A group of Bucks County legislators recently urged Gov. Tom Wolf and Rachel Levine, Pennsylvania Department of Health secretary, to consider changing the metric being used to calculate whether to reop...
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National Fuel Gas Co. recently purchased Royal Dutch Shell subsidiary SWEPI LP for approximately $541 million. The purchase provides the company Shell’s upstream and midstream gathering assets ...
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Mitsubishi Chemical America, a subsidiary of Japan's largest chemical company Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC), recently entered into an agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of Gelest Intermedia...
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Legislation recently introduced in the state Senate would exempt real estate work from Pennsylvania's business closure order, so long as the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines are used to sl...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development recently awarded $200,000 in state funds to the Greene County Industrial Development Corp. The funds will be used to hire West Vir...
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U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) recently held a phone call with Pennsylvania agriculture leaders to discuss the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the industry. Casey also recently contacted Sonny Perd...
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Triumph Group and the Triumph Group Foundation recently announced they will expand support for nonprofit organizations serving communities affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Triumph, through its f...
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Pittsburgh’s Allegheny Health Network (AHN) recently began manufacturing COVID-19 test kits as a way to combat the national shortage. COVID-19 specimen kits come fully assembled from the vendor, ...
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Nonprofit organization VentureWell recently awarded Penn State College of Engineering’s School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs’ researchers $24,000 to support and expa...
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Sen. Jim Brewster (D-Allegheny/Westmoreland) recently sent a letter to Gov. Tom Wolf outline a plan to boost the state’s economic recovery efforts, workers, and small businesses after the COVID-19 p...
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Gov. Tom Wolf recently approved a waiver classifying battery manufacturer East Penn as a life-sustaining business, which allows it to operate during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Before the order ...
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Duquesne Light Co. recently contributed $500,000 to the Emergency Action Fund, a joint effort between The Pittsburgh Foundation, Heinz Endowments, Richard King Mellon Foundation, Hillman Family Founda...
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Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, known as Philly Shipyard, recently repaid a $60 million EB-5 investment that was used to construct four ocean-going product tankers, according to CanAm Enterprises. CanA...
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A coalition of unions, business, and civic leaders recently launched Pittsburgh Works Together, an organization that will advocate for workers and families in traditional energy and manufacturing indu...
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The Port Authority of Allegheny County recently selected Michael Baker International, a Pittsburgh-based engineering, planning and consulting services firm, to help the port authority develop a 25-yea...
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Network Rail, the largest infrastructure manager of railway networks in the United Kingdom, recently awarded Camp Hill-based Harsco Corp.’s rail division a $25 million, three-year mobile maintenance...
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Delaware County recently launched a joint enforcement pilot program to combat the misclassification of construction workers. The program is a joint effort between the offices of Attorney General ...
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IDEX Corp., a global fluidics company, recently completed its $125 million acquisition of Flow Management Devices, LLC (Flow MD), a provider of flow measurement systems that ensure custody transfer ac...
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The Greater Reading Chamber Alliance (GRCA) board of directors recently named Jim Gerlach its new president and CEO. Gerlach previously served as president and CEO of the Business-Industry Politica...
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Penn State Extension is offering a series of six online courses for entry-level or seasonal landscape employees. Five courses are available now and one will be available in April. The “Emplo...
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