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Health Care Law Projected to Cut the Labor Force
The budget office analysis found that the law, in effect, nudges workers to work less. The insurance expansion reduces the need for a person to take a full-time job just to get coverage. The premium subsidies effectively bolster household income. Higher taxes for richer households also reduce the incentive to work.
The Movie Roundup (part 2)
The Golden Globes and most of the motion picture guild awards have been presented, so now we race towards the Academy’s big night, which comes early in March. In the meantime, here’s a continuation of the best of 2013, for your big screen or home viewing pleasure, accompanied by the usual crabby commentary.
WHAT IS “EUROMAIDAN”?
Maidan Nezalezhnosti (literally in Ukrainian it means: Independence Square) is the central square of Kiev, the capital city of Ukraine. Since November 21, 2013 the square is known as the centre of the Euromaidan -protests. The words Maidan, Euromaidan became symbols of the new Ukraine. Maidan is the unofficial power that determines the future of the country maybe more then official government.
Your brain often edits that trip down memory lane
Voss’ findings build on others and may also explain why we can be thoroughly convinced that something happened when it didn’t, and why eyewitness testimony is notoriously unreliable…
LETTER: Art Morris is WAY, WAY, WAY late to the party.
Dale High and LNP, savvy and experienced builders and operators, absolutely planned for FF&E replacement. the problem is they planned for that to be paid for by the broke LCCCA, and they are broke in large part due to the unbalanced agreements they signed at the advice of their counsel…the former counsel of PSP.
Convention Center’s future shrouded with mystery
For about ten days, we have been trying to write an accurate article on the status of the Martin Plan for salvaging the Convention Center finances. Problem is there is nothing definite to report about the proposed and further negotiated Collaboration Agreement, only a lot of scuttlebutt. But here it goes.
Preschool Push Is Moving Ahead in Many States
For generations, it was largely Democrats who called for government-funded preschool — and then only in fits and starts — and that remains the case in Congress, where proposals have yet to gain traction among Republicans.
Keep e-cigarettes out of the hands of minors
As a story in today’s Observer-Reporter points out, electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, have won over admirers who say they are a safe nicotine delivery system that will not generate the health problems that come from tobacco cigarettes.
The Middle Class Is Steadily Eroding. Just Ask the Business World.
In 2012, the top 5 percent of earners were responsible for 38 percent of domestic consumption, up from 28 percent in 1995, the researchers found.
Obama’s minimum wage campaign “all show”
The President is going to require Federal Contractors to pay a minimum wage of $10.10 an hour. He claims this is the best he can do because Congress will not budge on the outdated $7.25 per hour that has been the law of the land since 2009.
Sources: Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski exiting governor’s race
Three sources with knowledge of the decision said [Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski] is expected to drop out of the race as early as Monday. Pawlowski has scheduled a news conference Monday with state Treasurer Rob McCord, widely considered a top-tier candidate…
Lancaster city government and special interests thwarting “Great Inversion”
“Demographic inversion is … the rearrangement of living patterns across an entire metropolitan area, all taking place at roughly the same time.”
No, Women Don’t Make Less Money Than Men
The 23-cent gender pay gap is simply the difference between the average earnings of all men and women working full-time. It does not account for differences in occupations, positions, education, job tenure, or hours worked per week.