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HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania stands to lose almost $425 million in annual revenues under a proposal to repeal the state's 2 percent tax on nonqualified annuities. But state officials and insurance [...]

HARRISBURG -- A recent report confirms what Philadelphia-area drivers already know: They still pay more than anyone else in the state to insure their automobiles. Despite sweeping reforms four years [...]

HARRISBURG -- Proponents of court reform had hoped the hoopla behind the impeachment of Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Rolf Larsen would provide the public and legislative impetus for change. After [...]

HARRISBURG -- Public Utility Commissioner Joseph Rhodes Jr. was feeling a little sheepish. At an earlier PUC meeting, he said customers of Bell Atlantic-Pennsylvania 'got raped' under a decision by [...]

HARRISBURG - Imagine a manufacturing plant in Pennsylvania where the employees will work for minimum wage without a complaint. In fact, $4.25 an hour is a hefty hike from the [...]

HARRISBURG - In Washington, it's the Whitewater affair that's diverted attention from national health-care reform. Here in the state capital, debate over the same issue has been overshadowed by a [...]

HARRISBURG -- A legislative committee has delayed release of a study on the State Workmen's Compensation Fund, drawing charges from Labor Secretary Thomas P. Foley that Republicans are trying to [...]

Fees on regulated substance deliveries generated $294 million for the Underground Storage Tank Indemnification Fund by the end of 1996. Regulators estimate that less than 10,000 of the state's 42,000 [...]

Harrisburg - Former Gov. Robert P. Casey made reforming the state's health-care system his last big initiative. During his final years in office, the lame-duck governor pushed for a Pennsylvania [...]

Harrisburg - One of the biggest crowd pleasers during Gov. Tom Ridge's inaugural speech was a section promising big changes at the Department of Environmental Resources. Members of the SRO [...]

HARRISBURG -- One of the weightier projects remaining for lawmakers to tackle in the waning days of the 1993-94 session is reforming the way life insurance is sold in Pennsylvania. [...]

HARRISBURG - When Democrats voted against a local-tax reform bill last month at the state Capitol, they complained it would mean windfalls for big business. Big business agreed -- and [...]

HARRISBURG -- Labor says the proposed 'Workplace Antiretaliation Act,' is necessary to protect workers from the retribution of angry bosses. Business says that if the bill is enacted, bosses will [...]

HARRISBURG -- For most companies, there is no next-best thing to being there. In today's highly competitive global economy, it's one-on-one contact that makes the sale, wins the contract and [...]

HARRISBURG -- Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Ridge laid out his plan for business-tax cuts last week. It hardly was unexpected. The GOP gubernatorial candidates (and even a few of the [...]

The ink had barely dried on a bill to bring relief to businesses burdened by skyrocketing workers compensation rates, when the people who charge those rates decided to seek a [...]

Municipal officials waiting on Harrisburg to reform their local tax structure should take some advice from the top: Don't expect anything soon. Local tax reform has crept back into the [...]

Reports on sports teams manager Bill Giles' statement in the `Philadelphia Daily News' that the expects Pennsylvania state to come up with most of the funding for his stadium plans. Schedule of the release of report from the Sports and Exposition Facilities Task Force; Concerns on funding.

Reports on the effect of the new federal telecommunications law to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC). Shift of regulatory responsibilities from overseeing a monopoly industry to one driven by competition; Ability of cable and long-distance companies to compete for local calling customers; Local phone companies that have been directed by PUC.

Reports on the reactions to Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge's proposed 1996-97 budget. Praise from state Republicans and criticism from state Democrats; Proposed business tax cuts and tax credits.

Looks at the slogans summited by the readers of Philadelphia Business Journal, pertaining to the Pennsylvania's new state slogan contest.

Focuses on the need for a new slogan for the state of Pennsylvania. Use of sloganeering to improve tourism; Governor Tom Ridge's call for effective slogan campaigns. INSET: PBJ contest..

Reports on the Industrial Energy Consumers of Pennsylvania's call for help in reducing their electric bills. Accusations against electric companies; Call for the Public Utility Commission to deregulate several aspects of the electric industry to reduce rates and improve service; Electric utilities' opposition against deregulation.

Reports on Pennsylvania's budget for 1994. $111 million business-tax cuts; Spending plan; Limited restoration of the net operating loss (NOL) carry-forward provision.

Opinion. Comments on the beginning of health-care debate in Pennsylvania two years before President Bill Clinton's health care reform. Senator Harris Wofford's use of national health insurance as election battlecry; Governor Robert P. Casey's Pennsylvania Health Security Act; Health-care costs.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "Design notebook: Material legacy," published in the September 2007 issue.

Reports on legislation sponsored by Bruce Smith requiring electrical appliance retailers to post notices about electromagnetic fields (EMF) generated by appliances near appliances being sold. Reaction of retailers; Amount of EMF generated by specific appliances; Impact of notices on consumers.