Education, Government & Nonprofit

There is a lot of discussion about a so-called economic slowdown. Suddenly, everyone is saying growth during the second half of the year could be quite sluggish. My response is: What you see is what you should have expected all along. That is, the economy is doing as well as could be expected, given the headwinds it faces.

During the past 60 years, we have been witness to many complex socio-cultural, economic, political and technological milestones and challenges. Extraordinary entrepreneurial innovation and increasingly frequent technological advances in the U.S. and around the globe have changed the way we think, plan, act and function.

Last week’s question: Are you in favor of the Healthy Families, Healthy Workplaces Act (HB1830), which would require companies to offer paid sick leave to employees?

Yes – 55 percent
No – 45 percent

Drilling using the fracking method (hydrofracturing process drillers use to extract natural gas) at best has a 50/50 chance of destroying and poisoning the piece of land that has been here for thousands and thousands of years.

Congress must take action this autumn to extend or make permanent the 15 percent tax rate on qualified dividend and capital gains income.

Harrisburg University of Science and Technology has raised $37.9 million of the $40 million it set out to raise through a fundraising campaign it launched July 1, 2006, the university recently said.

Physician retention in Pennsylvania has improved over the past three years, but the state still has proportionally fewer primary care physicians than other states, according to a report from the Pennsylvania Medical Society.

The state is awarding $2.8 million in grants to help fund energy-efficient projects in Dauphin and Lancaster counties, Gov. Ed Rendell’s office said.