Pennsylvania state government has been consumed with budget activity for most of the spring and summer, especially in the past month or so. Despite all the action and focus on the state budget, there are a lot of other policy items being pushed forward. Our team has been deeply involved on two fronts involving natural gas vehicles (NGVs) and have been making some headway on behalf of Clean Energy and this important burgeoning industry in...
Procter & Gamble does more than just serve their consumers; they are dedicated to helping build local communities all around the world. Procter & Gamble, Co. (P&G), a proud client of Capital Associates is a multinational consumer goods company. Their products range from diapers and baby products to cleaning agents to personal care products and are recognized household names such as Pampers, Gillette, Old Spice, Oral-B and Pantene to name a few. Their largest manufacturing...
In case you missed it last week, Capital Associates is now implementing "dollar one reporting" of lobbying expenses. Here is the press release from last week: Capital Associates, Inc. Announces Implementation of Dollar One Reporting of Lobbying Expenses Harrisburg, PA (January 4, 2016): Capital Associates has announced the implementation of “dollar-one” reporting of meals, entertainment, gifts and other costs as it relates to lobbying expenses. On August 31, 2015, partners and associates at Greenlee Partners published a...
Hot dogs, hamburgers, baseball, watermelon, weekend getaways, and fireworks. That is how most Americans know Labor Day. At one point, the holiday was meaningful to even more Americans. About 50 years ago, 34.8% of all US wage and salary workers belonged to unions. Recent numbers indicate that this figure is now around 11.3%. Since 1983, private sector union membership has declined from 16.8% to 6.7%. During this same time though, public sector employee unionization has...