Gov. Tom Wolf unveiled Monday his $3 billion workforce and economic development plan, Back to Work PA, which would be paid for by a severance tax placed on the natural gas industry at a rate of about ...
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Millersburg-based Mid Penn Bancorp has approved and disbursed more than $290 million in loans for small businesses since the 2021 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) portal opened for community banks on...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) recently announced the launch of its PennDOT Pathways Major Bridge Public-Private Partnership (P3) initiative, which will use the tolling of nin...
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U.S. Rep. Fred Keller (R-PA) recently visited several manufacturing companies in his district to get input on ways to support the workforce and learn how companies are adapting to the pandemic. “...
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According to We Work for Health Pennsylvania, the state’s 16 biopharmaceutical companies spent $7.9 billion in the state in 2018 and employed 253,876 Pennsylvanians, while supporting 7,294 vendors a...
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Pittsburgh-based Koppers, a treated wood products, wood treatment chemicals, and carbon compounds provider, recently completed the sale of its Follansbee, W.Va., facility to Petro Empire Liquids and S...
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The CompetePA Coalition is urging Gov. Tom Wolf to reconsider business tax increases included in his 2021-2022 budget proposal. CompetePA, managed by the Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, is ...
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Century Therapeutics, a cell therapy company developing cell therapies for cancer, recently announced it plans to expand its operations and laboratory space in Philadelphia. The expansion will he...
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The Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) has called for a one-year moratorium on the implementation of Gov. Tom Wolf’s mandate that Pennsylvania join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiativ...
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The state House Appropriations Committee began budget hearings Tuesday, hearing testimony from representatives of the Independent Fiscal Office (IFO), the Department of Revenue, and the Department of ...
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Hall Industries, an engineering and manufacturing company with multiple locations statewide, recently announced that it will streamline operations in western Pennsylvania in Mercer County. The comp...
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Legislation that will soon be introduced in the state House of Representatives would improve access to jobs for former inmates by requiring every person to receive a re-entry certificate after leaving...
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U.S. Rep. Troy Balderson (R-OH) criticized a recent report from the think tank Ohio River Valley Institute that said 22 counties in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia responsible for 90 percent of the ...
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The COVID-19 Hospitality Industry Recovery Program (CHIRP) recently awarded $145 million in funding assistance to hospitality industry businesses adversely affected by the pandemic. The districts s...
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State Rep. Emily Kinkead (D- Allegheny County) recently sent a memorandum to all House members seeking co-sponsors for legislation that would increase the number of transfer students who can complete ...
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The City of Philadelphia announced Wednesday the Workforce Respond and Recharge 2021 Commitment, a renewed strategic commitment to address workforce challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic a...
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Aspirant, a Pittsburgh-based management consulting and technology firm, recently purchased Technical Architecture Solution Engineering (TASE) Labs, a firm providing Microsoft Modern Workplace and Micr...
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The Manufacturing PA initiative recently awarded Pennsylvania State University Behrend campus in Erie County a $200,000 grant through Pennsylvania’s Manufacturing Training-to-Career program. The ...
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Clemens Food Group, a Montgomery County-based vertically-integrated pork processor, recently announced plans to expand its Hatfield operations. The company will invest more than $228 million to co...
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Bell & Evans, a premium poultry producer, recently finalized a long-term sourcing agreement with Cargill, one of its suppliers, to increase domestic organic grain supply and source organic grain. ...
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