Scope and Contents From the Collection: Beginning in 2008, the nation is experiencing a deep economic recession that has resulted in the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs a month nationwide and a high rate of unemployment. Pennsylvanians statewide have not escaped the economic downturn and have suffered job loss, loss of health care benefits and, in some cases, home foreclosures. Congress passed legislation, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, under which the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania received significant...