Instead of making healthcare more affordable, H.R. 3962 imposes more costs through its expensive employer mandates, punitive payroll taxes and a new government-run program.
Judge Joan Orie-Melvin easily won election to the state Supreme Court. Her victory is expected to break a deadlock and shape the court's direction.
This week on Lincoln Radio Journal, Kevin Shivers hosts a Capitol Watch panel discussion on results of the 2009 Keystone Business Climate Survey.
Small business owners in Pennsylvania and New York wager delicious treats on outcome of 105th fall classic
Reducing junk lawsuits and lawsuit abuse in Pennsylvania depends on our ability to get the right people elected who will work to bring fairness and personal responsibility to our civil justice system.
Closure to the months-long budget battle is at hand. The $27.8 billion spending plan passed the Senate 42-7 and the House 107-93.
Learn how an NFIB networking meeting helped one small business owner reduce his insurance costs without cutting his employees' benefits.
NFIB/Pennsylvania State Director Kevin Shivers said court decisions can have a major impact on employers, and that the temperament and philosophy of our judiciary is an important part of the state's overall business climate.
The budget deal announced last week by Gov. Ed Rendell and state legislative leaders proposes to retroactively raise the Capital Stock and Franchise tax (CSFT) rate for 2009 to 2.89 mills--a 53% increase!
The Open Contracting Act (HB 2010), would end project labor agreements associated with all state and local contracts in Pennsylvania. We support this legislation that would finally end discrimination against nonunion contractors in state building projects.
Hello, Senator-elect Mensch! Montgomery County businessman Bob Mensch easily won yesterday's special election to the state Senate.
Bob Mensch is a successful business executive who has earned the trust and respect of small business owners and working families as a state representative
Small business owners make their voice heard duringa three-hour town hall meeting and live broadcast of The Dom Giordano radio program on The Big Talker 1210 AM.
NFIB head says president can choose to stand with small businesses who need healthcare reform.
August is typically a time reserved for vacation and kicking back. But as a small business owner, you have an important and urgent role to play in the hottest debate of the summer--healthcare reform.
Self-described 'pink-dog' state Sen. Lisa Boscola (Northampton county) last night joined 30 colleagues to replace a $29 billion state House budget proposal with a leaner $27 billion spending plan that does not require higher taxes.
On a party line, 95-103 vote, the state House on Thursday rejected a $27 billion spending plan that would fulfill state government's core responsibilities to protect public health and safety and educate our children without raising taxes.
The state Insurance Department now has posted both the model notice for insurers to send to policyholders and the model notices for employers to give to employees under the state’s new mini-COBRA law.
A proposed tax-reform law that would let counties raise sales in exchange for property tax offsets is under fire from a growing number of lawmakers as the legislation includes numerous loopholes and does not prohibit or regulate future property tax increases.
Email your state Senator to tell them how a 2% tax on healthcare will affect your ability to maintain health coverage for your family and provide healthcare for your employees. Tell lawmakers to work to drive down costs instead of taxing Pennsylvanian’s access to care.
Gov. Ed Rendell said his proposal to raise the personal income tax rate by 16 percent would only cost a typical small business $10 per week, or roughly $520 per year. NFIB member Warren Hudak took issue with the governor's assessment, reporting to lawmakers the real cost of all of the tax increase proposals on a typical small business was 10 times the governor's estimate.
This week, Gov. Rendell signed into law a new "mini" COBRA law providing continuation of health insurance coverage for employees in small firms that employ 2-19 workers. The new law takes effect July 10. The new law ONLY APPLIES to firms with 2-19 employees that offer health insurance.
Officials from the state's leading business organizations, representing small and large businesses in virtually every sector of the state economy, today warned a tax increase proposed by Gov. Ed Rendell would kill nearly 24,000 Pennsylvania jobs in the short term, worsen the Commonwealth's budget and financial problems, and extend them deeper into the future.
Our representative on a state unemployment council told lawmakers that the recent federal stimulus law has diverted attention of council members away from their original mandate: to improve the long-term solvency of the trust fund.
Spending advocates en masse will descend on Harrisburg Monday for a special legislative meeting to decide the fate of a Senate-passed state budget proposal that holds the line on state spending without a need for higher taxes. House Appropriations chairman Dwight Evans (Philadelphia) called the special public meeting from 2 to 4 pm in the Majority Caucus Room, 140 Main Capitol Building, Harrisburg.
As special interest advocates marched on Harrisburg to urge lawmakers to expand state spending and raise taxes to pay for more government programs, John Brinson, a 30-year NFIB member, told a panel of state lawmakers that government spending cuts proposed by the state Senate are critical to prevent a job-crushing tax increase that would be catastrophic for the state's economy.
NFIB members were in Harrisburg for the 2009 Small Business Day at the Capitol. Our presence and personal stories trumped efforts by labor unions and other special-interest groups asking for increased spending and higher taxes. Members clearly made a strong impression.
Live with your means. That's the message small business owners from across Pennsylvania took to the Capitol this morning as part of a two-day small business summit organized by the National Federation of Independent Business/Pennsylvania.
During testimony last week before the House Insurance Committee, state Insurance Commissioner Joel Ario told lawmakers the single most important objective of health insurance reform should be to prevent rates spikes for small business owners and individuals who suffer a serious claim the previous year.
A poll co-sponsored by the National Federation of Independent Business, and the free-market grassroots group Americans for Prosperity, finds a clear majority of Pennsylvania residents think state tax rates are too high. The findings of the survey come as Governor Rendell and some legislators are pushing tax increases as a means to shore up the state’s budget deficit.
NFIB members joined with state lawmakers and business groups to call for immediate spending cuts in the current state budget and to urge the governor direct state bureaucrats to prepare zero-growth budgets for next year.
Read the February/March 2009 MyVOICE for details on small business issues such as taxes and activism in Pennsylvania.
Read the December/January 2009 Pennsylvania MyVOICE for details on issues such as healthcare, junk lawsuits and activism.
With the state tax revenues already almost $600 million behind estimates and Gov. Ed Rendell on Tuesday warning the state budget deficit could reach $2 billion by June, some policymakers in Harrisburg are accusing small businesses of not paying their "fair share."
Read the October/November 2008 Pennsylvania MyVOICE for details on issues such as taxes, healthcare and politics.
Your legislators' voting record of small business issues in Pennsylvania, 2008 edition.
Gov. Edward Rendell has nominated the president and CEO of Pennsylvania's most outspoken environmental watchdogs to replace Kathleen McGinty as secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection.
The political action committee of the National Federation of Independent Business, the nation's leading small business association, today announced its endorsement of candidates in Pennsylvania for reelection to the U.S. Congress. NFIB supports candidates who have pro-small business voting records and are strong advocates for small business owners.
Read the August/September 2008 Pennsylvania MyVOICE for details on issues such as paid sick leave, taxes and the upcoming elections.
The National Federation of Independent Business Young Entrepreneur Foundation has announced the Pennsylvania recipients of the sixth annual NFIB Young Entrepreneur Awards, a scholarship program designed to reward and encourage entrepreneurial talents among high school students. The NFIB Young Entrepreneur Award recipients will attend the university, college, community college or vocational/technical institute of their choice with $1,000-$10,000 in tuition assistance from the NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation.
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