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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The state Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee recently advanced two bills addressing carbon capture sequestration and reporting requirements for accidental spills, The first bill, ...
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Plastic jar and bottle manufacturer Schless Bottles will relocate from northern New Jersey to Allentown, Pennsylvania, Gov. Josh Shapiro said Thursday. The manufacturer will invest more than $7.5 ...
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Piasecki Aircraft Corp. (PiAC), a developer of vertical lift aircraft, recently selected Radnor-based TRIUMPH GROUP’s Geared Solutions business to design and build a prototype main transmission for ...
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Pittsburgh-based Wabtec Corp., an equipment, systems, digital solutions and services provider for the freight and transit rail industries, recently purchased Minnesota-based L&M Radiator, Inc., a heav...
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The Senate recently approved legislation aimed at improving Pennsylvania’s manufacturing industry opportunities through collaboration and innovation. Senate Bill 497, Max Manufacturing Initiative...
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Pennsylvania Reps. Dawn Keefer (R-Dillsburg) and Joe D’Orsie (R-Manchester) said the state will lose as many as 143,000 jobs if a bill to raise the minimum wage is passed. Keefer and D’Orsie, ...
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The Pennsylvania House Republican Policy Committee recently held a hearing on the integrity and reliability of Pennsylvania’s electric grid at the Back Mountain Regional Emergency Management Agency ...
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Penn State Extension has been working to develop and update state broadband maps for the Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority, which will help Pennsylvania maximize its federal funding allocat...
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U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) helped introduce bipartisan legislation Tuesday that would distribute Chinese duties collected by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP). The legislation, the China Tr...
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Legislation recently introduced in the state Senate would establish an Independent Energy Office. The office would be modeled after Pennsylvania’s Independent Fiscal Office (IFO). The IFO analyz...
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Citizens Financial Services, the holding company for First Citizens Community Bank (FCCB), recently completed its merger with HV Bancorp. FCCB also completed its merger with HV Bancorp's subsidia...
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Revenue from Pennsylvania’s natural gas impact tax since 2012 has provided more than $2.5 billion for the state’s 67 counties to pay for infrastructure, first-responder environmental projects. ...
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The Climate Change Investment Initiative, a joint effort of the Exelon Foundation and Exelon Corp., is encouraging startups whose products, services or technologies fight climate change and improve th...
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Newtown-based EPAM Systems, a digital transformation services and product engineering company, and Google Cloud recently entered into a global partnership to develop and deploy Artificial Intelligence...
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Kevin Sunday, the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry’s Director of Government Affairs, told U.S. senators that federal policy must expand opportunities for all citizens while supporting e...
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Everest Infrastructure Partners, whose headquarters are in Pittsburgh, announced Wednesday it would be expanding its European platform by acquiring Lisbon, Portugal-based Blue Sites Telco. Founded...
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Westinghouse Electric Co. and Bulgaria’s Kozloduy NPP-Newbuild recently signed an agreement to establish a joint working group to plan the deployment of the AP1000 reactor in Bulgaria. The reacto...
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Legislation soon to be introduced in the state’s House of Representatives would modernize Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) low-interest loans and lines of credit for businesses l...
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