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Medicine bottles

Big Pharma pushes repeal of drug price negotiation that lowers costs for consumers

A general view of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, June 20, 2023.

Nonpartisan scorekeeper: Trump’s tax cuts for the rich would not bring economic growth

A person counting money.

GOP plan to privatize mortgage firms could cost new borrowers $2,800 more annually

Bob and Kristina Lange

These Republican Pennsylvania farmers are voting for Harris for president

Rob Bresnahan

Bresnahan supports tax cuts, balanced budget plan that would imperil safety net programs

Donald Trump

Economists say Trump’s plans will increase inflation and national debt

Shoppers at Walmart

Inflation is down under Biden and Harris. Trump’s tariffs would send it soaring again.

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump talks with workers in the kitchen of ll Toro E La Capra during a campaign event, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Trump said he ‘hated’ to pay workers overtime. In office, he could gut overtime rules.

State and local officials celebrate the Trails at Jakes Rocks being named Pennsylvania's trail of the year on Sept. 6, 2024.

Mountain biking trails are a catalyst for economic growth in northwestern Pennsylvania

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris addresses the Economic Club of Pittsburgh on the Carnegie Mellon University campus in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024.

‘We need to grow our middle class’: Kamala Harris lays out her economic vision in Pittsburgh

Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bob Casey speak with members of the press following a forum at Temple University's Ambler campus on Sept. 20, 2024. During the event, Warren and Casey called for congressional action to stop corporate price gouging.

‘We’re going to fight back’: Casey and Warren tackle corporate price gouging

Student walking down an aisle of bookshelves.

School vouchers suck money out of public schools, hurt low-income kids, expert says