The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry recently joined the Ontario Chamber of Commerce to call for the renewal of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to strengthen cross-border ...
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Several agricultural stakeholders, including the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau (PFB) and Farmers for Free Trade (FFT), recently spoke at Penn State University’s Ag Progress Days on how strong trade agree...
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The Chamber of Business & Industry of Centre County (CBICC) and supporters of the ‘DRIVE Forward’ transportation initiative recently hosted an event to celebrate a federal grant for the highspeed ...
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State Rep. Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-York Township) recently was named to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Intergovernmental Advisory Committee. The committee’s purpose is to assist...
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The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) noted recently that customer utility bill savings due to changes in federal tax rates are now estimated at $400 million per year. Earlier this year,...
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The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently awarded Penn Medicine and two other health care organizations with the qualified provider-led entity (QPLE) designation. With thi...
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WorkCred, an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) affiliate, recently released a study on credential use for hiring and retention in the manufacturing industry, which found an uneven use of cr...
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U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) recently spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, urging his colleagues to support the USA Workforce Tax Credit Act that he introduced. The act would ...
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U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA) recently voted for an amendment to the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, which strengthens and reauthorizes the Carl D. Perkins Caree...
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Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) released a statement Monday applauding the Senate’s advancement of a bill to reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education (CTE) Act. “This legislation is...
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The National Association of Manufacturers’ (NAM) Manufacturers’ Accountability Project (MAP) recently released principles for reform aimed at protecting manufacturers from climate change-related l...
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The House of Representatives recently advanced the Fiscal Year 2019 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, HR 6147. The $35.3 billion proposal includes fu...
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Rep. Dan Moul (R-Adams) participated last week in a roundtable discussion in Harrisburg with Tom Rossomando, manufacturing and technology advocate at the U.S. Small Business Administration. Rossoma...
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Four Democratic U.S. senators recently sent a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) urging the agency to stop its delay finalizing a regulation that would require keyles...
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Gov. Tom Wolf announced Tuesday that his administration received a three-year grant totaling $422,000 from the U.S. Department of Labor to simplify excessive occupational licensing requirements and ex...
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Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) recently delivered remarks on the floor of the House of Representatives, aimed at ensuring that the staff of the National Background Investigations Bureau (NBIB) in Boyers, Penn...
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The Economist recently released its 2018 latest assessment of top global executive master’s in business administration (EMBA) programs, and Penn State’s Smeal Executive MBA Program was ranked 7th ...
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The prices of cookout foods, such as spare ribs, hot dogs, cheeseburgers and potato salad, cost less than the national average in Pennsylvania, according to the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau (PFB) and the ...
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Fifty-one national trade groups, 222 state and local chambers, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce sent a letter Tuesday to U.S. senators urging them to support a bill that would require the president to...
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U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-PA) recently announced that Tobyhanna Army Depot’s planned hiring of new personnel would support a $150 million increase in spending during federal fiscal year 2019 on t...
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