Deist Industries expanding in Saegertown
Deist Industries, a family-owned manufacturer and fabricator of hauling products, recently purchased a vacant 60,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Crawford County. The company will...
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Power of 32 Site Development Fund announces $9.6M for brownfield industrial site near Pittsburgh
The Power of 32 Site Development Fund recently announced a $9.6 million to help finance site preparation costs for approximately 30 acres of a brownfield industrial site along the Allegheny River nea...
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House Education Committee unveils career and technical education package
Rep. Curt Sonney (R-Erie), chair of the House Education Committee, led a press conference in Harrisburg this week to reveal a bipartisan package of eight bills that aim to improve career and technica...
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House Republicans launch #GoodJobs4PA initiative
House Majority Leader Bryan Cuter (R-Lancaster) announced Tuesday the House Republican plan to reform and improve workforce development in Pennsylvania. “Every Pennsylvanian deserves to the opportu...
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Gov. Wolf signs executive order to create Keystone Economic Development and Workforce Command Center
Gov. Tom Wolf signed Tuesday an executive order to create the Keystone Economic Development and Workforce Command Center, which will work to expand collaboration between government and the private se...
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Ben Franklin Technology creates, retains nearly 6,000 jobs in 2018
The Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania, a program that partners client companies with resources that help them prosper through innovation, was responsible for creating 480 ...
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Air Products wins contract for Texas LNG export project
Air Products announced Monday that it signed an agreement to provide its proprietary liquid natural gas (LNG) technology, equipment and related process license for the Golden Pass LNG Export Project ...
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Carnegie Mellon, Lockheed Martin sign new research agreement
Carnegie Mellon University and Lockheed Martin recently signed a new master research agreement to expand the organization's research partnership and guide future joint research projects. Lockheed ...
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Five Pennsylvania locations top nation’s worst bottlenecks
Five Pennsylvania locations made the American Transportation Research Institute’s (ATRI) top 100 most congested bottlenecks for trucks in the United States. The locations are I-76 at I-676 in Ph...
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More electric vehicles in the state would produce multiple benefits
If three in 10 vehicles in Pennsylvania were electric, the state would gain nearly $2.8 billion in benefits, according to a Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) plan. Benefits includ...
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Supreme Court delays medical malpractice case
The state Supreme Court recently agreed to suspend work on voiding medical malpractice reform. Work will stop until the court receives a report by the Legislative Finance and Budget Committee, acc...
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Farm bill addresses the industry’s challenges
Gov. Tom Wolf and Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding unveiled last week the PA Farm Bill, which addresses the challenges the state’s agriculture industry faces by allocating $24 million in ad...
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State plans to connect Seven Mountains with State College
After a more than 15-year delay, work is scheduled to begin on a project to connect the Seven Mountains area to the greater State College area. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDO...
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Sen. Casey cosponsors federal family-leave bill
U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) recently cosponsored the Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act. The bill ensures employees nationwide would be guaranteed up to 12 weeks of paid family and m...
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Penn State Altoona receives one-year equipment lease as a gift
PS Technology (PST) recently gave Penn State Altoona a $104,000 12-month equipment lease as an in-kind gift for its Rail Transportation Engineering (RTE) program. The equipment lease has an opport...
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ARM Group purchases two Ebensburg companies
Hershey-based ARM Group, a science and engineering consulting firm, recently purchased Complete Advanced Maintenance Co. (CAMCO) and Affordable Equipment Co. (AEC). The companies are based in Ebensbur...
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Valmont Industries to construct facility in Midland
Valmont Industries, a designer and manufacturer of engineered products that support infrastructure and agriculture, announced Monday it would build a hot-dip zinc galvanizing facility on an 11-acre si...
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Legislation would allow first responders to form union
A bipartisan bill recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would allow public safety officers to form and join a labor union to collectively bargain with their employers on hours, wage...
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Lloyd Smucker
Rep. Smucker to serve on three transportation infrastructure subcommittees
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) recently announced he would be a member of three House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee subcommittees. Smucker will serve on the Hazardous Materials and th...
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Dairy industry leaders win excellence awards
Pennsylvania’s dairy industry leaders recently were recognized at the 2019 Pennsylvania Dairy Summit in Lancaster. The Pennsylvania Distinguished Dairy Producer Award recognizes dairy producers w...
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