U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) recently introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that would help meet 21st-century workforce demands. The USA Workforce Tax Credit Act would set a...
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Gov. Tom Wolf said the three-year $200 million commitment the state has made in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) was an opportunity to reinvigorate PASSHE universities while ...
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Mayfield Heights, Ohio-headquartered Materion Corp., a global producer of advanced engineered materials, plans to open a facility in Berks County. The company manufactures high-performance advanced...
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The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) recently awarded Johnson College a $75,000 federal grant to expand workforce training in skilled trades. Funding will be used to establish a Mobile Trainin...
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The recently signed state budget provides a $1.5 million increase to the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency’s (PHFA) Mixed-Use Development Tax Credit Program. The agency provides low- and modera...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture recently opened the proposal period for the federal Specialty Crop Block Grant (SCBG) Program, which funds horticultural specialty crops projects that combat...
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CNX Resources Corp. announced Friday that it has established the CNX Foundation, a 501c(3), to manage its six-year, $30 million commitment to the Pittsburgh area. Funded by CNX Resources, the CNX ...
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The state Legislature recently passed a bill that empowers the Independent Fiscal Office (IFO) to use dynamic scoring in revenue estimates. “This is a topic that’s near and dear to my h...
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Gov. Tom Wolf recently signed House Bill 1621 into law, increasing access to 5G technology by deploying small wireless facilities, which can be attached to an existing utility pole and be as small as ...
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Gov. Tom Wolf recently signed House Bill 101 into law, providing farmers limited civil liability protections while opening their farms to the public for a fee. Act 27 of 2021 applies to any enterpr...
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In the U.S. House of Representatives. U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb (D-PA) introduced legislation last week to establish an abandoned wells research, development, and demonstration program at the Department of...
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Arctaris Impact Investors, a Boston-based impact investment firm, and its affiliate management companies plan to invest $26.9 million in Erie’s redevelopment. The first project includes a food ha...
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Gov. Tom Wolf recently signed a state budget bill that includes a computer data center tax incentive. The exemption would apply to the purchase of computer data center equipment and is viewed as an...
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EQT Corp. released a report that outlines the measures the company took last year to improve the way it produces environmentally responsible, reliable, and low-cost energy. In its Environmental, S...
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State legislators utilized Pennsylvania’s 2021-22 state budget to secure funding to reopen the state’s Office of Trade and Investment in Taiwan, previously closed by the Wolf Administration. Wi...
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The Hershey Co. recently partnered with Land O'Lakes, Inc., a Minnesota-based agribusiness and food company, and the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, an organization connecting people to their local r...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation recently awarded the Port of Philadelphia (PhilaPort) a $49 million Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) Grant to construct a multi-use berth to accommod...
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Pittsburgh-based United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel) has signed an agreement with Equinor US Holdings, Inc. to study the potential for carbon capture and storage and hydrogen development in O...
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State Sen. Wayne Fontana (D-42) applauded the recognition of short-series streaming shows in the Film Production Tax Credit included in the state’s 2021-2022 budget. The tax credit will help pro...
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Pittsburgh-based Alcoa Corp. announced this week that its wholly owned subsidiary Eastalco Aluminum Co. recently sold a 2,100-acre property in Maryland for $100 million in cash to a joint venture of Q...
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