Legislation recently introduced in the state House of Representatives would require state government operations prioritize American-made products when items are purchased. House Bill 1917 would req...
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On Tuesday, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced photonics technology company Excelitas Technologies Corp., will move its headquarters to Pittsburgh in the coming year. Officials said Excelita...
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The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Jan. 2 gave a boost to Pennsylvania’s natural gas industry when it affirmed its previous decision to block a ban on natural gas hookups. The court’s ...
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On Monday, the Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary awarded nearly $500,000 in grants to prepare young farmers for success. The PA Farm Bill Agriculture & Youth Grants were awarded to 47 organizatio...
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In 2022, Lehigh Valley’s gross domestic product (GDP) surpassed $50 billion. Economic output, the sum of goods and services for the metro region, for the region increased, adding $10 billion in f...
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Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic Technology’s Peregrine lander will carry out the first American mission the moon in more than 50 years, thanks to Pennsylvania’s investment, Gov. Josh Shapiro said. ...
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Crawford County recently awarded the Manufacturing Assistance Center (MAC) at the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville Education and Training Hub with a $25,000 grant, and the Gene Haas Foundation r...
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The state Department of General Services (DGS) updated the definition of a small business, effective Jan. 1. The change raises the revenue limit from $38.5 million to $47 million, putting the lim...
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Exton, PA-based Frontage Laboratories announced Tuesday that it had completed its acquisition of the bioanalytical and drug metabolism & pharmacokinetics (DMPK) businesses of Accelera S.r.l. Locat...
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New legislation filed in December by Pennsylvania Rep. Clint Owlett (R-Tioga/Bradford) would require an analysis of geopolitical risk on any investments of public funds. The legislation comes in l...
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Alcoa Corp. recently appointed Matt Reed as executive vice president and chief operations officer, effective Jan. 1. Reed joined Alcoa in June 2023 and served concurrently as vice president of oper...
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Last month, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Buffalo District awarded a $682,000 contract to Michigan-based Ryba Marine Construction Co. for the dredging of the federal navigation channel i...
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On Thursday, the city of Philadelphia released its 2023 report on workforce diversity. As with previous years, the 2023 Workforce Diversity Profile and Annual Report provides an in-depth summary o...
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Penn State Extension plans to use a $50,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program grant to offer a progr...
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State officials recently toured the State Library of Pennsylvania to highlight $70 million in new funding for local libraries in the 2023-24 budget. First Lady Lori Shapiro, Secretary of Education ...
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The Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) has opened the application period for Keystone STARS Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) awards. The awards are a one-time grant for eli...
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The Office of Administration (OA) has reduced the average time to hire state employees from 90 days to 66 days, a nearly 27 percent reduction. “We want to ensure that our Commonwealth agencies ha...
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This year, the state of Pennsylvania has made significant investments into workforce opportunities, Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry’s Secretary Nancy Walker said. "This has been a gr...
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Pennsylvania recently settled its lawsuit against with Florida-based marketing company RMC Direct Mail Services over allegedly deceptive warranty mailers. “This marketing company has sent its las...
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During fiscal year 2022-23, Pennsylvania spent a record more than $1 billion on small businesses (SBs), small diverse businesses (SDBs), and veteran business enterprises (VBEs), according to the Penns...
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