U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) recently urged Congress to maintain funding for the Chesapeake Bay program and the Assistance to Nuclear Closure Communities program in fiscal year 2020 appropriations bills...
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Penn State Health recently announced it plans to open an acute care hospital near state Route 283 in East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County. The hospital will be located on 30 acres and will pro...
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Paint manufacturer PPG recently reached an agreement with private equity firm Sverica Capital Management LP to acquire Dexmet Corp. Headquartered in Wallingford, Conn., Dexmet manufactures special...
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Pennsylvania Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) recently expressed his support for the 14 state-owned universities that are freezing tuition for the 2019-20 school year....
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State Rep. Frank Burns (D-Cambria) sent a letter Thursday to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos urging the company to consider Cambria County as its new headquarters. The letter was a follow-up to correspondenc...
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Two bills, one in the state House and one in the Senate, would alleviate the burden placed on drivers and businesses whose tolls are used to build roads and bridges statewide. The bills would pr...
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Pittsburgh-based food retailer Giant Eagle recently partnered with Grabango to provide a no-wait checkout experience. Grabango’s checkout-free technology works by utilizing computer vision and ma...
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Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, a specialist in generic and specialty medicines, recently completed the purchase of three buildings in West Chester. The purchase represents a 12-year investment in infra...
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Between 2016 and 2018, AT&T invested more than $775 million in Pennsylvania’s wireless and wired networks, according to the company, and also improved services supporting the FirstNet communications...
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The Board of Governors for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) recently voted to freeze tuition for the upcoming school year. PASSHE is comprised of 14-member universities w...
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Pittsburgh can potential reduce carbon emissions by nearly 75 percent by 2030, according to a Siemens City Performance Tool report, exceeding its current goal of 50 percent. The reduction would cr...
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The state recently deposited $317 million into the commonwealth’s Rainy Day Fund, the largest funds transfer since the Great Recession in the early 2000s. Last year the state made its first depos...
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Turkey Hill, a manufacturer and distributor of ice cream and refrigerated drinks, recently announced that it will invest in its manufacturing operations and will increase its hiring efforts. The a...
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Rep. Jim Gregory (R-Blair) and Sen. Judy Ward (R-Blair/Cumberland/Franklin/Fulton/Huntingdon) voiced their disagreement with Gov. Tom Wolf’s veto last week of a bill that would have exempted milk ha...
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Gov. Tom Wolf signed Senate Bill 478, sponsored by Sen. Elder Vogel (R- New Sewickley Township), into law last week. The “farming legacy” bill provides a personal income tax credit for landowne...
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Legislation recently introduced in the state House would permit public school students in grades 9-12 to apply up to one credit earned for completing a personal finance course to satisfy social studie...
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The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) recently released a statement applauding the exclusion of Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposed phased-in $15 minimum wage from the 2019-2020 state budget. ...
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The Pennsylvania Farm Bureau (PFB) recently applauded Gov. Tom Wolf and the state General Assembly for supporting the bipartisan “Pennsylvania Farm Bill” legislative package. The package includ...
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The state House recently passed legislation that would allow Lancaster County municipalities to prohibit video gaming terminals (VGTs) at local truck stops. A 2017 law authorized VGTs as the expans...
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The state Senate approved a bipartisan bill this week expanding job-training programs by allowing Private Licensed Schools to create branch campuses in different counties. Currently, technical scho...
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