Pennsylvania Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) recently expressed his support for the 14 state-owned universities that are freezing tuition for the 2019-20 school year....
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Gov. Tom Wolf recently announced that the Mifflin County Academy of Science and Technology will receive a $200,000 grant through the Manufacturing PA initiative to support its post-secondary training ...
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U.S. Sens. Pat Toomey (R-PA), Todd Young (R-IN), and Tom Cotton (R-AR) recently introduced a bill that would prevent federal dollars from being used to help insolvent state, territory or local governm...
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Office of Broadband Initiatives Acting Executive Director Sheri Collins and representatives from Pennsylvania’s business, education, and municipal sectors recently joined Gov. Tom Wolf at a press co...
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State Rep. Frank Burns (D-Cambria) sent a letter Thursday to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos urging the company to consider Cambria County as its new headquarters. The letter was a follow-up to correspondenc...
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Following a two-week exchange trip to Taiwan, Carl Marrara, vice president of government affairs at the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association, said the Office of Trade and Investment in Taipei is ...
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State Sen. Mario Scavello (R-Northampton/Monroe) and Rep. Marcia Hahn (R-Northampton) announced Wednesday the award of an approximately $321,000 grant to extend natural gas service to Keystone Cement ...
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High Concrete Group, LLC broke ground Wednesday on a major revitalization of precast concrete production facilities at its Denver, Pa., headquarters to extend the company’s growing presence in the a...
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Two bills, one in the state House and one in the Senate, would alleviate the burden placed on drivers and businesses whose tolls are used to build roads and bridges statewide. The bills would pr...
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State Rep. Peter Schweyer (D-Lehigh) hosted Tuesday a House Democratic Policy Committee public hearing on career and technical education (CTE) at the IBEW Local 375. Hearing participants discussed ...
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State Sen. Andy Dinniman (D-Chester County) sent a letter to Patrick McDonnell, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), urging the department to deny a recent permi...
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Pittsburgh-based food retailer Giant Eagle recently partnered with Grabango to provide a no-wait checkout experience. Grabango’s checkout-free technology works by utilizing computer vision and ma...
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New England states need increased natural gas pipeline capacity, something Pennsylvania could help them with if certain other states would cooperate. In fact, a lack of pipeline capacity currently ...
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Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, a specialist in generic and specialty medicines, recently completed the purchase of three buildings in West Chester. The purchase represents a 12-year investment in infra...
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney called on the White House and Congress to match all state and local funding to address potential gaps in service related to the bankruptcy ...
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The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) highlighted Monday the Marcellus Shale Energy and Environmental Laboratory (MSEEL), a test well project aimed at improving natural gas production effic...
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State Sen. Steve Santarsiero (D-Bucks) and state Rep. Perry Warren (D-Bucks) recently announced legislation that would provide a tax credit to cover 50 percent of a taxpayer’s toll-related expense...
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An advance team from the U.S. Small Business Administration recently visited Erie to discuss a new initiative to promote economic growth and job creation in the region. The team discussed plans to ...
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Between 2016 and 2018, AT&T invested more than $775 million in Pennsylvania’s wireless and wired networks, according to the company, and also improved services supporting the FirstNet communications...
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The Board of Governors for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) recently voted to freeze tuition for the upcoming school year. PASSHE is comprised of 14-member universities w...
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