The Erie Metropolitan Transit Authority (EMTA) was recently awarded a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT) to upgrade the city's public transportation system. EMTA will...
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Build Together recently hosted a press conference in Bensalem, Pa., as the first stop on a nationwide listening tour intended to build grassroots support for federal infrastructure investments. Spe...
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Sens. Bob Casey (D-PA), Mike Braun (R-IN), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Rob Portman (R-OH) have requested U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer prioritize reducing steel overcapacity by extending t...
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The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) warned in a recent press release that projected federal payments cuts could pose a threat to the long-term financial viability of hospit...
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Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry President and CEO Gene Barr recently issued a statement applauding the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s announcement that it will repeal and re...
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U.S. Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA) supports a recent Environment Protection Agency and Army Corp of Engineers repeal of a 2015 rule that expanded the reach of the Clean Water Act to apply to nea...
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U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry visited on Tuesday the National Energy Technology Laboratory in Pittsburgh to learn about the laboratory’s work related to using artificial intelligenc...
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The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently approved a request by Gov. Tom Wolf to declare a disaster in Allegheny County due to intense storms that produced damaging flash flooding between ...
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Gov. Tom Wolf announced Wednesday new low-interest loan approvals through the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) for three businesses in Bedford, Bucks and Philadelphia counties. ...
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State Sen. Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-York), chair of the Communications and Technology Committee, said Wednesday that the committee would hold a series of public hearings on high-speed internet access ...
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released its 2019 report on Our Nation’s Air, which shows that the levels of criteria pollutants in the air have decreased by 74 percent between 19...
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Four U.S. Senators recently hosted a roundtable discussion of Black Lung Disease. Attendees included coal miners and their families, healthcare experts and the president of the United Mine Workers of ...
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New England states need increased natural gas pipeline capacity, something Pennsylvania could help them with if certain other states would cooperate. In fact, a lack of pipeline capacity currently ...
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Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Joe Manchin (D-WV) requested an update at a hearing held Tuesday by the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on a prop...
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An almost $8 million federal grant awarded jointly to the Pennsylvania College of Technology (Penn College) and New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will be used to develop industry-driven strate...
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Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), Scott Perry (R-PA-10) and Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11) recently toured the Philly Shipyard and pledged to redouble their efforts to secure new federal shipbuilding work f...
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CRC Industries, a Horsham-based specialty chemical manufacturer, recently was issued a U.S. patent for its gasoline direct injection (GDI) IVD Intake Valve and Turbo Cleaner. “We continually stri...
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Reps. Paul Mitchell (R-MI) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), as well as CTE caucus co-chairs Jim Langevin (D-RI) and Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA), recently introduced legislation to encourages partnershi...
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Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R-Lehigh/Berks) was recently selected to serve on the Council of State Governments’ (CSG) national Future of Work Task Force. The CSG works to facilitate the exchange of idea...
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Marcellus Shale Coalition President David Spigelmyer recently applauded an executive order issued by President Trump aimed at promoting energy infrastructure development. “President Trump’s exe...
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