The Pennsylvania state House voted on Tuesday to halt a plan by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to add tolls to nine bridges across the state. Senate Bill 382, authored by state Sen. ...
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Pennsylvania Rep. Barbara Gleim (R-Cumberland) announced Tuesday that she intends to introduce legislation that will lower the state’s corporate net income tax rate. In a memo to members of the ...
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Lancaster-based Armstrong World Industries, Inc. announced its release of its first sustainability report on Friday. The report builds on the environmental and social aspirations the company previ...
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Allentown-based energy PPL Corp. is investing in Flagship Fund, Fund II, which is offered by venture capital firm Energy Impact Partners. The fund invests in energy companies and technologies that...
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The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry’s President and CEO Gene Barr applauded recent passage in the Senate of Bill that would help small businesses by removing tax barriers. Senate B...
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State Senator John Yudichak (I-14) and the Senate Community, Economic and Recreational Development Committee held a hearing Tuesday on the Invent Penn State program. The six-year-old initiative, w...
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Pittsburgh-based Alcoa Corp., announced Monday that it created a technology roadmap to support the company’s vision to reinvent the aluminum industry for a sustainable future. The company said t...
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A bill by State Rep. Matthew Dowling (R-Fayette/Somerset) that will help bar and restaurant owners affected by the COVID-19 pandemic has been signed into law by Gov. Tom Wolf. House Bill 425 allow...
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Cranberry Township-based MSA Safety recently signed a $4 million contract to produce elastomeric air-purifying respirators for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The respirators will...
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On Wednesday, Range Resources said it had published an updated Corporate Sustainability Report providing detailed insight into Range’s approach, achievements, and goals on environmental, social and ...
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Manufacturers expect employment to increase by 1,146 over the next 12 months, according to the annual Manufacturing Wage & Salary report. This figure is more than double what was cited in the 202...
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Driving PA Forward’s two grant programs recently awarded $9.5 million to reduce diesel emissions, improve air quality, and promote clean transportation technologies. Driving PA Forward’s goal ...
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North Central PA LaunchBox unveiled a state-of-the-art makerspace and Idea Lab, to add to its existing business services. Powered by Penn State DuBois, the North Central PA LaunchBox will provide...
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SkillUp and Philadelphia Works, Inc. will form a new partnership – LevelUp Philadelphia – that will support local workers and focus on placing them in high growth, in-demand jobs, The SkillUp Coal...
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Houston, Texas-based fuel company Nacero said on Friday it will build a $6 billion manufacturing facility in Newport Township, Pa., the single largest investment in Luzerne County history. The new ...
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Legislation soon to be introduced in the state Senate would amend the existing Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant Program to create a new definition of low carbon fuels including renewable natural gas ...
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The state Senate continued to dig in its heels against the controversial plan to bring Pennsylvania into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) this week by passing a resolution to disapprove a...
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Leading gas industry groups are calling on Congress to withdraw a new tax on natural gas – referred to as a “methane fee” -- from the proposed federal budget reconciliation bill. The American...
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Carnegie-based Union Electric Steel Corp., a subsidiary of Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp., plans to raise prices on its forged engineered products effective immediately on all new orders received. It als...
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Thirty-nine percent of an estimated 3.8 trillion cubic feet of recoverable natural gas and natural gas reserves are located in the “Atlantic” states, including Appalachian states like Pennsylvania...
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