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Starting Saturday, an additional 420,000 Pennsylvanians will be eligible for food assistance. Households with incomes up to 200% of the federal poverty income guidelines can qualify.
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With inflation at a four-decade high and many households looking to cut down their budgets, local libraries want to remind people they can help.
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The Inflation Reduction Act, which was signed into law by President Biden on Wednesday, has given new life to efforts in the Pittsburgh region to limit the worst impacts of climate change.
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The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Loretta Mester, predicts it could take another year or two to get inflation under control after it rose to 9.1% in June.
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Carnegie Mellon University and the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary announced this month that they'll award one-time bonuses to help employees manage rising prices. But such increases generally don't keep up with today's rate of inflation.
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Governors and state lawmakers throughout the U.S. are floating proposals to send checks to help residents cope with soaring inflation at a time when state budgets are bursting with cash.
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During Lent, a couple hundred fish fries usually flood the Pittsburgh region. But this year, some churches and fire stations have had to cancel the popular fundraisers due to supply shortages and rising prices.
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Food company Kraft Heinz outperformed analysts' expectations in the fourth quarter of last year, thanks to its move to increase prices while demand for packaged food and condiments remains strong.
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On today’s episode of The Confluence: Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf reflects on another year in the pandemic, and his administration’s efforts to address the ongoing opioid crisis and raise the statewide minimum wage; and a look at how inflation is impacting local organic farms.
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Many local organic farmers had their best season ever in 2020. But with this year’s inflation at its highest since 1990, farms are facing uncertainty in 2022 as they grapple with rising costs of farming inputs like fertilizer, seed, propane and greenhouse plastic.