Mid Penn Bank recently helped close $470 million in loans for 2,184 small businesses through the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). More than $400 million of the funds have already been d...
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The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry recently launched an initiative to help businesses reopen safely during the COVID-19 pandemic and jumpstart the economy. The initiative, Bringing P...
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PECO, Pennsylvania's largest electric and natural gas utility, and the Exelon Foundation recently committed to donating additional funds to local nonprofit organizations that are assisting residents i...
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U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) led a bipartisan group of 62 lawmakers in requesting federal relief eligibility for local chambers of commerce, which continue helping small businesses navigate the ...
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The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) recently urged Gov. Tom Wolf to relieve hospitals of revenue shortfall caused by the COVID-19 pandemic by making available Quality Care ...
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The Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) Board of Directors voted last week to authorize up to $450 million for financially strained hospitals and health systems. The Hospita...
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The Manufacturers’ Association of Emigsville, Pa., recently received a $250,000 state grant to establish a new, registered “Apprenticeship Ecosystem” in southcentral Pennsylvania. The newly ...
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Butler, Pa.-based IDL, an experiential marketing and retail design agency that is part of Pittsburgh's Matthews International Corp., has shifted from the production of retail displays to two-piece fac...
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Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, recently agreed to increase the production of hospital ventilators at all its U.S. manufacturing sites. The company plans to double the production ...
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The vision of Pennsylvania becoming a center of the U.S. petrochemical industry could get a fresh boost from, of all things, the coronavirus. The high-profile supply squeeze on personal protective ...
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Several local energy companies, all members of the Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC), have upped their efforts to help communities, first responders, and medical professionals respond to the global COVI...
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A legislative plan recently introduced in the state Senate would help manufacturers retrofit their facilities to begin producing personal protection equipment for those combating the coronavirus pande...
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PNC Financial Services Group recently contributed $30 million to coronavirus relief efforts directed toward basic needs and hardship relief programs across the markets in which PNC operates. The fu...
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Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) outlined Wednesday how Pennsylvania may benefit from last week’s passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, a $2 trillion federal stimulus packa...
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Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc. (GLPI), a company that acquires, finances, and owns real estate property to be leased to gaming operators, recently reached an agreement with Penn National Gaming. ...
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The Department of Community and Economic Development approved Wednesday waiver requests submitted by Energy Transfer to resume critical construction at 17 sites, 15 of which are associated with the Ma...
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Nonprofit organization VentureWell recently awarded Penn State College of Engineering’s School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs’ researchers $24,000 to support and expa...
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Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday vetoed House Bill 1100, an energy and fertilizer manufacturing tax credit bill, in a move that supporters of the legislation said would sacrifice high-paying jobs for Pennsylva...
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The Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) approved $61 million in low-interest loans Tuesday for small businesses negatively impacted by the COVID-19 public health emergency, Senate Maj...
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Sen. Jim Brewster (D-Allegheny/Westmoreland) recently sent a letter to Gov. Tom Wolf outline a plan to boost the state’s economic recovery efforts, workers, and small businesses after the COVID-19 p...
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