The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) awarded the 2018 GMA Excellence in Government Affairs to Alex Baloga, president and CEO of the Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association (PFMA), at the Food I...
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently issued an opinion in the case of Dittman et al. v. the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), holding that an employer has a legal duty to use reasonab...
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The Pennsylvania General Assembly’s bipartisan Nuclear Energy Caucus (NEC) recently released its Bicameral Nuclear Energy Caucus Report, which describes four options for the future of the nuclear en...
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The Pennsylvania Public-Private Partnership (P3) Board recently approved a bridge bundling Adjusted Bid, Design-Build proposal to reconstruct 15 bridges along two interstates in Luzerne County. An ...
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Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding announced this week that applications and guidelines for 2019 industrial hemp research permits are now available. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture w...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced this week that it is issuing a request for qualifications (RFQ) through its Public-Private Partnership Office (P-3) for a private part...
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The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board recently voted to renew the operator’s license of Mountainview Thoroughbred Racing Association for an additional five years. The association operates the Ho...
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Novacyt, an international clinical diagnostics company, announced Tuesday that its molecular testing division, Primerdesign Ltd., signed an exclusive supply agreement worth at least $3 million with Ge...
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The Evonik Corporation, a German specialty chemicals company, will expand its technology and business capacities at its current location in Trexlertown, Lehigh County. The project is expected to cr...
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The Produce Safety Alliance Grower Training course, which ensures farms are compliant with the Food Safety Modernization Act Produce Safety Rule, is scheduled to be held at 10 locations throughout the...
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System One, a provider of specialized workforce solutions and integrated services, announced yesterday that it formed a strategic partnership with Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse (PLSG), a life sc...
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U.S. Sens. Pat Toomey (R-PA), Doug Jones (D-AL), and Tom Carper (D-DE) wrote Monday to Comptroller General Gene Dodaro of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to request a formal review of the t...
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AMETEK, global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices based in Berwyn, recently completed its $190 million acquisition of Spectro Scientific. Spectro provides cloud-ba...
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Carnegie Mellon University was recently awarded a $5 million renewal of its National Science Foundation CyberCorps Scholarship for Service (SFS) program through 2023. The program provides students ...
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently agreed to hear the appeal of the Superior Court’s decision in Briggs v. Southwestern Energy Production, which addresses the application of the principle of ru...
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The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council recently released analysis on the state’s non-general acute care (GAC) hospitals for fiscal year 2017. Non-GAC hospitals are facilities that...
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The Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation (LVEDC) recently released the latest issue of its Lehigh Valley Commercial Real Estate Report, which for the first time includes information on the c...
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Pennsylvania Secretary of General Services Curt Topper recently announced that the department increased the annual revenue limits to $38.5 million for self-certified small businesses to be eligible fo...
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The Ott Group recently announced it has created a subsidiary, Ethos Biosciences, to focus on the design, development, and manufacture of high-quality, easy-to-use diagnostic kits and reagents. Th...
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Penn State’s Department of Architectural Engineering released Monday a new introductory guide for conceiving, developing and financing hybrid fossil fuel and renewable energy systems. These syste...
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