The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) recently approved filings by the four FirstEnergy electric distribution companies serving Pennsylvania for supplements to tariffs designed to remove b...
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The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) recently imposed antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duties on imports of plastic decorative ribbon from China. The ITC and the U.S. Department o...
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U.S. Sens. Bob Casey (D-PA), Pat Toomey (R-PA), Tom Carper (D-DE) and Chris Coons (D-DE) recently asked the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to consider the Philly Shipyard for a national ship...
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The Robert Morris University School of Engineering, Mathematics and Science held a grand opening and ribbon cutting for its 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing Laboratory Feb. 6. The 200,000-sq...
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The Pennsylvania House of Representatives recently adopted a resolution that designates February 2019 as Career and Technical Education Month in Pennsylvania. The resolution, House Resolution 88, ...
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The House of Representatives recently advanced legislation that would rebrand a state program that provides planning assistance to local governments in an effort to increase use of the program.The Ea...
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Pennsylvania State University in fiscal year 2017 contributed more than $11.6 billion to the state’s economy and, directly and indirectly, supported more than 105,000 jobs, according to study by Da...
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The state House recently advanced legislation introduced by Rep. Jim Cox (R-Berks/Lancaster) that would prohibit future employees of a multi-state commission from participating in the state’s publi...
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Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Secretary Patrick McDonnell said during a recent state hearing that natural gas has helped Pennsylvania to meet its Clean Power Plan goals. “We were ...
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The state House advanced last week legislation that would establish first-time homebuyers savings accounts. Pennsylvanians would be permitted to contribute $50,000 over a 10-year time period to th...
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PAC Worldwide, a Seattle-based manufacturer and service provider of packaging solutions, recently opened a new manufacturing facility in Lower Nazareth Township that will create more than 160 jobs ov...
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The Harrisburg Regional Chamber recently submitted comments to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania’s Civil Procedural Rules Committee in opposition of its recent proposal to repeal Pennsylvania Rule ...
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Last year, the 11 Bridgeworks client companies earned nearly $7 million in revenue, a 50 percent spike from 2017, the Allentown Economic Development Corp. recently announced. The annual Incubator ...
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Rep. Pam Snyder (D-Greene/Fayette/Westmoreland) recently introduced legislation to address several issues related to lack of access to reliable high-speed internet access in underserved and unserved ...
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Sens. Tom Killion (R-Chester/Delaware Counties) and Andy Dinniman (D-Chester County) have introduced a bill to expand family medical leave rights to siblings, grandparents and grandchildren. Under...
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Construction crews lifted into place the final steel beam on the 79,000-square-foot AHN (Allegheny Health Network) Hempfield-Neighborhood Hospital in Greensburg Thursday. The fully licensed small-...
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Deist Industries, a family-owned manufacturer and fabricator of hauling products, recently purchased a vacant 60,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Crawford County. The company will...
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The Power of 32 Site Development Fund recently announced a $9.6 million to help finance site preparation costs for approximately 30 acres of a brownfield industrial site along the Allegheny River nea...
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Rep. Curt Sonney (R-Erie), chair of the House Education Committee, led a press conference in Harrisburg this week to reveal a bipartisan package of eight bills that aim to improve career and technica...
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House Majority Leader Bryan Cuter (R-Lancaster) announced Tuesday the House Republican plan to reform and improve workforce development in Pennsylvania. “Every Pennsylvanian deserves to the opportu...
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