The Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) recently approved a 15-year, $2.05 million, 1.75 percent fixed interest rate PIDA loan for the Fay-Penn Economic Development Council. Funds ...
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House Republicans failed Wednesday in voting to overturn Gov. Tom Wolf’s veto of House Resolution 836, which would terminate the state’s COVID-19 disaster emergency declaration. The disaster de...
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The application period for the COVID-19 Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority Restart Grants (PEDA) grants recently opened and will run through Oct. 2. The $2 million grant program supports c...
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The state’s COVID-19 Vaccines, Treatments and Therapies program recently awarded funding to two research groups to develop a treatment or a vaccine for the virus. Apogee Biotechnology Corp., loca...
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A bill referred to the state Senate Banking and Insurance committee earlier this year would help businesses file claims on business interruption insurance policies. These policies replace income ...
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Representatives from several industries gathered at a rally Wednesday at the Cheswick Power Plant in Springdale in voice opposition to Pennsylvania joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI...
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently awarded three Pennsylvanian farms and one business $310,768 through the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). The program is designed to help ...
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The plan to enlist Pennsylvania in the controversial Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) was dismissed Tuesday as an ill-conceived idea that would exact a stiff toll on the commonwealth’s ener...
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Legislation introduced Monday would update state tax laws to help small businesses negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The legislation would make three changes. It would allow small bu...
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Natural gas has surpassed coal as the largest source of power generation in the United States, but the industry faces challenges, according to a report by FTI Consulting. Natural gas accounted for ...
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Legislation recently introduced in the state Senate would help households and small businesses facing delinquencies on utility bills caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Statewide, 55,000 businesses an...
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Legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House would make it easier to file taxes during the COVID-19 pandemic. In many states, income taxes are paid according to where an employee works, not t...
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Legislation recently introduced in the state House of Representatives would allow the event industry to operate safely at 50 percent capacity. The bill would allow venues, caterers, and other busin...
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The clean energy sector had an average job growth rate of 8.7 percent between 2017 and 2019, adding 7,794 new positions, according to the 2020 Pennsylvania Clean Energy Employment Report. The ave...
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Dan Weaver, president and executive director of the Pennsylvania Independent Oil & Gas Association (PIOGA), last week commended the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) reform of methane...
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The State Transportation Commission recently updated its 12-Year Program, which provides insight into the funding that will be available for critical infrastructure improvements. The program is a...
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The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, the state's largest broad-based business association, recently launched a social media campaign that features employers and medical professionals pro...
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A group of five Pennsylvania lawmakers recently urged House leadership to extend the deadline for Coronavirus Relief Funds for an additional year. The federal CARES Act appropriated $150 billion to...
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State lawmakers recently took steps to help small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 business closure order. A total of 4,933 small businesses statewide were awarded $96 million in state grants, a...
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The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently approved Gov. Tom Wolf’s request to declare a disaster in Philadelphia following the civil unrest that occurred May 30 to June 8, which resulted...
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