U.S. Sens. Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Mark Warner (D-VA) recently introduced a bill that would require the president to obtain Congressional approval before taking trade actions under Section 232 of the Tr...
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The Education and Labor Committee announced Tuesday that Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) will serve as the Republican Leader of the House Education and Labor Committee’s Higher Education and Workforce Inv...
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently selected a team of Penn State researchers to compete in the first challenge of its Grid Optimization Competition. The Penn State team of researchers is ...
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The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) announced last week that Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman would serve as chair of the NAIC Health Insurance and Managed Car...
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The American Miners Act of 2019, recently introduced in the U.S. Senate, would secure retired miners’ pensions. The bill would provide three guarantees. Miners, who are at risk of losing their...
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Pennsylvania Farm Bureau (PFB) announced last week that its strong support of the federal 2018 Farm Bill. The bill removes industrial hemp from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s controlled su...
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The U.S. Department of Energy released on Tuesday a Report to Congress highlighting the potential for the development of an ethane storage hub in the Appalachian Region. Ethane, a natural gas liqui...
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U.S. Sens. Pat Toomey (R-PA), Doug Jones (D-AL), and Tom Carper (D-DE) wrote Monday to Comptroller General Gene Dodaro of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to request a formal review of the t...
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The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) recently said that it is seeking a solution for its small business members that were overcharged for workers’ compensation premiums due to a da...
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The Pennslyvania Senate Majority Policy Committee recently held a hearing on the recently decided U.S. Supreme Court case Janus v American Federation of State, County, Municipal Employees (AFSCME) to ...
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The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) recently named Gordon Denlinger as its Pennsylvania state director. Most recently, Denlinger was managing partner in a firm that raised capit...
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Approximately 30 organizations recently sent a letter to the members of the Joint Select Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans endorsing a loan program to fix the multiemployer pension ...
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U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) recently sent letters to U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer on behalf of 13 companies with facilities in Pennsylvania that have filed or intend to file excl...
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Attorney General Josh Shapiro recently led a bipartisan coalition of 34 attorneys generals in calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish rules that allow telephone service pro...
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The Pennsylvania Farm Bureau (PFB) recently said it is cautiously optimistic about the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) trade agreement and hopes it will benefit farm families nationw...
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T. Michael Price, first vice chair of the Pennsylvania Bankers Association (PA Bankers) and president and CEO of First Commonwealth Bank, recently testified on behalf of PA Bankers before the U.S. Hou...
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U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke spoke at an energy and manufacturing summit on Sept. 28 hosted by Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) in Pittsburgh where he highlighted the positive impact domest...
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The Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association announced Tuesday that it joined the Let America Lead coalition, an organization that is urging President Donald Trump to send the Kigali Amendment to the...
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Reps. Conor Lamb (D-PA) and Elise Stefanik (R-NY) recently introduced the Military Learning for Credit Act, which would help veterans obtain college credit for prior military learning and training. ...
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The National Retail Federation (NRF), the world’s largest retail trade association, recently presented U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA) with its “Hero of Main Street” award. Barletta was recogn...
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