On Thursday, Pennsylvania Sens. Ryan Aument (R-36), Tracy Pennycuick (R-24), Greg Rothman (R-34), and Judy Ward (R-30) introduced a package of tax reform bills. The bills, designed to stimulate ec...
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Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget proposal doubles funding for the Manufacturing PA Innovation Program and increases funding for Pennsylvania’s PA Smart Program by 25 percent. Shapiro will give a budg...
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The leadership for the Pennsylvania Senate Republicans laid out their principles and priorities Wednesday. Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward (R-39), Majority Leader Joe Pittman (R-41), and App...
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Pittsburgh-based UPMC said its financial results for 2022 show continued growth and sustainability for western Pennsylvania’s largest health insurer. According to the company in a release on Mon...
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The U.S. Army’s Common Tactical Truck (CTT) program recently awarded Mack Defense, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mack Trucks and part of the Volvo Group, a contract to design, build, and deliver tru...
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On Thursday, SEPTA announced it had awarded Alstom Transportation, Inc. a contract to replace the authority’s aging fleet of trolleys with modern, fully ADA-compliant trolleys. The contract is a...
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Pennsylvania Rep. Joshua Kail (R-Beaver/Washington), the chair of the House Republican Policy Committee, said during a regulation hearing Tuesday that commonsense should rule regulation reform to alle...
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On Tuesday, Cranberry Township-based Westinghouse Electric Company announced it had begun the process of licensing its eVinci microreactor with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, as well as the C...
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Pennsylvania Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23) announced Thursday that he will be reintroducing legislation to help establish the legal and regulatory framework for carbon capture, utilization and sequestration (C...
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A new report from the Institute for Energy Research (IER), which examines the environmental quality of the major oil-producing countries, finds that efforts to restrict oil and gas production in the U...
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The Pittsburgh campus of the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory, is slated to host a new, multi-million-dollar direct air capture center (DAC...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry announced this week that it had awarded the Advanced Manufacturing Industry Partnership of South-Central Pennsylvania a $250,000 grant to support the ...
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Through a new joint venture, UGI Energy Services and Archaea Energy will develop a renewable natural gas (RNG) project at the Commonwealth Environmental Systems landfill in Hegins, Pa. The new join...
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The Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) plans to create a re-entry program designed to help those formerly incarcerated in federal prisons pursue family-sustaining jobs. This will be the first o...
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Philadelphia-based Comcast Corp. recently issued a $1 billion, 10-year green bond that will give investors the opportunity to support environmental efforts. Proceeds from the green bond may be allo...
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Global foodservice distribution company Sysco Corporation announced Wednesday it would partner with Penn State University and Arizona State University to develop innovations in packaging and food wast...
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Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania (Ben Franklin Northeast) recently launched the Life Science and Healthcare Technology Fund to assist life science startups in Northeastern...
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Pennsylvania Reps. Joshua Kail (R-Beaver/Washington) and Eric Nelson (R-Westmoreland) pushed House Speaker Mark Rozzi (D-Berks) to bring the House of Representatives back into session to legislators c...
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Penn State’s Center for Critical Minerals has been awarded $2.1 million in federal funding to design, build and test a modular pilot-scale research and development unit. The unit will recover r...
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State Sens. Ryan P. Aument (R-Lancaster County) and Sen. Greg Rothman (R-Cumberland/Dauphin/Perry) plan to introduce legislation soon in the state Senate that would accelerate the reduction of the Com...
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