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Pennsylvania invests $44.5M in 50 projects

By Melina Druga  |   February 5, 2019   |   News

Pennsylvania recently announced it is investing $44.5 million through its Multimodal Transportation Fund to 50 infrastructure projects in 23 counties designed to improve mobility and safety. Projec...

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Wolf’s proposed energy tax hike draws ire from natural gas industry leaders

By Debra Flax  |   February 4, 2019   |   Companies

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday proposed a $4.5 billion infrastructure plan that would be funded with a severance tax on natural gas drilling, an energy tax that business and industry leaders w...

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John Slaven

Pittsburgh’s Alcoa Corporation appoints chief strategy officer

By Kevin Randolph  |   February 4, 2019   |   Companies

Alcoa Corporation, a Pittsburgh-based global producer of aluminum, recently announced that John Slaven would join the company as its new executive vice president and chief strategy officer, effective ...

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Sen. Toomey introduces bill to require congressional approval for national security tariffs

By Kevin Randolph  |   February 4, 2019   |   Companies

U.S. Sens. Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Mark Warner (D-VA) recently introduced a bill that would require the president to obtain Congressional approval before taking trade actions under Section 232 of the Tr...

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Student contest allows participants to work with manufacturers

By Melina Druga  |   February 4, 2019   |   Companies

The sixth annual “What’s So Cool About Manufacturing?” Student Video Contest has a total of 26 middle schools participating this year from Carbon, Lehigh, and Northampton counties. The contes...

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House Majority Policy Committee to hold hearing on state health care

By Kevin Randolph  |   February 1, 2019   |   News

Rep. Donna Oberlander (R-63rd District), chair of the House Majority Policy Committee, announced Wednesday that the committee would hold a public hearing to examine the potential negative impacts of t...

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Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry reacts to proposed minimum wage increase

By Kevin Randolph  |   February 1, 2019   |   Featured

A minimum wage increase plan would lead to increased labor costs and job loss, Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry President and CEO Gene Barr said in a statement Wednesday. The plan, whi...

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Insurer retroactively corrects workers comp errors

By Melina Druga  |   February 1, 2019   |   Companies

The State Workers Insurance Fund (SWIF), Pennsylvania’s largest writer of workers comp insurance, has filed a plan to retroactively correct charges to employers for their workers compensation polici...

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Lloyd Smucker

Rep. Smucker named Republican leader on education, workforce subcommittee

By Kevin Randolph  |   January 31, 2019   |   Federal

The Education and Labor Committee announced Tuesday that Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) will serve as the Republican Leader of the House Education and Labor Committee’s Higher Education and Workforce Inv...

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DiSanto Pension Forfeiture bill advances key committee vote

By Kevin Randolph  |   January 31, 2019   |   Featured

The Senate Finance Committee approved Tuesday legislation introduced by State Sen. John DiSanto (Dauphin/Perry) to ensure that public employees who commit job-related felonies are stripped of their ta...

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DataBank purchases PNC Bank data center

By Melina Druga  |   January 31, 2019   |   Companies

DataBank, a Texas-based data center, cloud, and interconnection services company, recently purchased a PNC Bank data center near Pittsburgh for an undisclosed amount. The 115,000 square foot, three...

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Rep. Kerry Benninghoff

Pennsylvania House Majority Whip, GOP caucus aim to reform state’s tax structure

By Kim Riley  |   January 30, 2019   |   Featured

Pennsylvania House Majority Whip Kerry Benninghoff, the chamber’s No. 3 Republican leader for the 2019-2020 legislative session, thinks the state’s tax structure should be reformed. “For the mo...

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McKonly & Asbury purchases rival accounting firm

By Melina Druga  |   January 30, 2019   |   Companies

Camp Hill-based accounting and business advisory services firm McKonly & Asbury recently acquired Bloomsburg-based tax and business services firm Brewer & Co. The purchase is part of McKonly & Asbu...

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Northwest Commission launches online survey to gather input for regional transportation plan

By Kevin Randolph  |   January 30, 2019   |   Featured

The Northwest Commission, a Local Development District serving an eight-county region of Northwest Pennsylvania, recently launched an online survey to gather public input as it updates its regional lo...

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Zippo Manufacturing Company acquires Northern Lights Enterprises

By Kevin Randolph  |   January 30, 2019   |   Companies

Bradford, Penn.-based Zippo Manufacturing Company announced Monday that it reached a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Northern Lights Enterprises, Inc. Northern L...

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Report released on PennDOT Connects project planning, development initiative

By Kevin Randolph  |   January 29, 2019   |   News

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) recently released a report updating the public and partners on the deployment of the department's PennDOT Connects initiative. PennDOT Connec...

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Lehigh Valley Meet the Buyers Expo to be held in October

By Kevin Randolph  |   January 29, 2019   |   Companies

The fourth bi-annual Lehigh Valley Meet the Buyers Expo will be held on Oct. 23, 2019, at the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks in Bethlehem, the Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation (LVEDC) s...

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Executive program announces inaugural class

By Melina Druga  |   January 29, 2019   |   Companies

The Executive Leadership Academy recently announced the first class in the eight-month executive education program. The Advanced Leadership Initiative, a regional initiative to address corporate di...

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Lisa Baker

Sen. Baker calls for delay of proposed change in rules governing venue in medical professional liability actions

By Kevin Randolph  |   January 28, 2019   |   News

Sen. Lisa Baker (R-20), chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, recently called for the suspension of a proposed rule change from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Civil Procedural Rules Committee r...

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Penn State researchers chosen for grid modernization competition

By Kevin Randolph  |   January 28, 2019   |   Federal

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently selected a team of Penn State researchers to compete in the first challenge of its Grid Optimization Competition. The Penn State team of researchers is ...

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