Rick Bloomingdale, President of the PA AFL-CIO, and Gene Barr, President and CEO of the PA Chamber of Business & Industry, joined us to discuss how Gov. Tom Wolf’s budget proposal will impact Pennsylvania’s economy.
October 5: Economic Impact of COVID-19
Gene Barr, President and CEO of the PA Chamber of Business & Industry, and Rick Bloomingdale, President of the PA AFL-CIO, will join the Call-In Program to discuss the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Governor’s Budget with PA Chamber of Business & Industry
Gene Barr, President and CEO of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, will be among those watching Governor Tom Wolf deliver his annual proposal for the new state budget. Last year, Mr. Barr says the governor proposed changes to the corporate tax structure that would have been a disadvantage for the state’s businesses. Already […]
May 8: PA Budget and Business
Leaders of business, Gene Barr, President and CEO of the PA Chamber of Business and Industry, and David Taylor, President and CEO of the PA Manufacturers’ Association, tell us their perspective on the PA budget, and the issues that matter most to business owners in the state.
PA Budget with PA Chamber of Business & Industry
Gene Barr, President and CEO of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, says Governor Wolf has proposed changes to the corporate tax structure that would hurt employers for a fourth year in a row. He calls the governor’s proposed natural gas severance tax “punitive,” and says his proposed minimum wage boost would result in […]
PA Books: “A Civil War Captain & His Lady”
More than 150 years ago, 27-year-old Irish immigrant Josiah Moore met 19-year-old Jennie Lindsay, a member of one of Peoria, Illinois’s most prominent families. The Civil War had just begun, Josiah was the captain of the 17th Illinois Infantry, and his war would be a long and bloody one. Their courtship and romance, which came […]