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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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce denounced last week’s reintroduction of the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, which the world’s largest business organization argues includes “harmful poli...
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Nine members of the Pennsylvania delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter last week to House leadership urging the inclusion of the RESTAURANTS Act in future COVID-19 relief legis...
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A group of four Republican lawmakers recently sent a letter to the Independent Regulatory Review Commission expressing serious concerns about Environmental Quality Board (EQB) Regulation #7-559, propo...
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The U.S. Supreme Court announced this week it will hear arguments in the PennEast Pipeline’s eminent domain case against the state of New Jersey, drawing praise from several energy organizations, in...
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