Valley Forge-based UGI Corp. recently announced that its board of directors has begun evaluating potential strategic alternatives to maximize shareholder value. The company is exploring a full ran...
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The Appalachian Regional Commission recently awarded Erie County Redevelopment Authority (ECRDA) a $1.5 million grant for the Ironworks Square project on the former Erie Malleable Iron site in the cit...
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On Thursday, Pennsylvania Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward (R-39) and state Sens. Joe Pittman (R-41), Senate Majority leader, and Scott Martin (R-13) Senate Appropriations Committee, announced th...
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The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) and Google recently formed a public-private partnership to make the industry-recognized Google Career Certificates available to students and ...
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The State House Majority Policy Committee recently held a hearing at Old Forge School District to discuss the growing demand for career and technical education. Testifiers included Warren Faust, Sh...
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Highmark Health, located in Pittsburgh, announced it had an operating gain of $230 million and net income of $389 million for the first six months of 2023. As part of its consolidated financial re...
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Pittsburgh-based Arconic Corp., a provider of aluminum sheet, plate, and extrusions and architectural products, recently named Chris Ayers as its next CEO and board chairman, effective Sept. 11. A...
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The House Majority Policy Committee recently held a roundtable discussion on the reliability of the supply chain at McLane Co.’s distribution center in Jessup. Testifiers included McLane employee...
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On Monday, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) said its new report has found that natural gas is 3.3 times more affordable that several other residential energy sources. As part of its 2023 Repres...
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Developing an export terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Delaware County will tap Pennsylvania into the booming global gas market while also generating new jobs and tax revenues for the entire...
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Impact Harrisburg recently awarded the Harrisburg Regional Chamber and the Capital Region Economic Development Corporation (CREDC) a $125,000 grant to implement the recommendations in the “City of H...
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A group of Pennsylvania legislators introduced last week a legislative package, hoping to make telecommunications companies accountable to their customers. The six bills were introduced by House m...
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Hanover-based Utz Brands, a branded salty snacks manufacturer, recently released its 2022 Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Report. The report highlights the company’s ESG accomplishments ...
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Westinghouse Electric Co. and Slovenské elektrárne, an electric utility company, recently signed a long-term agreement. Under the agreement, Westinghouse will license and supply VVER-440 fuel assemb...
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The Penn State College of Engineering and the Penn State University Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) recently launched a workforce development program designed to prepare students for jobs as civilia...
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Pittsburgh-based PNC Bank has found that one unexpected casualty of inflation is employee productivity. In a recent survey of employees and employers, PNC Bank found that employee stress caused by...
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PPG recently opened a customer and employee experience center at its global headquarters in Pittsburgh. The grand opening marked the company’s 140th anniversary. The 1,400-square-foot center show...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) recently awarded four registered pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs $800,000 in federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act grants ...
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Harrisburg-based Capital Region Economic Development Corporation (CREDC) said Tuesday it had teamed up with a number of organizations to submit an application for the 19-county South Central and Centr...
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Pittsburgh-based Krystal Biotech Inc., a biotechnology company focused on genetic medicines to treat diseases with high unmet medical needs, recently completed the sale of its Rare Pediatric Disease P...
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