State Sen. Bob Mensch (R- Bucks, Montgomery and Berks counties) recently spoke at the Upper Bucks Chamber of Commerce “State of the State” event. Mensch discussed the re-introduction of severa...
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Utility company PPL Corp. recently released its 2018 Sustainability Report. The report is an overview of the company’s climate-change and risk-management strategy as well as the company’s ener...
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Pittsburgh-based MSA Safety, a safety products supplier and manufacturer, recently released its LUNAR technology at the annual Fire Department Instructor's Conference in Indianapolis. LUNAR is a s...
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The Zero Waste PA bill package, recently introduced by House Democrats, aims to reduce the environmental impacts of the world’s modern "throwaway" society. “We can no longer ignore the growing...
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The state House recently advanced legislation that would amend the 20-year-old Pennsylvania Construction Code Act to require municipalities to use at least two or more companies for inspection servic...
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The state House of Representatives recently voted to advance House Bill 859, which would reauthorize Pennsylvania’s 911 system, scheduled to expire June 30, through 2023. “Four years ago, und...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s (PennDOT) Office of Public-Private Partnerships recently announced it is accepting unsolicited proposals for transportation projects from the private...
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Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Technologies Inc. (ATI) recently extended its long-term purchase agreement with Rolls-Royce through 2029. Under the agreement, ATI will supply rotating disc quality nic...
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E-commerce company Spreetail will open a fulfillment center in the Nanticoke City section of the Hanover 9 site as early as June 1. The 610,000-square-foot facility will employ 50. By 2021, that n...
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Sen. Vincent Hughes (D-Philadelphia/Montgomery) recently proposed two bills aimed at protecting workers from wage theft. Wage theft is when employers misclassify employees. Misclassification can c...
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Nearly 300 members of the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau (PFB) recently convened in Harrisburg for its PFB’s State Legislative Conference to discuss the state’s tax-credit bill and other priority issue...
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A recent report calls for Pennsylvania state and local officials to address the state’s looming transportation funding crisis. Transit agencies throughout the state have been notified state capi...
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State Sen. Art Haywood (D-Montgomery/Philadelphia) recently said he is pleased with Pennsylvania Treasurer Joe Torsella’s Private Sector Retirement Security Task Force’s findings on establishing ...
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Sen. Elder Vogel (R- Lawrence County) recently introduced legislation that would encourage existing farmers and landowners to work with news farmers to help get their careers started. Under the bi...
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State Senate Transportation Committee Chairwoman Kim Ward (R-Westmoreland County) said she soon will introduce legislation that would give counties more flexibility to fund public transportation. ...
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First National Bank, the largest subsidiary of F.N.B. Corp., plans to open a new regional Loan Production Office in Philadelphia. The office will facilitate business opportunities for the bank’...
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A total of 106 transportation infrastructure projects in 40 Pennsylvania counties have received $54.7 million in funding through the Multimodal Transportation Fund (MTF). The projects were approve...
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Appalachian communities that have experienced economic growth since the Great Recession share a number of traits, researchers on the behalf of the Appalachian Regional Commission discovered. The r...
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Augmentir, a leading provider of enterprise software for industrial companies, recently launched its Augmented Operations platform. The platform combines enterprise augmented reality with artifici...
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Sens. Camera Bartolotta (R- Monongahela) and Jim Brewster (D- McKeesport) recently introduced legislation that would permit private-licensed schools to create branch campuses in different counties. ...
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