The Hershey Company has set new goals to reduce its global emissions as part of its Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) agenda. Specifically, Hershey plans to reduce its absolute Scope 1 and S...
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Legislation recently introduced in the state Senate would ensure the state budget aligns with the economy and what taxpayers can afford. The Taxpayer Protection Act, Senate Bill 286, creates a cons...
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Volvo Construction Equipment is building a $4.3 million technical training center at its Shippensburg headquarters. The facility will provide the company with the space to deliver in-person and vir...
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The House Majority Policy Committee recently heard testimony on Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposed 46 percent increase in the Personal Income Tax. Speakers included Dr. Matthew Rousu, dean and professor ...
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A multi-state and federal government agency permanently banned natural gas drilling in the watershed that leads to the Delaware River on Thursday, a move the oil and gas industry blasted as ignoring s...
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State Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman (R-34), Senate Majority Leader Kim Ward (R-39), and House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-171) on Wednesday accused the Wolf administration of using...
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Gov. Tom Wolf unveiled Monday his $3 billion workforce and economic development plan, Back to Work PA, which would be paid for by a severance tax placed on the natural gas industry at a rate of about ...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) recently announced the launch of its PennDOT Pathways Major Bridge Public-Private Partnership (P3) initiative, which will use the tolling of nin...
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According to We Work for Health Pennsylvania, the state’s 16 biopharmaceutical companies spent $7.9 billion in the state in 2018 and employed 253,876 Pennsylvanians, while supporting 7,294 vendors a...
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The CompetePA Coalition is urging Gov. Tom Wolf to reconsider business tax increases included in his 2021-2022 budget proposal. CompetePA, managed by the Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, is ...
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The Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) has called for a one-year moratorium on the implementation of Gov. Tom Wolf’s mandate that Pennsylvania join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiativ...
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Hall Industries, an engineering and manufacturing company with multiple locations statewide, recently announced that it will streamline operations in western Pennsylvania in Mercer County. The comp...
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U.S. Rep. Troy Balderson (R-OH) criticized a recent report from the think tank Ohio River Valley Institute that said 22 counties in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia responsible for 90 percent of the ...
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The Kraft Heinz Company recently announced that it has sold its nuts business to Hormel Foods Corporation for $3.35 billion. The sale includes most products sold under the Planters brand as well as...
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The City of Philadelphia announced Wednesday the Workforce Respond and Recharge 2021 Commitment, a renewed strategic commitment to address workforce challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic a...
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Clemens Food Group, a Montgomery County-based vertically-integrated pork processor, recently announced plans to expand its Hatfield operations. The company will invest more than $228 million to co...
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U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) said Monday that raising the federal minimum wage would have a harmful impact on jobs following a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report on the budgetary effects of the R...
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Senate Bill 2, legislation supporting an amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution limiting the length of future emergency disaster declarations, received final legislative approval last week and wil...
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce denounced last week’s reintroduction of the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, which the world’s largest business organization argues includes “harmful poli...
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The U.S. Supreme Court announced this week it will hear arguments in the PennEast Pipeline’s eminent domain case against the state of New Jersey, drawing praise from several energy organizations, in...
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