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Philadelphia homeowners Linda Robinson and Paul Ricker join state and federal officials to celebrate the two-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act on Sept. 3, 2024.

‘We’re not breathing fumes’: Homeowners use tax credits to purchase new EV, water heater

Steamfitters union apprenticeship center helps workers earn while they learn

Dozens of workers are being trained in registered apprenticeships at the Steamfitters Technology Center.

Analysis finds Harris' economic plans would help working families more than Trump's

Kamala Harris

Drinking with ghosts: The life of Bristol’s 343-year-old King George II Inn

The King George II Inn in Bristol began as the Ferry House in 1681.

Pennsylvania budget boosts funding for education, business, and transportation

The dome of the Pennsylvania Capitol Complex in Harrisburg, PA.

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump responds to a question during a campaign event at the Economic Club of New York, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump’s lack of a plan to make child care affordable is ‘insulting to parents,’ CEO says

A construction worker maneuvers a lift outside a commercial building site in Mount Prospect, Ill., Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Goldman Sachs analysis: Harris’ plans would boost economy, Trump’s would hurt it

Grocery prices

Harris proposes economic agenda aimed at lowering costs for Americans

Wind turbines are seen in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Oct 15, 2021. (STRF/STAR MAX/IPx)

Inflation Reduction Act has led to a clean energy boom, new reports show

Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, speaks before President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, at Prince George's Community College, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024 in Largo, Md. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Medicare secures billions in savings on prescriptions

Kamala Harris

Voters trust Harris more than Trump to handle economy, new poll finds

Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., a Republican, talks to reporters as he arrives to the Republican caucus meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Some House Republicans admit that Harris-backed law ‘created good jobs’

Solar electric panels are viewed outside of a home in the Wedgefield neigborhood, Monday, June 24, 2024, in Orlando, Fla. (Phelan M. Ebenhack via AP)

Thousands of Pennsylvania residents claimed home energy tax credits

Intuit TurboTax packages are seen on display in a Costco Warehouse, Jan. 26, 2023, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Reschenthaler backs bill that would keep consumers paying for tax preparation software

North Carolina Health and Human Services Secretary Kody Kinsley, center, speaks while Dave Almeida with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, left, and Gov. Roy Cooper listen at an Executive Mansion announcement on Monday July, 1, 2024, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson)

Biden-Harris administration backs action to cut medical debt

Amazon employees load packages on carts before being put on to trucks for distribution for Amazon's annual Prime Day event at an Amazon's DAX7 delivery station on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in South Gate, Calif. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

U.S. economy continues to improve under Biden-Harris administration

Insulin

Retired Pennsylvania nurse is saving money on medications and insulin under Biden law