Highmark Health plans to invest $20 million in upgrades to its headquarters in downtown Pittsburgh over three years. The project is expected to create more than 100 construction jobs. In additi...
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Recent legislation introduced this week in Pittsburgh City Council would require all new or renovated city-owned properties be net-zero energy efficient. The bill defines net-zero energy buildings ...
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Sally Kozak, deputy secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, recently testified in front of a state Senate committee on the critical role broadband access plays in healthcare. Th...
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A one-hour seminar on brand marketing will be held Sept. 11 at Penn State DuBois, hosted by the North Central PA Launchbox and Ben Franklin Technology Partners. The seminar, Positioning Your Busine...
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The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission recently approved a July settlement between Houston-based Buckeye Partners, that operates the Laurel Pipeline, and a group of complainants. The pipeline o...
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The state recently awarded 29 airports in 24 counties $13.7 million in grant funding, which will be used for infrastructure and equipment upgrades. The grants are through the Pennsylvania Departme...
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The Erie, Pa.-based Manufacturer & Business Association (MBA) plans its premiere workforce development event, Manufacturing (MFG) Day 2019, for Oct. 9 to promote the industry to middle and high school...
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Gov. Tom Wolf announced Tuesday that Crown Cork & Seal USA, Inc. (Crown), which manufactures metal food, beverage, and aerosol containers, will expand its manufacturing operation in Hanover Borough, Y...
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State Reps. Matthew Dowling (R-Fayette/Somerset), Seth Grove (R-York) and Justin Walsh (R-Westmoreland) recently drafted the Reinventing Government bill package, which would merge several state agenci...
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Officials from Grove City Medical Center and Allegheny Health Network (AHN) recently signed an affiliation agreement that will make Grove City the ninth AHN-owned hospital. Pending government appro...
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The Pennsylvania House Majority Policy Committee recently toured several southcentral Pennsylvania employers to learn about the challenges businesses face creating good jobs and about any government-i...
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The House Majority Policy Committee toured several businesses in southcentral Pennsylvania this week to learn more about the workforce challenges they face, Policy Chairman Donna Oberlander (R-Clarion...
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Rep. Frank Ryan (R-Lebanon) unveiled Tuesday a proposal to eliminate school property taxes at a Capitol press conference. House Bill 13, the School Property Tax Elimination Act, would replace 100 p...
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Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania (Ben Franklin) announced yesterday that its Global Opportunity Philadelphia Fund (GO Philly Fund) made its first investments in two techno...
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GIANT Food Stores recently announced a two-level flagship GIANT store in the new Riverwalk development project in downtown Philadelphia. GIANT Food Stores President Nicholas Bertram, Pennsylvania D...
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Wolf Administration officials, local officials, and legislators recently celebrated the grand opening of PA CareerLink Blair County, which recently relocated to the Altoona Area Public Library, and di...
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The Brookings Institution recently released a report titled Ideas for Pennsylvania’s Innovation Policy, which examines innovation policy in Pennsylvania and other states. The report noted that Pe...
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The Montgomery County Workforce Development Board, the area’s workforce development board, will be offering free manufacturing boot camps to people interested in pursuing a career in manufacturing. ...
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AirBorn, Inc., which engineers and manufactures specialized connectors and electronic components for original equipment manufacturers, recently broke ground on an extension of its manufacturing facili...
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The hemp industry in Pennsylvania is making a comeback as the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture issued more than 300 permits on nearly 600 acres at more than 800 different growing locations so fa...
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