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Legislation to target Chinese financial firms introduced

By Liz Carey  |   August 15, 2025   |   Featured

U.S. Sens. John Fetterman (D-PA) and Dave McCormick (R-PA) introduced legislation they said will protect U.S. markets, consumers and national economic security from Chinese financial firms. The le...

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PA manufacturers host congressional lawmakers to celebrate One Big Beautiful Bill

By Kim Riley  |   August 12, 2025   |   Featured

Manufacturers in Pennsylvania welcomed Republican representatives to their facilities last week to celebrate passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, H.R. 1. U.S. Reps. Rob Bresnahan (R-PA-8) and...

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Pennsylvania attorney general joins nationwide effort to stop robocalls

By Liz Carey  |   August 11, 2025   |   Federal

Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday launched the first actions under “Operation Robocall Roundup” to crack down on robocalls across the state. Sunday joined 50 bipartisan Attorneys Gener...

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Pennsylvania’s Smucker introduces Safe Transit Accountability Act

By Liz Carey  |   August 7, 2025   |   Federal

Pennsylvania’s U.S. Reps. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) introduced legislation to strengthen public transit safety and ensure transit agencies comply with safety standards on Tuesday. The legislation, th...

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Department of Energy to deploy Cornelis Networks’ technology

By Melina Druga  |   August 5, 2025   |   Companies

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) will deploy Wayne-based networking solutions provider Cornelis Networks’ CN5000 to power the 952-node “Lynx...

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Federal legislation would stop spread of spotted lanternfly

By Melina Druga  |   July 28, 2025   |   Federal

Bipartisan legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would stop the spread of the spotted lanternfly. The spotted lanternfly is an invasive species that threatens agricul...

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Bill boosting investment in small businesses approved in committee

By Liz Carey  |   July 25, 2025   |   Federal

Legislation proposed by U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser (R-PA) that would expand access to capital for small businesses passed out of the House Small Business Committee Wednesday. The legislation, the Invest...

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Rep. Thompson backs updated federal rules to speed abandoned well cleanups

By Kim Riley  |   July 22, 2025   |   Featured

U.S. House Agriculture Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA) on Friday applauded action by the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) to update its guidelines for federal program grants to clean up a...

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SBA, Labor Department sign agreement to support U.S. manufacturing

By Debra Flax  |   July 18, 2025   |   Federal

The Small Business Administration (SBA) and the U.S. Department of Labor signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday to enhance collaboration and data-sharing across key programs that support do...

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Federal office managing fossil energy, carbon would move to Pennsylvania under new bill

By Kim Riley  |   July 17, 2025   |   Featured

Bipartisan legislation offered by Pennsylvania lawmakers on Capitol Hill seeks to relocate the federal Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management to Pittsburgh. U.S. Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA...

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Pennsylvania industry groups urge EPA to reform plastics rules to spur manufacturing growth

By Kim Riley  |   July 14, 2025   |   Featured

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should enact targeted regulatory reforms to enhance America’s global competitiveness in the plastics manufacturing sector, according to 16 business and indu...

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Pennsylvania groups join 100+ organizations in seeking an expanded offshore leasing program

By Kim Riley  |   June 18, 2025   |   Featured

Numerous Pennsylvania-based energy trade groups and organizations joined more than 100 other state and national groups in urging the U.S. Department of the Interior to develop a new five-year offshore...

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Trump greenlights U.S. Steel-Nippon merger with safeguards to protect jobs, Pittsburgh HQ

By Kim Riley  |   June 16, 2025   |   Companies

U.S. Steel announced on Monday that it has received all necessary regulatory approvals for its acquisition by Japan’s Nippon Steel North America, clearing the way for the $14 billion deal to close s...

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Philadelphia Fed President Harker delivers final speech for retirement

By Dave Kovaleski  |   June 9, 2025   |   Federal

Speaking to an audience at the Philadelphia Council for Business Economics, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia struck a tone of cautious optimism about the U.S. economy, despite...

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Rep. Meuser’s bill to strengthen the SBA loan program passes in House

By Dave Kovaleski  |   June 5, 2025   |   Featured

A bill authored by U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser (R-PA) that seeks to strengthen accountability and combat fraud within the Small Business Administration’s 7(a) Loan Program was passed in the U.S. House of R...

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PJM to continue operating Eddystone units past planned retirement, DOE orders

By Liz Carey  |   June 3, 2025   |   Companies

In response to PJM Interconnection (PJM) concerns about resource adequacy, the U.S. Department of Energy has issued an emergency order keeping generating units at Eddystone operating past retirement. ...

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FDA awards Ocugen drug with Rare Pediatric Disease Designation

By Melina Druga  |   May 29, 2025   |   Companies

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently granted the Rare Pediatric Disease Designation (RPDD) to OCU410ST, a drug developed by Malvern-based Ocugen, a biotechnology company specializing i...

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Coal used in steel production designated critical material by DOE

By Liz Carey  |   May 27, 2025   |   Companies

Chris Wright, the U.S. Secretary of Energy, said designating coal used in steel production as a critical material would further President Donald Trump’s commitment to strengthening the country’s e...

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Trump backs partnership between US Steel and Japan’s Nippon Steel

By Tracy Rozens  |   May 23, 2025   |   Companies

U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Friday that United States Steel Corp. will keep its headquarters in Pittsburgh as part of a planned partnership with Japan-based Nippon Steel. “This will be...

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Allentown-based Mack Defense wins U.S. Marine Corps contract

By Liz Carey  |   May 22, 2025   |   Companies

Mack Defense, based in Allentown, announced it had won a contract from the U.S. Marine Corps to produce two prototype vehicles for the Medium Tactical Truck (MTT) program. The company won initial ...

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