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The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) recently approved a June joint settlement agreement between the Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate and Aqua America, a water and wastewater utili...
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FirstEnergy Corp. announced last week that it would expand its Energizing the Future Initiative, which aims to modernize the power grid, into the Met-Ed and Penelec service areas in Pennsylvania.
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Two business projects in Westmoreland County recently received new low-interest loan approvals through the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) program.
The loan funding is expected...
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Dennis Wulf, CEO of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s Innovatus Imaging, announced Tuesday the creation of three Centers of Excellence to drive the company's development of new technology, products, and se...
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The Lycoming College Gateway Building, the first phase of a long-term project to create a stronger link between the college’s campus and the City of Williamsport, recently broke ground.
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The Bakery Society Pittsburgh, a bakery incubator that will support bakers-in-residence in the Mount Oliver neighborhood of Pittsburgh, held its opening ceremony last week.
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The Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation (LVEDC) recently announced that it will release its new talent supply study at an event on July 12 at Blue Grillhouse in Bethlehem, Pa.
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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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Five University of Pittsburgh business students recently won the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute Research Challenge and advanced to the regional round of the competitions held in Boston.
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Speaker of the House Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) released a statement regarding issues surrounding Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (PWSA).
“The PWSA, in its current form, has been grossly mism...
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U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) recently praised the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee’s approval of legislation to reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education (C...
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Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) Secretary Jerry Oleksiak recently met with leaders of API Technologies Corp. (API) and the PA CareerLink Centre County to discuss the Wolf Administration’s job t...
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GIANT Food Stores recently announced it would invest $22 million creating an e-commerce hub in Lancaster County.
The company also announced that it would remodel four stores, open a Lititz fuel st...
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The Greater Reading Chamber Alliance (GRCA) recently received a $102,805 Pennsylvania Manufacturing Training-to-Career grant for manufacturing career training, which will be provided to the underemplo...
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Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said Tuesday that he is concerned about the results of a recent audit, which found an increase in unfunded liability and annual pension payments for Allentown’s Emp...
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During a hearing of the Senate Local Government Committee Tuesday, local government representatives and school business officials discussed alternatives to the current property tax collection system.
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Gov. Tom Wolf recently announced the approval of two apprenticeship grants, awarded to Sheet Metal Workers Local Union 12 and Steamfitters Local Union 449 in Pittsburgh, for classroom training for 60 ...
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The $39 million GlassWorks Business Park in Clarion, Clarion County, broke ground last week, launching a project that will convert a 28.5-acre brownfield site that formerly housed the Owens-Illinois G...
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Possible contamination of groundwater by natural gas has occurred in no more than seven out of 1,385 shale wells studied in Bradford County, an area heavily drilled, according to researchers at Penn S...
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Rep. Dan Moul (R-Adams) recently testified before the House State Government Committee on a House bill designed to rein in the Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC), an interstate compact that man...
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