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The Census Bureau also estimates the poverty rate in Scranton is nearly double that of Pennsylvania’s.
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The White House is floating new plans for ways to pay for President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion proposal for expanding social services and tackling climate change. The ideas include shelving a proposed big increase in corporate tax rates though also adding a new billionaires’ tax on the investment gains of the very richest Americans. The abrupt changes in suggested “pay-fors” on Wednesday came as Biden returned to his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, to highlight what he says are the middle class values in the plan.
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President Joe Biden will travel to Scranton on Wednesday, the White House says, as the Democrat works to rally support in Congress for a social services and climate change package that had been a 10-year, $3.5 trillion proposal.
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Once-a-week COVID-19 testing can cost more than $6,000 a year.
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President Biden announced sweeping new vaccine mandates for the workplace late last week. Pro-business groups in Pennsylvania are still digesting the news.
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President Biden will address the nation Monday as more U.S. forces are on their way to Afghanistan to help with the evacuation of U.S. personnel and allies.
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Biden's visit to the facility in the Lehigh Valley comes as his administration pushes new “buy American” efforts and advocates for government investments and clean energy as ways to strengthen U.S. manufacturing.
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President Joe Biden will head to the Allentown area Wednesday as he fights for passage in the Senate of a nearly $1 trillion infrastructure measure that a bipartisan group of senators brokered with him.
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Senate Democrats have taken a major step toward meeting President Joe Biden's proposals for massive spending on government programs for climate change, health care, family services and more. Lawmakers reached an agreement Tuesday night to pour $3.5 trillion over the next decade into Biden's proposals.
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President Joe Biden is declaring that preserving voting rights is “a test of our time” as he urges passage of federal legislation to combat efforts by Republican-led state legislatures to restrict access to ballots.