Sen. Gene Yaw (R-Bradford/Lycoming/Sullivan/Union counties), members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and labor and economic leaders recently toured the $6 billion Shell petrochemical pla...
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A concurrent resolution soon to be introduced in the state Senate would create a bicameral, 18-month commission focused on the state’s education system. The 2030 Commission on Education and Econo...
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) would provide new funding for minority-owned businesses in Erie County. Part of the Pennsylvania Mi...
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The House Urban Affairs Committee recently held a hearing to discuss how blight laws are being used and how proposed legislation might tackle blight statewide. According to the Housing Alliance of...
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Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding recently toured York Fresh Food Farms in York, where he discussed how farms in urban areas could end food apartheid. The Urban Agriculture Infrastructure Grant...
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Pittsburgh-based Arconic Corporation announced it is continuing its path towards sustainability, as evidenced by its release of its 2020 Sustainability and Environmental, Social and Governance Report ...
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The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, the state's largest broad-based business association, recently launched the second phase of its Bringing PA Back economic initiative. Phase one a...
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State Rep. Napoleon Nelson (D-Montgomery) recently established a bipartisan House Emerging Technologies Caucus and began circulating an email last week inviting colleagues to join. The caucus would...
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AmerisourceBergen Corporation announced Tuesday that it had completed its acquisition of the majority of Walgreens Boots Alliance’s Alliance Healthcare businesses. AmerisourceBergen purchased th...
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The Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) recently approved two low-interest loans totaling $2.3 million. Through the Bucks County Economic Development Corp., Home Reserve was approv...
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The Hershey Co. recently released its 2020 Sustainability Report, which reviews the company's holistic sustainability strategy and highlights progress on key environmental and social initiatives. "...
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Westinghouse Electric Co. recently completed the purchase of Canada-based Laveer Engineering, a custom tooling and solutions provider. The purchase allows Westinghouse to expand its Canada Deuteri...
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Pennsylvania’s Manufacturing Training-to-Career (MTTC) program recently awarded Rhoads Industries and Workforce Solutions for North Central PA $500,000 in funding to develop programs that bring awar...
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The Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Policy Committee held a hybrid in-person and virtual public hearing Tuesday to discuss the Mon Fayette Expressway and its impact on the state's southwest region. ...
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The state Senate recently advanced four bills aimed at increasing the employment rate by increasing legislative oversight. Senate Bill 28 would require all agencies that issue permits to post infor...
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Dollar Mutual Bancorp recently completed its merger with Standard AVB Financial. "We are ecstatic to announce the completion of this merger and welcome Standard Bank into the Dollar family," Doll...
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Adelphia Gateway, LLC announced Friday that it had received a Notice to Proceed with the second phase of the project from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The project will convert 50 mile...
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Altoona-based Sheetz, a mid-Atlantic restaurant and convenience chain, announced Thursday that it will enable digital currency payments via Flexa, the pure-digital payments network, which will allow c...
Read MoreGene Barr, PA Chamber of Business and Industry president and CEO, recently issued a statement on the state's workforce having difficulty filling open positions. Businesses in several industries hav...
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The Senate Labor and Industry Committee recently advanced legislation that would reinstate the requirement that unemployment claimants search for work to be eligible to receive compensation. The De...
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