The Erie Metropolitan Transit Authority (EMTA) was recently awarded a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT) to upgrade the city's public transportation system. EMTA will...
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Pennsylvania House of Representatives Speaker Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) recently praised the Senate Finance Committee for advancing House Bill 1100, which reforms the energy and fertilizer manufacturi...
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The state Senate recently advanced legislation sponsored by Sen. Bob Mensch (R-24) that would support the development of electric vehicle infrastructure. The Pennsylvania Clean Transportation Infra...
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A bipartisan group of state legislators on Tuesday is seeking approval from the General Assembly before Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration can enter into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), r...
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Pittsburgh-based United States Steel Corp. recently announced plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across its global operations. The company’s goal is to reduce emissions by 20 percent by 203...
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The Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association is the most recent organization to join a coalition of business groups in support of the Small Business Tax Fairness Package. The three-bill package, cu...
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Senate Bill 456, which expands, the availability of job training programs by Private Licensed Schools to open a branch campus in a neighboring county or any other location within 60 miles of the main ...
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West Shore Home, a Mechanicsburg, Pa.-based home remodeling company, recently purchased Fairbanks Construction, a Florida-based window and bath company, for an undisclosed amount. This makes West S...
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Project SEARCH recently launched in Pennsylvania to provide disabled students with hands-on job-skills training at Saint Vincent Hospital in Erie. Project SEARCH was developed in Cincinnati in 1996...
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Gov. Tom Wolf recently toured West Shore School District’s new aquaponics lab at Cedar Cliff High School in Camp Hill, funded by a $250,000 Strategic Innovation grant from the state’s Department o...
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More than 140 new transportation infrastructure improvement projects in Pennsylvania will receive approximately $79.3 million in funding after receiving approval from the state’s Commonwealth Financ...
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The Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership recently announced their support of an effort to bring a skills-based community college to the area to advance workforce development and attract new bu...
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The Keystone Health Information Exchange (KeyHIE), a network of more than 350 healthcare facilities, recently launched a new tool that physicians can use to share medical images and associated reports...
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The Allegheny County Airport Authority (ACAA) recently received an $18.69M grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) through the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUIL...
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Brickworks North America Corporation (Brickworks N.A.), the parent company of Wyomissing, Penn.-based Glen-Gery Corporation, recently announced that it reached a binding agreement to acquire assets of...
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The $90 million Lafayette Street Extension, from Conshohocken to Dekalb streets in Norristown, recently opened to traffic. The extension is the state’s largest local infrastructure project. ...
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The Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s (BFTP/NEP) Board of Directors recently approved $578,000 in investments in regional businesses. The selected businesses include...
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Richard Singer, a retired Penn State Altoona instructor in the electro-mechanical engineering program, and his wife, Dr. Jeane Violon Singer, have gifted the university with a gift commitment of $1 mi...
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State Rep. Mike Driscoll (D-Philadelphia) recently announced that he introduced legislation to help protect Pennsylvania employers and workers from payroll processing fraud and mistakes on the part of...
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East Norriton-based Tmunity Therapeutics, a private clinical-stage biotherapeutics company focused on next-generation T-cell immunotherapy, recently entered into a partnership with Oncora Medical. ...
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