Pine Run Gathering, a joint venture, recently completed its acquisition of Pine Run Midstream from a PennEnergy Resources affiliate and its minority partners for $205 million. Pine Run Gathering is...
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WESCO International, Inc., headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa., announced last week that it has sold its WESCO Datacom business located in Canada to Guillevin International, a Canadian distributor of ind...
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Hall Industries, an engineering and manufacturing company with multiple locations statewide, recently announced that it will streamline operations in western Pennsylvania in Mercer County. The comp...
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Legislation that will soon be introduced in the state House of Representatives would improve access to jobs for former inmates by requiring every person to receive a re-entry certificate after leaving...
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U.S. Rep. Troy Balderson (R-OH) criticized a recent report from the think tank Ohio River Valley Institute that said 22 counties in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia responsible for 90 percent of the ...
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The COVID-19 Hospitality Industry Recovery Program (CHIRP) recently awarded $145 million in funding assistance to hospitality industry businesses adversely affected by the pandemic. The districts s...
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State Rep. Emily Kinkead (D- Allegheny County) recently sent a memorandum to all House members seeking co-sponsors for legislation that would increase the number of transfer students who can complete ...
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The Kraft Heinz Company recently announced that it has sold its nuts business to Hormel Foods Corporation for $3.35 billion. The sale includes most products sold under the Planters brand as well as...
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The City of Philadelphia announced Wednesday the Workforce Respond and Recharge 2021 Commitment, a renewed strategic commitment to address workforce challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic a...
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Aspirant, a Pittsburgh-based management consulting and technology firm, recently purchased Technical Architecture Solution Engineering (TASE) Labs, a firm providing Microsoft Modern Workplace and Micr...
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The Manufacturing PA initiative recently awarded Pennsylvania State University Behrend campus in Erie County a $200,000 grant through Pennsylvania’s Manufacturing Training-to-Career program. The ...
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Autonomous driving startup Aurora recently announced that it has entered into a partnership with Toyota and Denso, a major Japanese auto parts manufacturer, to build and deploy self-driving taxis as p...
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Clemens Food Group, a Montgomery County-based vertically-integrated pork processor, recently announced plans to expand its Hatfield operations. The company will invest more than $228 million to co...
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Bell & Evans, a premium poultry producer, recently finalized a long-term sourcing agreement with Cargill, one of its suppliers, to increase domestic organic grain supply and source organic grain. ...
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U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) said Monday that raising the federal minimum wage would have a harmful impact on jobs following a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report on the budgetary effects of the R...
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The Chester County Workforce Development Board, with the support of the Chester County Economic Development Council and the Manufacturing Alliance of Chester and Delaware Counties, will host a free vi...
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BNP Paribas, a European bank with a presence in 71 countries, recently announced it will relocate its King of Prussia office to Wayne mid-year. BNP Paribas signed a 20-year lease for the new locati...
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Senate Bill 2, legislation supporting an amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution limiting the length of future emergency disaster declarations, received final legislative approval last week and wil...
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Gov. Tom Wolf has proposed allocating $14.5 million in funding in the 2021-22 General Fund budget to the Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority to provide continued innovation investments. ...
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Senate Bill 109, a COVID-19 relief bill, heads to Gov. Tom Wolf’s desk for his signature following passage in the state House of Representatives. The bill allocates $145 million in grants to the ...
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