By Leonard Sciolla, LLP | Published October 25, 2023 | Posted in news | Tagged Tags: House Bill 804, increase in tuition even before classes start or doubling between enrollment and graduation, Increasing Tuition | Comments Off on Increasing Tuition…Before Classes Start?
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Increasing Tuition…Before Classes Start?
It’s no surprise that college tuition increases routinely. In fact, the Education Data Initiative reports that that the average annual tuition at a public 4-year college is 23 times higher than it was in 1963. After adjusting for currency inflation, this amounts to a 747.8% college tuition increase during that time. But students do not Read More
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Ford Issues Major Recalls
Ford has issued two major recalls in Canada this month. The recalls effect over 80,000 vehicles dealing windshield wiper and break hose problems. 2021 Ford F-150s take the brunt of the two recalls with 51,336 effected. In a notice issued by the Canadian Government, wiper arms on some trucks may slip and not properly clear Read More
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Firefighters’ Cancer Linked to Their “Protective” Gear
“The very gear designed to protect firefighters, to keep us safe, is killing us,” said General President Edward Kelly of the International Association of Fire Fighters. The labor union is currently suing the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) in Norfolk County Superior Court. The case cites NFPA’s role in imposing testing standards that require the Read More
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How to Vote in this Year’s Election: New Jersey
The process of casting your ballot this year may look a little different. If you are unsure what your options are or just how to vote in whatever way you choose, you are not alone. There has been a lot of discussion regarding mail-in voting versus in-person voting and there are important things you need Read More
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How to Vote in this Year’s Election: Pennsylvania
Voting is different this year. There’s no way around that. If you have questions about how to navigate the differences, you’re not alone. There has been a lot of discussion regarding mail-in voting versus in-person voting and there are important things you need to know depending on which method you plan to use. Also, new Read More
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Hackers on the Hunt
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, hackers have developed new tools and strategies to obtain personal information and scam internet users. Some popular forms of scamming include luring users to Dark Net sites advertising Covid vaccines and hacking into work remote desktops to steal company, employee and client information. Hackers are also stealing social Read More
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COVID-19 in the Workplace
Enock Benjamin, a worker at the JBS meat processing plant in Souderton, contracted Covid-19 and died. Mr. Benjamin’s Estate has filed a suit against his employer, JBS, in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. The JBS plant was required to stay open due to the President’s use of the Defense Production Act declaring the meat Read More
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Dangerous Roads Ahead
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Philadelphia has seen an alarming spike in traffic-related deaths. As mandatory stay at home orders have continued, the number of cars on the road has decreased leading to less congestion on streets and highways around the city. It’s no secret that open roads entice people to drive faster Read More
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Could Barack Obama be President again?
This will probably not happen. But, Constitutionally, there is arguably a path to the Presidency again for President Obama. It all comes down to two Constitutional Amendments and how they work together. The first is the Twelfth Amendment, ratified all the way back in 1804, which states (relevantly): “[N]o person constitutionally ineligible to the office Read More
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Lack of Personal Protective Equipment and its Toll on Healthcare Workers
Since the start of the Coronavirus outbreak, healthcare workers nationwide have raised complaints about the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) being provided by their hospitals. Many of these complaints have been met with responses such as “you have to work anyway,” disciplinary actions for attempting to wear their own equipment, or in some cases, Read More
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