Prosperity News

The premise? Dynamic global and domestic forces pose urgent challenges that are testing American prosperity, says Katz, vice president and director, Metropolitan Policies at Brookings.

“When all is said and done, it looks like Obama will ultimately owe his victory to African Americans and his huge, creative-class activist army.”

Pennsylvanians are going to have a much bigger-than-usual role in determining the Democratic nominee this time around. via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Half the world's population lives and works outside formal property markets - a phenomenon that knows no geographical boundaries. via Hellenic News of America

Campaign posters -- a definite first in Bhutan -- at a bus stop in Punakha last week. via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“It shows that these kids are paying attention to what's going on. We're proud of them. No one else has been able to do this.”

To boast one state-level contest winner from Washington County would have been satisfying for the Washington County Fair Board. via O-R Online

“It took a lawyer to have a jury believe me.”

A jury's decision Tuesday was a birthday present that Tina Yandel will always remember. via O-R Online

“We need to see what we can be doing to grow our sector of the economy a little bit more”

Somerset County may never rise as a cultural mecca, but its arts-and-culture industry creates jobs and pulls in millions of dollars annually, a national study shows. via The Tribune-Democrat

“I just feel like it'd be better for everyone”

After 17 years of fixing cars, Greg Rothchild found the money from carving coal out of the earth's innards simply too hard to pass up. via San Francisco Examiner

“It's easy to find out exactly what is spent on farmland preservation in each county, but taxpayers - and our state legislators! - are kept in the dark when it comes to economic development subsidies”

The full Good Jobs First report can be found online at goodjobsfirst.org/statedisclosure.cfm . The study's release comes in the midst of ongoing debate in Pennsylvania on legislative bonuses, pay raises, and ... via Tri State Observer

Pauline E. Conrad, 95, of York, died Monday in Pleasant Acres Nursing & Rehab Center, York. via The Times-Tribune

“I think the biggest comments we're getting from clients are just the cost of housing and the continued low-wage jobs”

Ellen Mayer, a case manager for the Salvation Army, meets with a client for the Angel Tree program last week. via Centre Daily Times

A man was killed and a woman was badly hurt Sunday in a motorcycle accident in West Brownsville, Washington County. via ThePittsburghChannel.com

One person was killed and another suffered major injuries in a motorcycle accident late Sunday afternoon. via Http

A Washington County man died Sunday after losing control of his motorcycle on a Route 88 offramp in West Brownsville, the county coroner said. via Pittsburgh Tribune

The former first-base coach for the Washington Wild Things baseball team is charged with killing two people in a car accident in 2005 while driving drunk, officials said Thursday. via Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

A teenager was killed at 2:07 a.m. Saturday in a one-car accident on Interstate 70 west about one-quarter mile east of the West Chestnut Street exit in North Franklin Township, Washington County. via Herald-Standard

“All of our research is geared to making the point that arts and culture organizations represent an important industry in the region and are in need of support”

If money talks, arts groups should be shouting. In a study to be released today, the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance reports that arts and cultural organizations in Southeastern Pennsylvania generate ... via The Philadelphia Inquirer

“Week in and week out, insiders or lobbying groups come to Washington, but no one ever comes to Washington from the grass roots to say, 'Come on guys, save our money, no more boondoggles like bridges to nowhere.'”

There's no need to ask Tim Phillips, president of Americans for Prosperity, why his agency created the Defending the American Dream Summit. via PittsburghLIVE.com

“I wanted to work where it wasn't so hard on the horses”

At the age of 77, Bill Shriver is ready to embark on a new career. And it took a $35,000 loan and a gentleman's agreement with an Amish businessman to make it happen. via O-R Online