Will Pennsylvania’s congressional appropriators help save Pennsylvanians’ health and jobs?

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Will Pennsylvania’s congressional appropriators help save Pennsylvanians’ health and jobs? Craig Snyder August 28, 2025 August 27, 2025

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As the smokestack-based economy of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania began to recede in the later decades of the last century, many wondered what could replace it as a continuing engine of economic growth and well-being for our communities and families.

In recent decades, the answer has seemed pretty clear – “Eds and Meds,“with steel and glass facilities taking their place on our skylines, our institutions of higher learning, most especially our medical research and healthcare delivery institutions, became huge employers, to a gr