U.S. Rep. Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (R-PA), co-chair of the Congressional Career and Technical Education Caucus, introduced last week legislation aimed at boosting transportation workforce training oppo...
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U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) recently introduced legislation that would improve the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program. The program authorizes the Department of Transportat...
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The U.S. Secretary of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) recently awarded Lycoming County a $5.6 million grant to repair a structurally unsound I-wall located within the Northeast ...
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Legislation recently introduced in the U.S. Senate would reform the federal government's crop insurance program. The U.S. Department of Agriculture operates the program intended to protect farmers ...
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Sen. Joe Pittman (R-Armstrong/Butler/Indiana/Westmoreland Counties) sent a letter to Gov. Tom Wolf on Feb. 12 urging him to support Pennsylvania coal plants in seeking recently announced federal carbo...
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Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) President Dave Spigelmyer issued a statement on Feb. 13 on legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate to ban hydraulic fra...
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Rep. Fred Keller (R-PA), as part of a bipartisan group of House lawmakers, met Wednesday with U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue at the Secretary’s office in Washington, D.C., whe...
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A new federal study failed to find evidence that oil and gas production in northern Pennsylvania has contaminated the commonwealth’s forest rivers and streams, providing a timely counterweight to th...
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AIROS Medical, Inc., a medical technology manufacturer based in Audubon, Pa., announced yesterday that it received trademark registration from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for its comp...
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Lineal Industries, a specialty construction maintenance and pipeline integrity services company based in Pittsburgh, plans to launch a new national marketing campaign. Lineal Industries was establi...
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Pennsylvania could lose more than 600,000 jobs and roughly $261 billion over the next five years if a national ban on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, were to be put in place, as some Democratic pre...
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United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel) released a statement Wednesday praising Congress and the Trump administration for collaborating to adopt the United States – Mexico – Canada Agreement ...
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Pennsylvania Farm Bureau (PFB) applauded the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) for developing a new rule that clarifies what bodies of water and land m...
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U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) recently sent a letter to United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer calling for tariff reductions between the United States and China. Lighthizer is expected ...
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The United States holds a competitive advantage regarding its domestic supplies of affordable natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs), according to the American Chemistry Council. The council st...
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued on Dec. 19 a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for the Adelphia Gateway project, which will provide natural gas to customers in the...
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PPL Electric Utilities said recently that its customers would see additional savings due to federal corporate income tax reform in 2020. PPL filed a petition with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Co...
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The Global Energy Institute of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently released the 10th anniversary edition of the Index of U.S. Energy Security Risk, which notes the role of shale and other energy res...
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The National Petroleum Council (NPC) recently released two reports, one on infrastructure permitting solutions and one outlining a roadmap for at-scale carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS) deploymen...
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President Donald Trump and House Democrats reached an agreement Tuesday to approve the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), drawing praise from Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania. Offic...
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