Senate Transportation Committee Chairwoman Kim Ward (R- Westmoreland County) recently said she will create a legislative working group to address the major challenges facing the state’s transportat...
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State Sens. Vincent J. Hughes (D-Philadelphia/Montgomery), Katie Muth (D-Montgomery/Chester) and Lindsey Williams (D-Allegheny) recently revealed a plan to help students and their families pay down s...
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House Bill 522, part of the eight bill Career and Technical Education legislative package, was approved recently by the state House of Representatives. The bill would establish the Career and Tech...
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The Northeastern Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Center and Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance (NEPA) recently presented McGregor Industries with a $200,000 loan through the NEPA Alliance Appalachia...
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Two recently introduced bills would improve transparency in the collective bargaining the process for government and school employees negotiating the salaries and benefits. Currently, government t...
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The Erie Federal Credit Union (Erie FCU) surpassed 60,000 members earlier this month. Erie FCU was founded in 1936 and is open to anyone who lives, works, worships or attends school in Erie or Cra...
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State Sen. John DiSanto (R-Dauphin/Perry) supports the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s (PennDOT) decision to drop its appeal of a January Commonwealth Court ruling. The ruling had r...
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State Sens. Art Haywood (D-Philadelphia), Thomas H. Killion (R- Chester and Delaware counties) and Steven J. Santarsiero (D-Bucks) plan to introduce legislation that would expand the Alternative Ener...
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The state House Labor and Industry Committee advanced an unemployment compensation reform bill Wednesday aimed at helping the hundreds of employees from the Joy Global plant in Franklin that closed i...
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U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) introduced a bill Monday to strengthen the pediatric workforce within the healthcare industry. The Strengthening Our Pediatric Workforce Act would pr...
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The state House Finance Committee approved a resolution Wednesday urging the federal government to allow educational savings accounts to be used for workforce training expenses. The resolution, in...
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State Sen. Gene Yaw (R- Bradford) recently visited Advanced Drainage Systems (ADS) in Muncy to learn how large diameter thermoplastic pipe is manufactured. Yaw also discussed with ADS executives t...
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State Rep. Elder Vogel (R- Beaver/Lawrence/Butler counties) said Tuesday he will soon introduce a bill that encouraging farmers and landowners to work with new farmers. In Pennsylvania, for every ...
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The state House Government Oversight Committee recently advanced House Bill 332, legislation that would create Commerce Courts in counties statewide. The bill amends Title 42 of the Pennsylvania C...
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The House Education Committee advanced Monday House Bill 334, which seeks to make it easier for students to apply certain credits toward job-training programs and for schools to establish or renew vo...
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Latrobe based Kennametal, a tooling and industrial materials supplier, recently formed a partnership with Carnegie Mellon University through the Manufacturing PA Initiative fellowship program. The...
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In 2018, Pennsylvania accounted for 25 percent of growth in natural-gas power generation, 4.4 gigawatts, according to a report by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Nineteen natural...
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Dallas, Pennsylvania-based Misericordia University is expanding its nursing program and will begin offering a 16-month Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ABSN) program at a new nursing learn...
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The Lehigh Valley “What’s So Cool About Manufacturing?” awards ceremony was held Feb. 26 in Bethlehem. The ceremony honors students who participated in the WSCM program developed by Manufact...
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The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) said last week that regional rail service will be returning to Coatesville. The proposed new rail line would extend from the current ...
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