An amendment by U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) that would repeal a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) rule threatening steel jobs passed the House on Tuesday. The amendment, part of the “Hands Off Our...
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On Thursday, Philadelphia-based Context Therapeutics, Inc. announced it had received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin Phase 1 clinical trials for its Investigational...
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Lancaster-based Fulton Bank has acquired the assets of Republic First Bank after the latter became the first bank to fail this year. Last week, the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities (...
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The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently awarded Pittsburgh-based Eaton, an intelligent power management company, with more than $26.6 million in investment tax credits. The tax credits wer...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) newly announced suite of final rules to reduce pollution from fossil fuel-fired power plants isn’t going over well in Pennsylvania. “Mor...
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On Wednesday, the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry said it supported the U.S. Chamber’s suit against the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over its recent ruling banning noncompete agreeme...
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Pennsylvania Senate President Pro Tempore Sen. Kim Ward (R-Westmoreland County) urged President Joe Biden to support a planned merger between U. S. Steel and Nippon Steel. The merger, announced ea...
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The U.S. House Ways & Means Committee recently held a hearing addressing trade and urged the Biden administration to defend domestic steel production against foreign steel imports. Mexican steel im...
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Pennsylvania will receive more than $21 million in federal money to address the health and safety issues stemming from abandoned coal mines. According to the U.S. Department of Interior’s Office...
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A resolution recently introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate urges the U.S. Congress to lift restrictions on 18- to 20-year-olds who hold a Commercial Driver Licenses (CDLs). Lifting the restrictions ...
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More than 1,000 steel jobs will be saved at Cleveland-Cliffs Butler Works plant in Butler County after the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on Thursday revised energy efficiency standards for critical ...
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On Monday, U.S. Rep Mike Kelly (R-PA) held a public town hall meeting to discuss a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposed rule that could jeopardize 1,300 jobs at the Cleveland-Cliffs Butler Works p...
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The U.S. Department of Labor recently recognized Pennsylvania College of Technology as a Registered Apprenticeship Program Sponsor. Registered Apprenticeship Programs encourage more employers to pa...
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The American Petroleum Institute (API) and more than a dozen other U.S. oil and natural gas associations called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to revise a proposed fee for methane. Th...
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The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstration recently awarded the Kraft Heinz Co. with up to $170 million to support the implementation of clean energy projects at 10 plants ...
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U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) asked U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm to attend an upcoming town hall so she can explain a proposed rule that threatens steel jobs in Butler. ...
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On Thursday, U.S Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA) said he supports six bills in Congress that would lead to more affordable energy for Pennsylvanians. Thompson said the bills would lower energy...
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The National Association of Manufacturers, the largest manufacturing association in the United States, recently released a statement addressing the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new automo...
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A Pennsylvania project to repurpose 2,700 acres of former coal mines into a solar farm has received $90 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), officials said Thursday. Part o...
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On Monday, state and local chambers of commerce in 36 states joined the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in calling on President Joe Biden to reverse his administration’s decision to ban new liquified natur...
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