Lehigh Valley GDP surpassed $50B in 2022
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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Pennsylvania’s investment helps Astrobotic Technology lead trip back to the moon
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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Manufacturing Assistance Center to provide basic machining, CNC scholarships
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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State Department of General Services updates definition of small business
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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Frontage Labs acquires bioanalytical businesses
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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Legislation would require investment analysis for geopolitical risk for public fund investments
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 names new executive vice president and chief operations officer
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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Contract awarded for dredging of Erie Harbor
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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Philadelphia releases annual workforce diversity report
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 to offer new farming program
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 highlight $70M in library funding in 2023-2024 budget
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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Application period opens for Keystone STARS Continuous Quality Improvement awards
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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Office of Administration reduces average time to hire employees
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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Pennsylvania makes historic investment in workforce opportunities, Labor Secretary says
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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State settles lawsuit concerning junk mailers
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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Pennsylvania sets record, spending more than $1B on small, diverse businesses in Fiscal Year 2022-2023
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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Shapiro administration invested $46.2M to protect farms from developers in 2023
Over the course of 2023, the administration of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro invested more than $46 million to protect farms from residential or commercial development. In December alone, the adm...
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Elected officials announce Board of Finance and Revenue reform legislation
Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity joined PA Sen. Scott Hutchinson (R-21st District) and Rep. Tim Briggs (D-149th District) in announcing bipartisan, pro-taxpayer legislation to improve dispute reso...
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Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry elects new chairman
The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, the state’s largest broad-based business association, elected Manuel Mar as its new board of directors chairman at its Annual Membership meeting in...
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World Courier to expand with three new transport stations
Conshohocken, Pa.-based World Courier, a part of Cencora (formerly AmerisourceBergen), announced Tuesday it will open three transport stations to expand its presence and grow its capacity to deliver s...
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