The state will move $40 million under the Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA) to a small business loan program to help businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. An additional $21 millio...
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Sen. Tom Killion (R-Chester/Delaware Counties) announced plans to introduce legislation establishing a zero-interest loan program for small businesses that have been affected by community mitigation e...
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State Sen. Larry Farnese (D-South Philadelphia) and Rep. Joe Hohenstein (D-Bridesburg) plan to introduce legislation that would provide emergency paid sick leave for Pennsylvanians affected by the COV...
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Allegheny Technologies Inc. (ATI) announced Tuesday that it has realigned its business segments. The realignment is designed to accelerate long-term profitable growth and enhance its position as ...
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Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, known as Philly Shipyard, recently repaid a $60 million EB-5 investment that was used to construct four ocean-going product tankers, according to CanAm Enterprises. CanA...
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Essential Utilities Inc., one of the largest publicly traded water, wastewater and natural gas providers in the United States, announced Monday the $4.275 billion acquisition of Peoples, a natural gas...
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Gladys Brown Dutrieuille, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) chairwoman, recently signed an emergency order prohibiting the termination of electric, natural gas, water, wastewater, telecommu...
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Gov. Tom Wolf mandated closure on March 15 of all bars and sit-in restaurants under Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 disaster declaration order, following a similar order announced Friday calling for the shu...
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A coalition of unions, business, and civic leaders recently launched Pittsburgh Works Together, an organization that will advocate for workers and families in traditional energy and manufacturing indu...
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Recently introduced legislation would defer student loan repayments to the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency for up to 60 days. The bill is in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
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The Pennsylvania House Majority Policy Committee, chaired by Rep. Donna Oberlander (R-Clarion/Armstrong/Forest), held a roundtable discussion March 10 on the need for more hiring of employees in local...
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Pennsylvania will make available up to $4 million in Strategic Innovation Grants to help communities address employment barriers, according to Department of Labor & Industry Secretary Jerry Oleksiak. ...
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The Port Authority of Allegheny County recently selected Michael Baker International, a Pittsburgh-based engineering, planning and consulting services firm, to help the port authority develop a 25-yea...
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Hill International, a construction risk management firm based in Philadelphia, announced Thursday that it has been awarded two indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts by the New York ...
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Network Rail, the largest infrastructure manager of railway networks in the United Kingdom, recently awarded Camp Hill-based Harsco Corp.’s rail division a $25 million, three-year mobile maintenance...
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United Heartland, the marketing name for United Wisconsin Insurance Co., a national workers' compensation provider, recently added Brett Roth as a senior business development specialist. Roth will...
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Legislation recently introduced in the state House would repeal the Mobile Telecommunications Broadband Investment Tax Credit. The credit is available to mobile telecommunication providers to inves...
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Delaware County recently launched a joint enforcement pilot program to combat the misclassification of construction workers. The program is a joint effort between the offices of Attorney General ...
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A recent U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) report showed that U.S. natural gas production increased 10 percent in 2019 over 2018 levels with Pennsylvania’s increase listed as the second-l...
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U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) recently submitted an amicus brief in federal district court for the U.S. Department of Commerce release of its Section 232 “national security” report on imported autom...
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