The Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a $45.5 billion state budget for the fiscal year that began on July 1 after Gov. Josh Shapiro vowed to give a line-item veto to the PASS s...
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Cranberry Township, Penn.-based Westinghouse Electric Company announced Wednesday that it has submitted the first set of vendor design review documents (VDR) for its eVinci microreactor to the Canadia...
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Malvern-based pharmaceutical company Baudax Bio recently purchased TeraImmune, a biotechnology company focused on therapies for autoimmune diseases. The combined company will advance the developmen...
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Philadelphia-based FS Investments, a global alternative asset manager, recently completed its merger with Portfolio Advisors, a global middle-market private asset specialist. The combined company w...
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In order to move the state budget process forward after Pennsylvania started its new fiscal year on July 1 without a budget in place, Gov. Josh Shapiro said Wednesday he would veto a $100 million appr...
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The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently granted an administrative disaster declaration for businesses impacted by the R.M. Palmer factory explosion in West Reading. The agency’s Eco...
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U.S. Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA) joined federal and state officials to announce a new pension plan for workers and retirees in the state using American Rescue Plan funds. The investment of $860 million...
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Work done by Penn State University helped boost the amount of federal funding the state received for broadband service by more than $100 million, officials said Thursday. According to the universi...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) recently awarded nine local workforce development boards (LWDBs) more than $5 million in Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act grants. The p...
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Hazleton-based EAM-Mosca Corp., an automatic strapping systems provider, plans to invest $20.6 million to expand its manufacturing facility in Luzerne County. The company will expand from 165,000 s...
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Pennsylvania’s Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) said it is making progress on overhauling the state’s unemployment compensation system in a report released on Wednesday. The department was...
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Three bills addressing education in Pennsylvania recently advanced through the General Assembly. Senate Bill 843 would enter Pennsylvania into the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact. Teachers appl...
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Federal bipartisan legislation protecting employees who have known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions went into effect on Tuesday. The Pregnant Workers Fair...
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According to a new report from Blue Bell, Pa.-based Unisys, businesses are determined to invest in IT, cloud and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies in the near future. The move toward a dig...
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Pittsburgh-based PPG and NRG Energy’s Direct Energy brand recently agreed to reduce the carbon footprint of 62 PPG PAINTS stores and four PPG paints and coatings manufacturing facilities in Texas. ...
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The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) recently awarded Pennsylvania more than $1.16 billion in Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program funding to expand...
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On Monday, the Pennsylvania Senate confirmed Gov. Josh Shapiro’s cabinet nominations to lead the Department of Education, Department of Insurance and Office of Fire Commissioner. Shapiro’s off...
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The state Senate Judiciary Committee recently advanced bipartisan legislation that would reform the state’s probation system. Senate Bill 838 would establish a mandatory probation review conferen...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation recently awarded Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) two $25 million Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability & Equity (RAISE...
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The head of one of Pennsylvania’s teachers’ unions said Friday that a tuition voucher program proposed by Senate Republicans is not responsible governing. Rich Askey, president of PSEA, said t...
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