Wabtec Corp. recently received a more than $70 million order to supply Siemens Mobility with products for the London Underground’s Piccadilly Upgrade Program. The program will replace the aging...
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Pennsylvania State Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23) raised questions about Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to produce nearly 50 percent of the state government’s electricity through solar energy. Wolf’s Pennsylvani...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) said Friday that it has reworked the Green Energy Loan Fund (GELF) to make it easier to obtain low-interest loans for large-scale, high-im...
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Berwyn-based AMETEK recently entered into an agreement to purchase Abaco Systems, a leading provider of mission critical embedded computing systems, from Veritas Capital for $1.35 billion in an all-ca...
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U.S. Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA) recently met with Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Secretary Yassmin Gramian and representatives from Gov. Wolf’s office to discuss PennDO...
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U.S. Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA) recently joined more than 30 of her colleagues in the Democratic Manufacturing Working Group, which will examine key issues to strengthen the U.S. manufacturing sector. ...
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ENGINE of Central PA STEM Learning Ecosystem, a Penn State-led STEM organization, is part of a group making recommendations to the Biden-Harris administration on how to improve STEM. The group is c...
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The Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce voiced its support for a bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Fred Keller (R-PA) designed to strengthen the healthcare workforce d...
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The Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) recently made available $2.6 million for Schools-to-Work program grants. Grants will be awarded in increments up to $250,000. Funding must be used to creat...
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Legislation recently introduced in the state House would reform the public private partnership (P3) transportation law. House Bill 920 would amend Act 88 of 2012. It would require the P3 board to ...
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Allentown-based energy company PPL Corp. is expanding its presence in the U.S. with the acquisition of Narragansett Electric, a Rhode Island-based utility owned by National Grid. PPL is buying Narr...
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A bill introduced this month in the U.S. House of Representatives could wallop Pennsylvania's burgeoning shale gas industry and related chemical sectors. Shale gas is the raw material driving major...
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Small business owners said the COVID-19 pandemic gives them a sense of optimism, but most say they still see a long road to recovery before business returns to normal, a new poll shows. According ...
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The state House recently approved legislation that would give the Pennsylvania Independent Fiscal Office (IFO) dynamic scoring capability. Dynamic scoring would allow the agency to provide the Ge...
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Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) and two other U.S. Congress members recently reintroduced legislation that would increase cooperation between the United States and its allies to identify and counter sec...
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Ivyland-based Lynn Electronics, a fiber-optic and copper cable assemblies manufacturer, recently purchased Ohio-based Total Cable Solutions, a telecom and data center products manufacturer, for an und...
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Sens. Wayne Langerholc Jr. (R-Cambria County) and John Sabatina (D-Philadelphia), Senate Transportation Committee chairman and minority chairman, have been invited to sit on the Transportation Revenue...
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A group of Republican state senators announced Monday the launch of the Prioritize PA: Small Businesses initiative that includes a five-bill package designed to aid small businesses that are struggli...
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Gov. Tom Wolf has proposed a 46 percent state income tax increase, a move state Rep. Frank Burns (D-Cambria) said cannot be justified. Under the proposed increase, residents would see their tax ra...
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State Sen. Gene Yaw (R-Bradford County) held an informational briefing on March 10 on deploying and utilizing carbon dioxide management technologies. Yaw serves as the majority chairman of the Se...
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