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Industry, Pennsylvania is located in Beaver County. Zip codes in Industry, PA include 15052. The median home price in Industry is $105,000 which is roughly $78/per square foot. More Industry information.

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Wednesday May 22 | York Dispatch

OP-ED: Pa. Common Core Standards prepare students for success

Almost a decade ago, governors from across the country got together to have a long-overdue discussion about why so many students were graduating from high school ill-prepared for college.

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Mon May 20, 2013

O-R Online

State jobless rate declines in April

The jobs picture was brighter in Pennsylvania last month, as unemployment statewide plunged to 7.6 percent, 0.3 of a point below March.

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Fri May 17, 2013

YourErie

Pennsylvania's Unemployment Rate Drops to 7.6 percent in April

May 17, 2013-Harrisburg, Pa. - The state's unemployment rate dropped three-tenths of a percentage point to 7.6 percent in April according to employment statistics released today by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry.

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NBC Philadelphia

Job Fair "Madhouse"

On the day that the state announced the third-largest decline in unemployment thousands of people tried to pack into an ex-offender job fair.

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Tue May 14, 2013

CBS Local

Pa. Legislature Considers Bill To Speed Up Unemployment Claims

The Pennsylvania Legislature is expected to take up a bill today to increase funding for the processing of unemployment compensation claims, which the Feds say has been too slow.

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Sun May 12, 2013

York Dispatch

Employees and drug tests

Gov. Tom Corbett was right when he said Pennsylvania employers can't find anybody who has passed a drug test, business leaders said Thursday.

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Philly.com

Pa. lags getting aid to jobless

Further, the commonwealth has been "trending downward" in its efforts to get payments to state residents on time, the department added in a March 29 letter.

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Fri May 10, 2013

Patch.com

Ask the Attorney: Understanding Pennsylvania Wage Laws

The Pennsylvania Wage Payment and Collection law sets forth employers' basic obligations with regard to the payment of wages to their employees.

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Thu May 09, 2013

Times Observer

Two more universities join Trails at Jakes Rocks partnership

Pennsylvania Kinzua Pathways and the Warren County Chamber of Business and Industry announced this week that both, Clarion University and Indiana University of Pennsylvania , have joined University of Pittsburgh at Bradford in providing students the opportunity to gain field work experience.

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Tue May 07, 2013

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Chamber trips combine business, pleasure and profit

A woman lights incense to make a wish to Budha in Hangzhou, one of the stops on the Greater Reading Chamber of Commerce & Industry's visit to China in 2012.

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Mon May 06, 2013

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Debating economic impact of Marcellus shale in Pa.

Since the Marcellus shale boom began in 2008, there has been much debate and disagreement over the effect natural gas development would have on Pennsylvania's economy.

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Sun May 05, 2013

The Times-Tribune

Sluggish tax revenues spur job creation debate

A troubling state tax revenue report for April is throwing into sharper relief a debate over the best way to create jobs and bring more tax dollars into state coffers.

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Sat May 04, 2013

O-R Online

Act 13 takes away zoning rights

If the zoning provisions of Act 13 are allowed to stand and drilling is just the beginning, what will follow? Fertilizer plants? Act 13 allows industries to be located in any zoned area of a community.

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Fri May 03, 2013

The Times-Tribune

Somebody must be high

During a radio talk show appearance Tuesday, the governor rationally explained the commonwealth's low rate of job creation relative to other states, noting that since Pennsylvania had lost fewer jobs than many other states during the recession, it had less ground to recover.

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Wed May 01, 2013

Philly.com

Corbett's drug-test remark raises complex issues

Manufacturers say time and again that before workers can step onto a factory floor, they sabotage themselves by flunking drug tests at alarming rates.

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Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Corbett panned for linking Pa. joblessness to drug use

Democrats are pouring on the criticism of Gov. Tom Corbett for his suggestion that Pennsylvania's sluggish job growth stems partly from too many applicants being unable to pass a drug test.

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GantDaily.com

PDE Releases 2013-14 Referendum Exceptions Report

The Pennsylvania Department of Education has released the Report on Referendum Exceptions for School Year 2013-14, which provides detailed information on the number of school districts throughout Pennsylvania that have applied and been approved for exceptions under the Taxpayer Relief Act of 2006.

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The News Item

Northumberland County unemployment rates drop

The unemployment rate for Northumberland County dropped half a percent between February and March, according to the latest figures from the Department of Labor and Industry .

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Tue Apr 30, 2013

Erie Times News

Unemployment rate falls as workforce shrinks

The latest batch of employment statistics brought good news for Erie and Crawford counties as the unemployment rate fell in 65 of Pennsylvania's 67 counties.

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The Lebanon Daily News

Jobless rate dips in Lebanon County

"What we're seeing this month in Lebanon and a lot of other areas, the rates are going down but not for the reasons we'd like to see it," said William Sholly, industry and business analyst with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry.

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