On Wednesday, Pennsylvania State Treasurer Stacy Garrity and state Rep. Seth Grove (R-York), chair of the House Republican Appropriations Committee called for the state to bring the state’s Rainy Da...
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Coherent Corp., based in Pittsburgh, signed an agreement with Mitsubishi Electric to collaborate on a program to scale manufacturing of silicon carbide, or SiC, power electronics. SiC power devices...
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Pennsylvania Chamber Director of Government Affairs Kevin Sunday testified during a public hearing last week about the ongoing challenges facing employers in rural communities. The hearing, hosted ...
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Researchers at Penn State University think coal may be the storage solution to developing hydrogen as a clean energy source. Thursday, Penn State said a team of scientists at the university had po...
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Pennsylvania Rep. Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster) urged the state Supreme Court to follow the law and delay Pennsylvania’s entry into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative while the agreements legal mer...
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On Tuesday, the Hershey Company said it was making progress on key sustainability goals in its latest ESG report. The company said its 2022 Environmental, Social and Governance Report showed it ha...
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Legislation introduced Monday by U.S. Rep. John Joyce (R-PA) would complete the Mountain Valley Pipeline. Joyce, who was joined by U.S. Reps. Carol Miller (R-WV), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) Mike Kel...
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An Amtrak report on the Coatesville, Pa., train station has found that a reconstruction of the station will spur economic investment nearly double the project’s cost. Reconstruction of the 155-y...
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Lawmakers met Thursday to hear from constituents about the challenges rural communities face when it comes to workforce, during a Pennsylvania Senate Republican Policy Committee hearing. The commi...
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The latest freight movement plan from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will ensure the state is eligible for more than $58 million in federal funding. PennDOT announced Wednesday that...
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Pittsburgh-based Bayer celebrated the opening of its raw materials hub in Saxonburg, Pa., with ribbon cutting Tuesday. The 60,000-foot facility, located next to the company’s Saxonburg manufactu...
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According to an analysis by the American Petroleum Institute-Pennsylvania (API-Pennsylvania), natural gas and oil in Pennsylvania made major contributions to the state’s economy in 2021. The stud...
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A new study has outlined the steel industry’s impact on the Pennsylvania economy, members of the House Steel Caucus said on Thursday. State Reps. Natalie Mihalek (R-Allegheny/Washington) and Fra...
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PJM Interconnection said in its annual summer assessment that the electric supply for the region it serves is sufficient. PJM, the country’s largest electric grid, serves nearly 65 million peopl...
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On Wednesday, the Pennsylvania Senate passed legislation that would require agencies to review regulations and report their findings to an independent commission. Senate Bill 190, sponsored by sta...
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Pennsylvania business leaders warned this week that Washington’s latest proposed limits on particulate materials generated by the manufacturing sector threaten scores of jobs and could result in man...
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The ARM Institute, a Pittsburgh-based robotics manufacturing innovation institute, recently awarded the Digital Foundry at New Kensington, an initiative of Penn State New Kensington and the Economic G...
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The Pennsylvania Senate Finance Committee advanced two business tax reform bills on Tuesday after new data showed signs of economic growth. The bills, supported by state Sens. Ryan Aument (R-36), ...
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The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry joined a coalition of business associations and local chambers of commerce in urging state officials to reform the state’s ‘dysfunctional and unpr...
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On Friday, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced that all state agencies under his jurisdiction have reviewed their licensing, certification, and permitting process – a step toward his goal of ma...
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