The state House of Representatives advanced Monday a bill that would create the Pennsylvania Distilled Spirits Industry Promotion Board, which would be responsible for awarding grants to craft distil...
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The state House of Representatives advanced Monday a bill designed to encourage the development of startups in Pennsylvania downtown business communities. House Bill 324 would set up a process for...
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The Northeastern Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Center and Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance (NEPA) recently presented McGregor Industries with a $200,000 loan through the NEPA Alliance Appalachia...
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Pipeline infrastructure development is an opportunity that the Commonwealth can’t afford to pass up, said State Sen. Camera Bartolotta (R-46) earlier today from the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Ha...
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U.S. Sens. Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) recently introduced legislation to expand the Federal Work-Study program to provide students with more opportunities to find jobs related to...
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Chester County Commissioners decried the pipeline emergency management plan they received from Sunoco, noting that large sections were blacked out for ‘security reasons.’ According to Mike Mur...
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Two recently introduced bills would improve transparency in the collective bargaining the process for government and school employees negotiating the salaries and benefits. Currently, government t...
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The Erie Federal Credit Union (Erie FCU) surpassed 60,000 members earlier this month. Erie FCU was founded in 1936 and is open to anyone who lives, works, worships or attends school in Erie or Cra...
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State Sen. John DiSanto (R-Dauphin/Perry) supports the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s (PennDOT) decision to drop its appeal of a January Commonwealth Court ruling. The ruling had r...
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State Sens. Art Haywood (D-Philadelphia), Thomas H. Killion (R- Chester and Delaware counties) and Steven J. Santarsiero (D-Bucks) plan to introduce legislation that would expand the Alternative Ener...
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The state House Labor and Industry Committee advanced an unemployment compensation reform bill Wednesday aimed at helping the hundreds of employees from the Joy Global plant in Franklin that closed i...
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U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) introduced a bill Monday to strengthen the pediatric workforce within the healthcare industry. The Strengthening Our Pediatric Workforce Act would pr...
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The state House Finance Committee approved a resolution Wednesday urging the federal government to allow educational savings accounts to be used for workforce training expenses. The resolution, in...
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State Sen. Gene Yaw (R- Bradford) recently visited Advanced Drainage Systems (ADS) in Muncy to learn how large diameter thermoplastic pipe is manufactured. Yaw also discussed with ADS executives t...
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State Rep. Elder Vogel (R- Beaver/Lawrence/Butler counties) said Tuesday he will soon introduce a bill that encouraging farmers and landowners to work with new farmers. In Pennsylvania, for every ...
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The state House Government Oversight Committee recently advanced House Bill 332, legislation that would create Commerce Courts in counties statewide. The bill amends Title 42 of the Pennsylvania C...
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The House Education Committee advanced Monday House Bill 334, which seeks to make it easier for students to apply certain credits toward job-training programs and for schools to establish or renew vo...
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Latrobe based Kennametal, a tooling and industrial materials supplier, recently formed a partnership with Carnegie Mellon University through the Manufacturing PA Initiative fellowship program. The...
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In 2018, Pennsylvania accounted for 25 percent of growth in natural-gas power generation, 4.4 gigawatts, according to a report by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Nineteen natural...
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Dallas, Pennsylvania-based Misericordia University is expanding its nursing program and will begin offering a 16-month Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ABSN) program at a new nursing learn...
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