Utz to acquire Festida Foods for $41M
Hanover-based Utz Quality Foods, Inc. announced Tuesday it has entered into an agreement with Great Lakes Festida Holdings, Inc., to acquire Festida Foods for $41 million. Festida Foods is a leadi...
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Enbridge Line 5 shutdown may hit Pa. with $2.1B in lost economic activity: Consumer Energy Alliance
As Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s deadline to shutdown the Enbridge Line 5 oil pipeline was reached on Wednesday and defied by the company, the Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) this week released a ...
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State nearly ready to launch new unemployment benefits system
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) will soon launch an updated Unemployment Compensation (UC) system. The old system will be offline for several days to transfer information be...
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Bipartisan group of senators urge Gov. Wolf to remove certain COVID restrictions before the start of Memorial Day Weekend
A bipartisan group of 21 state senators recently sent a letter to Gov. Tom Wolf asking that he repeal COVID-related restrictions on employers before the start of the Memorial Day weekend. Wolf plan...
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Support grows urging ‘yes’ votes on May 18 disaster declaration ballot questions
The list of supporters continues growing for amendment questions slated for the May 18 ballot in Pennsylvania that would limit the governor’s emergency disaster declaration powers and give the state...
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National Infrastructure Bank would revolutionize infrastructure funding, legislators say
A bill that would create a National Infrastructure Bank would rebuild, replace and revolutionize infrastructure in Pennsylvania and the United States without raising taxes, four Pennsylvania legislato...
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House committee votes to send letter confirming Gov. Wolf’s lack of authority to join RGGI
House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) announced this week the committee’s approval to send a warning letter to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative ...
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Reps. Kenyatta, Snyder urge legislature to provide COVID-19 relief to Pennsylvania businesses
On Tuesday, state Reps. Malcolm Kenyatta (D-Philadelphia) and Pam Snyder (D-Green/Fayette/Washington) urged the state legislature to pass a bill that would expand business interruption policies for bu...
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Small business owners doing better than expected, report shows
A new report from TD Bank shows that Greater Philadelphia small businesses are doing better than expected given the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. TD Bank’s 2021 Small Business Survey foun...
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U.S. Steel’s Mon Valley decision draws criticism of Wolf administration policies
Following U.S. Steel’s April 30 announcement that it has halted a nearly $1.5 billion upgrade of its Mon Valley plant, state Senate Republicans and Pittsburgh business leaders criticized the “libe...
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Dauphin County hospitality businesses receive more than $3M in state CHIRP grants
A total of 129 hospitality industry businesses in Dauphin County recently received $3.05 million through the state’s Covid-19 Hospitality Industry Recovery Program (CHIRP). The Capital Region Eco...
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Skills training programs receive $1.3M in Labor Department funds
The Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) recently invested $1.3 million in programs statewide that provide computer skills training to job seekers. Funding is provided through Digital Literacy and ...
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U.S. Steel halts Mon Valley upgrades in move to carbon neutral
A major upgrade of U.S. Steel’s Mon Valley Works south of Pittsburgh was abruptly canceled as part of the steelmaker’s campaign to eliminate its carbon emissions by 2050, the company announced Fri...
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Report: Agriculture contributes $132.5B to state economy
Agriculture contributes $132.5 billion annually to the state economy and supports more than 590,000 jobs paying nearly $33 billion in wages, according to a report released in coordination with Team Pe...
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Senate committee advances bill requiring legislative approval of RGGI involvement
The Senate Environmental Resources & Energy (ERE) Committee advanced legislation this week that would require legislative approval of Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposal to enter Pennsylvania into the Regi...
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Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, Chesapeake Bay Foundation endorse Sen. Yaw’s Ag Conservation Bill
Both the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau (PFB) and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation endorsed Sen. Gene Yaw’s (R-23) Senate Bill 465 during a news conference Monday at Flinchbaugh’s Orchard and Farm Market i...
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Emissions data available online for Pennsylvania Waste-to-Energy facility
Emissions data for Chester-based Covanta’s Delaware Valley Waste-to-Energy facility owned is now available online, the company said. In an effort to allay residents’ concerns over emissions at...
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Senate Republicans announce plans to block all PUC nominations to protest Wolf’s RGGI decision
The Pennsylvania Senate Republican Caucus announced their intention to block all nominations to the state Public Utility Commission (PUC) until Gov. Tom Wolf revokes his “unilateral” decision to j...
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One Valley launches online hub for startups in the Pittsburgh region
Pittsburgh-based OneValley, a global innovation platform, launched this week its Pittsburgh Entrepreneurship Platform (PEP) – a site for Pittsburgh-based startups that provides them with an online c...
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State energy, manufacturing, building trades, business leaders tout Pennsylvania natural gas
With President Joe Biden’s $3 trillion infrastructure package on the table, Pennsylvania’s top building trades, business, manufacturing, and energy leaders on Wednesday stressed how state-produced...
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