The Pennsylvania Senate on June 25 approved a sweeping package of tax changes aimed at reducing costs for consumers while rejecting proposed amendments that business groups argued would have increased...
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The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry formally voiced its opposition to the Allegheny County Board of Health’s amendment to Article XXIV that would mandate up to 19 weeks of employer-fun...
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Pennsylvania aspires to attract the innovative and good-paying jobs of the future. Political leaders, including Gov. Josh Shapiro, have touted efforts to attract bold new investments in technology, th...
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Cranberry Township, Pa.-based Westinghouse Electric Company announced a new partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) on the American Nuclear Supply...
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The Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Monday unanimously passed legislation that supporters say would deliver the largest tax cut in state history by eliminating the state's gross receipts tax ...
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Gov. Josh Shapiro and German Ambassador to the United States Jens Hanefeld signed a joint declaration of intent (JDI) on Monday that will develop a framework to strengthen work force development initi...
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State Rep. Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin) recently was selected to serve as a Pennsylvania Public-Private Partnership (P3) Transportation Board member. The board meets twice annually to revi...
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Pennsylvania’s unconventional natural gas industry generated nearly $244 million in impact fee revenue for the 2025 reporting year, marking one of the program’s strongest years and pushing total c...
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Gov. Josh Shapiro spoke at the U.S.-Canada Summit in Toronto on Friday to outline his vision for a cross-border relationship. “While I know the United States hasn’t always felt like a welcoming...
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Two bills recently advanced by the state Senate Institutional Sustainability and Innovation Committee would strengthen Pennsylvania’s position in research, development and life sciences innovation. ...
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Projections from the Independent Fiscal Office indicate that Pennsylvania’s annual revenue from the impact fee on natural gas drilling will be nearly 50 percent higher this year. With the averag...
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Bipartisan legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would send eligible Americans working in manufacturing fields abroad for hands-on manufacturing training and certificati...
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The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) on June 4 approved a settlement authorizing an increase of $275 million in annual base distribution revenues for PPL Electric Utilities that will resul...
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U.S. Sens. Dave McCormick (R-PA), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Todd Young (R-IN), and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) introduced legislation recently to create an independent commission on robotics. The Natio...
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The Pennsylvania Senate Finance Committee recently advanced legislation that would reduce Pennsylvania’s Mutual Thrift Institutions Tax and align it with the ongoing Corporate Net Income Tax reduct...
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U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans (D-PA-03) on June 2 proposed a bipartisan bill in Congress that aims to help small and medium manufacturers and farmers generate good-paying jobs by improving the federal rules ...
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Bipartisan legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would provide incentives for the use of mass timber building materials in federal contracting. The bill was co-intro...
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Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development Secretary Rick Siger said the state had invested $3.1 million in grants to support manufacturing projects. Part of the Manufacturing P...
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U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (R-PA) recently hosted a roundtable discussion addressing the impact of a freeze that struck Pennsylvania on April 20-21. Attendees included U.S. Secretary of Agricult...
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U.S. Sens. Dave McCormick (R-PA) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) introduced legislation that would help communities redevelop former military installations. The legislation, the Increasing Opportunity for...
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