The U.S. Congress recently approved a resolution lifting commercial driver’s license (CDL) restrictions for 18- to 20-year-olds. Removing the restriction would allow 18- to 20-year-olds to partic...
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U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) recently sent a letter to Janet Yellen, U.S. Department of the Treasury secretary, and Jennifer Granholm, U.S. Department of Energy secretary, urging the departments to clar...
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On Thursday, the Pennsylvania Coal Alliance joined the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), American Petroleum Institute (API), the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and dozens of other organizations ...
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The Biden administration on Tuesday said it plans to maintain current tariffs and increase others on $18 billion in imports from China under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. Many of the tariff...
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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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