PA in the WSJ

This is a list of articles regarding Pennsylvania in this past week's Wall Street Journal. Chances are I missed something, but these are the articles that caught my eye.

It should be noted that I routinely do not read the editorials in the WSJ. So any discussions of the state, its elected officials, businesses, or citizens, in editorials will not be mentioned here.


PA Politicians

In “Senate Democrats take a pause,” by David Rogers (7/19) we find this paragraph:

Rep. John Murtha, the bill’s manager, has used every lever available to try to put pressure on the White House regarding Iraq. But the
Pennsylvania Democrat said he is torn now because another veto fight over Iraq could jeopardize added funding in his bill to improve oversight, for example, of the record number of outside contractors now employed by the Pentagon, including in the Iraq theater.

PA Businesses

Apparently we still need customer service workers here in the US, not all the jobs can be outsourced. Banks are having trouble finding and hiring tellers. PNC Financial Services Group of Pittsburgh is among those mentioned. Some technical and community colleges are starting training programs for tellers. See “Expanding banks bemoan lack of qualified tellers,” by Sudeep Reddy (7/17)

Lice Fighters will comb lice out of your or your family’s head if you live in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania for $200 a head. “A head scratcher: How to get rid of a pesky parasite,” by Joseph DeAvila (7/17)

“Jones apparel names officer,” (7/17)

Brief mentions:

Hershey (7/17)

Harleysville National Corp. (Harleysville) (7/18)

Interdigital Inc. (King of Prussia) (7/18)

Valley National Gases LLC (Washington, PA) (7/18)

Other PA

Susan Gingerich a private practice social worker in Philadelphia is quoted in “Letting your family in on your therapy,” by Elizabeth Bernstein (7/17)

The Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia is mentioned in “Art for less,” by Lauren A. E. Schuker (7/21)

Other Interesting Tidbits

Note this sentence from “Carry-on items taken at airports find happy homes,” by Paulo Prada (7/17):

Pennsylvania, which collects goods at 13 airports including New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, says it collects a total of 2.5 tons of TSA goods a month and that the items, sold on eBay, since 2004 have raised $360,000 for state coffers as of June.

There is a great article on Elizabeth Edwards, “The Nights and days of Elizabeth Edwards,” by Monica Langley on 7/21.