On Monday, the Pennsylvania Senate confirmed Gov. Josh Shapiro’s cabinet nominations to lead the Department of Education, Department of Insurance and Office of Fire Commissioner. Shapiro’s off...
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The head of one of Pennsylvania’s teachers’ unions said Friday that a tuition voucher program proposed by Senate Republicans is not responsible governing. Rich Askey, president of PSEA, said t...
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Plastic jar and bottle manufacturer Schless Bottles will relocate from northern New Jersey to Allentown, Pennsylvania, Gov. Josh Shapiro said Thursday. The manufacturer will invest more than $7.5 ...
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Pennsylvania Reps. Dawn Keefer (R-Dillsburg) and Joe D’Orsie (R-Manchester) said the state will lose as many as 143,000 jobs if a bill to raise the minimum wage is passed. Keefer and D’Orsie, ...
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Penn State Extension has been working to develop and update state broadband maps for the Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority, which will help Pennsylvania maximize its federal funding allocat...
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Revenue from Pennsylvania’s natural gas impact tax since 2012 has provided more than $2.5 billion for the state’s 67 counties to pay for infrastructure, first-responder environmental projects. ...
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Kevin Sunday, the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry’s Director of Government Affairs, told U.S. senators that federal policy must expand opportunities for all citizens while supporting e...
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Everest Infrastructure Partners, whose headquarters are in Pittsburgh, announced Wednesday it would be expanding its European platform by acquiring Lisbon, Portugal-based Blue Sites Telco. Founded...
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U.S. Reps. Dan Meuser (R-PA) and Roger Williams (R-TX) are urging the House Ways and Means Committee to consider the impact on small businesses of specific proposed changes to the tax code. Meuser ...
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U.S. Reps. John Reschenthaler (R-PA) and Chris Deluzio (D-PA) are among a bipartisan group of lawmakers that introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that seeks to reduce mine methane em...
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Pennsylvania business leaders expressed growing impatience this week over Gov. Shapiro’s apparent waffling on campaign pledges to consider reneging on his predecessor’s moves to enlist the state i...
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Pittsburgh-based PPG recently launched a new $30 million battery pack application center (BPAC) in Tianjin, China. The facility features a full range of capabilities to test the application of PPG...
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On Thursday, PPL Corporation announced it will relocate its corporate headquarters to downtown Allentown. Reaffirming its commitment to the city with a long-term lease agreement, the company said ...
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Legislation passed unanimously by the Pennsylvania House Professional Licensure Committee Wednesday will make becoming a licensed engineer easier, state Rep. Dave Zimmerman (R-Lancaster) said. HB ...
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Pennsylvania stakeholders commended action on Wednesday by the Virginia State Air Pollution Control Board to repeal its Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) regulation, a move they say is needed ...
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Calling the costs associated with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative an “energy tax”, Pennsylvania Rep. Joshua Kail (R-Beaver/Washington) said joining the regional carbon emission reduction pr...
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Pennsylvania state Rep. Joshua Kail (Beaver/Washington) said an energy tax included in budget proposals from Gov. Josh Shapiro and House Democrats would cripple Pennsylvania families. During a pre...
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According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the largest coal-fire power generating plant in Pennsylvania is seeking approval from PJM to close by July 2023. The 54-year-old Home...
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Canonsburg, Pa.-based Equitrans Midstream said the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) will move forward thanks to language in the national debt limit bill signed into law by President Joe Biden on Saturda...
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Westinghouse Electric Co., a nuclear and clean power technologies and services company, and Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic, a producer of computing systems for spacecraft, recently announced they have ag...
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