The Pennsylvania House Education Committee advanced Monday a bill to expand Pennsylvania’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) program. House Bill 800, which is sponsored by Speaker of the ...
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The House Republican Caucus introduced Monday the eight-bill Energize PA package, which includes a bill sponsored by Rep. Jonathan Fritz (R-Susquehanna/Wayne) that would update and expand the Pipeline...
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Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce President Matt Smith recently released a statement opposing proposed legislation that seeks to support continued operation of nuclear power plants in Pennsylvani...
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Sens. David Argall (R-Schuylkill/Berks) and John T. Yudichak (D-Carbon/Luzerne) announced at a recent press conference at the Panther Creek Energy facility in Carbon County a legislative proposal to a...
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The Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation (LVEDC) recently held its bi-annual gathering of the region’s legislative delegation during which attendees discussed economic trends and other top...
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Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences’ Department of Ecosystem Science and Management and the Pennsylvania Forest Products Association have scheduled this year’s Forest Products Equipment ...
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Telensa, a United Kingdom-based developer of wireless smart city applications, recently announced that it is working with the City of Harrisburg to trial smart city technologies including smart sensor...
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State Rep. Ed Neilson (D-Philadelphia) recently hosted a House Democratic Policy Committee public hearing on workforce development at the UA Steamfitters Local 420 Hall. “I’m glad to have the o...
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Nine of Pennsylvania’s 25 prisons offer inmates heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) training and the opportunity to earn National Center for Construction Education & Research certificat...
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YESCO Electrical Supply, Inc. announced Wednesday the opening of its fifth location in Pittsburgh to the public and internally has expanded technological infrastructures. The company combined two l...
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Tekni-Plex, headquartered in Wayne, Penn., recently signed a definitive purchase agreement to purchase three of Amcor’s Flexible Packaging business unit’s manufacturing facilities. Tekni-Plex o...
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After being recently disconnected from the electrical grid, officials said the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station Unit 2 reactor is again fully functional. “Our proactive maintenance work will k...
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Members of the Pennsylvania House and Senate joined with business leaders on Wednesday to discuss the need to reform the state’s burdensome regulatory process, an effort they said would improve the ...
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First Commonwealth Financial Corporation announced this week that its banking subsidiary, First Commonwealth Bank, will acquire 14 Santander Bank branches in Central Pennsylvania. The branches are ...
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The House Liquor Control Committee held Tuesday a public hearing at Spoonwood Brewery in Pittsburgh to discuss a new “taproom tax” that’s set to take effect July 1. The state Department of Re...
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New York-based BrightFarms recently announced plans to open a 250,000-square-foot hydroponic greenhouse in Snyder County. The greenhouse will serve the company’s four primary facilities and will ...
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Lockton, the world's largest privately held, independent insurance broker and consultant, recently opened an office in Pittsburgh. The opening of the new office, which will be part of Lockton's Mid...
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The latest report on housing prices in Montgomery County indicates that the county’s housing market is in a state of growth, moving beyond recovery following the housing bubble that began to burst i...
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Montgomery County recently launched a registered apprenticeship program for K-12 public school teachers. The program, the first in the United States, will help teachers further develop their skill...
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Pennsylvania Public Utility Commissioner Andrew Place sent a letter to a state Senate committee last week expressing his opposition to Senate Bill (SB) 510, legislation that would support nuclear ener...
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