A group of state Senate Republicans recently announced a bill package designed to reform the Vehicle Emissions Inspection and Maintenance Program. The program requires motorists in 25 counties to h...
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The Fund Our Facilities Coalition announced Wednesday legislation sponsored by State Sen. Vincent Hughes (D), which would invest a total of $250 million in repairs to Pennsylvania’s school buildings...
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The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) recently approved a transaction under which PCI Gaming Authority d/b/a Wind Creek Hospitality (WCH), an instrumentality of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians...
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Pharmaceutical company Iovance Biotherapeutics plans to invest $75 million to build and equipment manufacturing suites in Philadelphia. Iovance, a company that develops cancer immunotherapies base...
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Alchemy Renewable Energy (ARE) announced yesterday the commercial operation of Ephrata Solar, a 3.5 MWac Ephrata Solar photovoltaic project in Lancaster County. The project has a long-term Power Pu...
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The Pennsylvania Power Company (Penn Power) said Tuesday that is installing 120 new "TripSaver" automated reclosing devices on power lines in Crawford, Lawrence and Mercer counties to reduce the frequ...
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Marks Paneth LLP, an accounting, tax and advisory firm, plans to open an office in Philadelphia as part of the firm’s plans to increase its Mid-Atlantic presence. The Philadephia office will be l...
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Reps. Paul Mitchell (R-MI) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), as well as CTE caucus co-chairs Jim Langevin (D-RI) and Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA), recently introduced legislation to encourages partnershi...
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Gov. Tom Wolf recently announced that $5.5 million from the New PA Venture Capital Investment Program would be reinvested into four venture capital funds to support the growth of early-stage companies...
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A bill recently introduced in the state House would ensure the boards overseeing licensure for 30 occupations use fair, consistent methods when licensing people with criminal records. The bipartisa...
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Gov. Tom Wolf recently announced that the West Middlesex Area School District will receive a $105,731 Pennsylvania Manufacturing Training-to-Career grant through the Manufacturing PA initiative to sup...
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WebstaurantStore, Inc., an online restaurant supply company, will construct a fulfillment center and create at least 400 full-time jobs in Columbia County. WebstaurantStore purchased land in Hemloc...
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The Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership released results last week of an economic analysis that identified six industries best suited for economic development initiatives throughout Erie Coun...
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Gov. Tom Wolf announced Wednesday the approval of a grant for the Berks Career and Technology Center (BCTC) to support the last phase of a new welding facility. “This Training-to-Career grant wil...
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers recently announced the introduction of legislation in the House and Senate aimed at removing employment barriers for formerly convicted people. The bills, H.B. 1477 ...
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The beer industry contributes $11.5 billion annually to Pennsylvania’s economy and supports 77,197 people, according to a study jointly commissioned by the Beer Institute and the National Beer Whole...
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The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA) announced Tuesday that it is accepting bids for the purchase of $2 million in mixed-use development tax credits. The funds collected from successful ...
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CarbonLITE Holdings LLC of Los Angeles, the world’s largest producer of food-grade post-consumer recycled PET, recently announced that it will open a new facility in Greater Reading. The project ...
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Cleveland-based ParkOhio has reached an agreement to purchase EFCO, which does business as Erie Press Systems (Erie Press), headquartered in Erie, Pa. The terms of the deal were not disclosed, and ...
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Dollar General Corporation recently established a new cold storage facility in Schuylkill County that, at full capacity, is expected to support the creation of 100 new full-time jobs over three years....
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