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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The Lehigh Valley “What’s So Cool About Manufacturing?” awards ceremony was held Feb. 26 in Bethlehem. The ceremony honors students who participated in the WSCM program developed by Manufact...
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The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) said last week that regional rail service will be returning to Coatesville. The proposed new rail line would extend from the current ...
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PPL Electric Utilities Corp., which serves roughly 1.4 million customers in 29 counties in central and eastern Pennsylvania, isn’t supporting a nuclear subsidy measure proposed by state lawmakers l...
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U.S. Senators Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) recently introduced legislation to repeal the medical device tax enacted as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The 2.3...
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Rep. Steve Mentzer (R-Lititz) recently called on Pennsylvania to fully fund Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology, a leading technical school located in Lancaster County. The school currently rec...
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The Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association (PFMA) recently released its list of state and federal regulatory priorities for 2019. The state list includes seven regulations PFMA supports and five ...
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PA Senate Democrats said Wednesday that they are reintroducing three bills that are designed to provide additional tax credits to farmers, promote the use of locally sourced food and expand farmers...
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The Industrial Energy Consumers of Pennsylvania (IECPA) recently sent a memo to members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly stating its opposition to a legislative proposal that would provide a rate...
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Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R-Lehigh/Berks) introduced Wednesday House Bill 425, known as CareerBound, last month to address a lack of school-to-work programs. CareerBound, which would be administered by...
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Gov. Tom Wolf sent a letter Tuesday to Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, in response to the senator’s request for sugges...
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