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HARRISBURG, Pa., May 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania's unemployment rate dropped to 7.5% in April as the state's economy created nearly 24,000 new jobs.

HARRISBURG, Pa., May 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 26,000 Pennsylvania jobs have been lost or displaced since 1994 as a result of the U.S. trade deficit with Mexico, according to a new study from the Economic Policy Institute.

HARRISBURG, Pa., April 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite receiving roughly a third of a billion dollars in taxpayer funds over the past decade, a state program that funds scholarships for students attending private and religious schools lacks fundamental accountability measures. The Keystone Research Center made this finding in a new report assessing the state's decade-old Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) Program.

Still, more action is needed to close gaping jobs and wage deficits threatening economic recovery, according to think tank's State of Working PA report. HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept.