, many respondents in a recent WESA/Campos survey said their…
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Although President Joe Biden’s actions on climate change have stirred anxieties about job loss in energy-producing states like Pennsylvania, a new report…
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Days after Joe Biden’s inauguration, the nation’s top labor leader said the new president was “off to a tremendous start” with early actions aimed at…