Rep. Jonathan Fritz (R-Susquehanna/Wayne) announced Tuesday the advancement of House Bill 1103, PIPE Investment Program legislation, by a vote of 14-6 by the House Finance Committee. As the legisla...
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The Senate Health and Human Services Committee and the Senate Majority Policy Committee jointly will hold a workshop in Harrisburg Wednesday to discuss the work requirements for able-bodied, nonelderl...
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Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), Scott Perry (R-PA-10) and Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11) recently toured the Philly Shipyard and pledged to redouble their efforts to secure new federal shipbuilding work f...
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API-PA, a division of the American Petroleum Institute, and Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) issued responses to Restore PA, Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to fund infrastruct...
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More than 90 state and local chamber representatives from across Pennsylvania met in Harrisburg Tuesday for the 2019 Chamber Day at the State Capitol to discuss workforce development, the state budget...
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Pittsburgh International Airport saw passenger traffic increase 3 percent in April, the 36th consecutive month of year-over-year passenger growth, marking the longest streak of passenger growth since ...
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Senator Camera Bartolotta (R- Beaver/Greene/Washington), other lawmakers and good government advocates participated in a news conference in support of the Taxpayer Protection Act (TPA) on Monday in th...
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury recently awarded Commonwealth Cornerstone Group, a nonprofit community development entity (CDE) created by the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA), $55 milli...
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The Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) highlighted the benefits of the natural gas impact tax and spoke out against Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposed natural gas severance tax at a meeting of representatives fr...
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The Fund Our Facilities Coalition announced Wednesday legislation sponsored by State Sen. Vincent Hughes (D), which would invest a total of $250 million in repairs to Pennsylvania’s school buildings...
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The Pennsylvania Power Company (Penn Power) said Tuesday that is installing 120 new "TripSaver" automated reclosing devices on power lines in Crawford, Lawrence and Mercer counties to reduce the frequ...
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Gov. Tom Wolf recently announced that $5.5 million from the New PA Venture Capital Investment Program would be reinvested into four venture capital funds to support the growth of early-stage companies...
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WebstaurantStore, Inc., an online restaurant supply company, will construct a fulfillment center and create at least 400 full-time jobs in Columbia County. WebstaurantStore purchased land in Hemloc...
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers recently announced the introduction of legislation in the House and Senate aimed at removing employment barriers for formerly convicted people. The bills, H.B. 1477 ...
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CarbonLITE Holdings LLC of Los Angeles, the world’s largest producer of food-grade post-consumer recycled PET, recently announced that it will open a new facility in Greater Reading. The project ...
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Dollar General Corporation recently established a new cold storage facility in Schuylkill County that, at full capacity, is expected to support the creation of 100 new full-time jobs over three years....
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U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Under Secretary Mark W. Menezes recently participated in a roundtable discussion with Pennsylvania lawmakers on economic development in the Appalachian region, toured t...
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Storage for liquified natural gas (LNG), improved infrastructure and sound public policy will catapult Pennsylvania forward in energy production and increase economic benefits for the commonwealth, st...
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State Rep. Josh Kail (R-Beaver/Washington) and House Speaker Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) recently held a press event near the Shell manufacturing facility in Beaver County to highlight Energize PA, a le...
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PA Chamber President and CEO Gene Barr recently issued a statement in response to the Wolf administration's calls for a severance tax on the natural gas industry to fund the ‘Restore PA’ initiativ...
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