Pennsylvania State Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23) raised questions about Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to produce nearly 50 percent of the state government’s electricity through solar energy. Wolf’s Pennsylvani...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) said Friday that it has reworked the Green Energy Loan Fund (GELF) to make it easier to obtain low-interest loans for large-scale, high-im...
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The Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce voiced its support for a bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Fred Keller (R-PA) designed to strengthen the healthcare workforce d...
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The Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) recently made available $2.6 million for Schools-to-Work program grants. Grants will be awarded in increments up to $250,000. Funding must be used to creat...
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A bill introduced this month in the U.S. House of Representatives could wallop Pennsylvania's burgeoning shale gas industry and related chemical sectors. Shale gas is the raw material driving major...
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Small business owners said the COVID-19 pandemic gives them a sense of optimism, but most say they still see a long road to recovery before business returns to normal, a new poll shows. According ...
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Pittsburgh-based Honeycomb Credit, a first-of-its-kind loan crowdfunding platform, will expand its community-based small business financing model nationwide after raising $1.75 million in seed funding...
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A group of Republican state senators announced Monday the launch of the Prioritize PA: Small Businesses initiative that includes a five-bill package designed to aid small businesses that are struggli...
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Gov. Tom Wolf has proposed a 46 percent state income tax increase, a move state Rep. Frank Burns (D-Cambria) said cannot be justified. Under the proposed increase, residents would see their tax ra...
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Legislation recently introduced in the state Senate would stop a proposed plan to toll bridges on Pennsylvania’s interstate system. The Public-Private Transportation Partnership (P3), under the P...
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U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-PA) introduced two bills in Congress that would spur federal funding to reclaim abandoned mine lands. One is the Abandoned Mine Land Reauthorization Act, introduced alo...
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Lawyers for a $1 billion PennEast natural gas pipeline project will have the legal backing of the Biden administration when they head to the U.S. Supreme Court next month to overturn a 2019 lower-cour...
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has come out against the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on March 9. The PRO Act (H.R. 842), which passed in the Hou...
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State Sen. Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming) introduced a bill designed to provide residents and businesses with more options for fuel. The Energy Choice legislation -- Senate Bill 275 -- would limit municipal...
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Pennsylvania State Rep. Frank Burns (D-Cambria) is urging President Joe Biden to extend tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum imposed by former President Donald Trump in 2018. In a written request ...
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The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry issued a statement last week on a Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry report that analyzes the minimum wage in the state. The report, cal...
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During a House Majority Policy Committee hearing this week, several Pennsylvania business leaders testified on the negative impacts of Gov. Tom Wolf’s budget proposal on businesses and employers alr...
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During the next five years, PECO, the Philadelphia Electric Company, will be investing approximately $6 billion across its electric and natural gas systems. It’s part of an ongoing effort to mode...
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During a House Appropriations Committee budget hearing Tuesday, Jennifer Berrier, acting secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry (L&I), testified that the state has permanen...
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A new grant program, the COVID-19 Hospitality Industry Recovery Program (CHIRP), will assist local businesses in the hospitality industry that were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In December, G...
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