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Pa. Senate hearing focuses on strategies to prevent higher electric bills

By Kim Riley  |   August 18, 2026   |   Featured

The Pennsylvania Senate Majority Policy Committee addressed the state’s growing need for reliable electricity and considered strategies to prevent future electric bill increases across the northeast...

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Penn State’s mining engineering program receives Department of Energy grant

By Melina Druga  |   August 14, 2026   |   Featured

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation recently awarded Penn State’s mining engineering program with a up to $100 million grant as part of the Prov...

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Sen. McCormick leads bipartisan bill to improve rural, municipal utility cybersecurity

By Kim Riley  |   August 11, 2026   |   Featured

A bipartisan bill led by U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA) that’s supported by utility organizations representing electric cooperatives and public power providers across Pennsylvania and the country w...

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Pennsylvania manufacturers get new path into defense supply chain through SBA-backed initiative

By Bill Yingling  |   August 7, 2026   |   Companies

Two Pennsylvania organizations will receive federal support for training and technical assistance to help in developing small manufacturers, the U.S. Small Business Administration announced this week....

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Ocugen treatment granted FDA therapy designation

By Melina Druga  |   July 31, 2026   |   Companies

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently granted Malvern-based Ocugen’s treatment for geographic atrophy (GA), secondary to dry age-related macular degeneration (dAMD) with a Regenerativ...

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Federal legislation would invest in shipbuilding, maritime manufacturing

By Melina Druga  |   July 28, 2026   |   Federal

U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) recently co-introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that would encourage long-term private investment in U.S. shipbuilding and maritime manufacturing by...

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U.S. Energy Department announces up to $150M funding opportunity for oil, gas projects

By Liz Carey  |   July 10, 2026   |   Federal

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office (HGEO) announced a funding opportunity for cost-shared projects for the U.S. oil and natural gas industry. The fun...

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Federal legislation would update H-2A visa program

By Melina Druga  |   July 2, 2026   |   Federal

Bipartisan legislation recently introduced in the U.S House of Representatives by U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-PA) would change the accessibility and cost of agricultural labor through the H-2A visa pr...

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Westinghouse announces DOE partnership on nuclear supply chain loans

By Liz Carey  |   June 25, 2026   |   Companies

Cranberry Township, Pa.-based Westinghouse Electric Company announced a new partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) on the American Nuclear Supply...

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Federal legislation would create exchange program for manufacturing

By Melina Druga  |   June 9, 2026   |   Featured

Bipartisan legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would send eligible Americans working in manufacturing fields abroad for hands-on manufacturing training and certificati...

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While governor pushes for lower rates, regulators approve increase for PPL Electric

By Kim Riley  |   June 8, 2026   |   Featured

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) on June 4 approved a settlement authorizing an increase of $275 million in annual base distribution revenues for PPL Electric Utilities that will resul...

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Bill introduced in Senate to establish national commission on robotics

By Liz Carey  |   June 8, 2026   |   Federal

U.S. Sens. Dave McCormick (R-PA), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Todd Young (R-IN), and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) introduced legislation recently to create an independent commission on robotics. The Natio...

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Bipartisan bill aims to update federal rules for ag, manufacturing bonds

By Kim Riley  |   June 5, 2026   |   Featured

U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans (D-PA-03) on June 2 proposed a bipartisan bill in Congress that aims to help small and medium manufacturers and farmers generate good-paying jobs by improving the federal rules ...

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Bipartisan timber legislation would allow building materials companies to bid in federal contracting

By Melina Druga  |   June 2, 2026   |   Federal

Bipartisan legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would provide incentives for the use of mass timber building materials in federal contracting. The bill was co-intro...

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Bipartisan legislation supporting military installation redevelopment introduced

By Liz Carey  |   May 27, 2026   |   Featured

U.S. Sens. Dave McCormick (R-PA) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) introduced legislation that would help communities redevelop former military installations. The legislation, the Increasing Opportunity for...

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Trump signs small-business capital bill into law

By Melina Druga  |   May 26, 2026   |   Companies

President Donald Trump recently signed into law legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser (R-PA) that increases the capital available to small businesses. “As someone who spent more than 20 ...

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Bill introduced to give American energy producers safeguards against Anti-LNG policies

By Liz Carey  |   May 19, 2026   |   Featured

U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) introduced legislation that would protect American energy producers and ensure political parties stifle production and export of liquified natural gas (LNG). The bi...

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Sen. Thompson introduces legislation to create skill savings accounts

By Liz Carey  |   May 11, 2026   |   Featured

U.S. Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA) introduced the bipartisan Skill Savings Account Act with U.S. Rep Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR). The legislation would allow workers of all ages to create a skill...

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GOP lawmakers propose Stop Climate Shakedowns Act in Congress

By Kim Riley  |   April 22, 2026   |   Featured

Republicans on Capitol Hill unveiled legislation in both houses of Congress on April 16 that would prohibit liability against the companies engaged in the mining, extraction, production, refinement, t...

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FDA grants Arbutus Biopharma drug fast track designation

By Melina Druga  |   April 21, 2026   |   Companies

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently granted a fast track designation to Warminster-based biopharmaceutical company Arbutus Biopharma Corp.’s imdusiran, a treatment for chronic hepat...

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