Bowery Farming recently opened its largest, most technologically advanced, and sustainable commercial smart farm in Bethlehem. The company -- the largest vertical farming company in the United Sta...
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The Penn State Behrend campus in Erie will hold the annual Innovation and Emerging Plastics Technologies Conference on June 8 and 9. “The conference will focus on some of the trends we’re seein...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently granted Pittsburgh-based Noveome Biotherapeutics the Rare Pediatric Disease Designation (RPDD) and Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) for its ST266 drug...
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The Pennsylvania House Local Government Committee approved legislation today that prevents municipalities in the state from banning access to certain utilities and energy sources. Senate Bill 275, ...
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The Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) recently awarded Apprentice Training for the Electrical Industry (ATEI) $296,936 through the state’s Pre-Apprentice and Apprenticeship Gra...
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The Pennsylvania Senate Finance Committee recently approved legislation that would increase state assistance for the Film Tax Credit program from $70 million to $125 million. Annually, 10 to 12 pro...
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Pennsylvania business leaders this week continued to push for a lower corporate net income tax (CNI) to be included in the upcoming negotiations over the new state budget. The Pennsylvania Chamber of...
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Legislation recently introduced in the state Senate seeks to amend the Steel Products Procurement Act to reduce the paperwork required. Senate Bill 1043 would ease the extensive paperwork required ...
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Pittsburgh International Airport and CNX Resources Corp., a gas development, production, midstream, and technology company, have entered the next phase of their partnership to reduce carbon emissions....
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The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities have approved a proposal by Fulton Financial Corp. to acquire Prudential Bancorp, the holding company...
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The Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s board of directors recently approved $150,000 to be distributed to five companies in loans with warrants. Each company will rec...
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A new whitepaper from Pittsburgh-based Duquesne Light Company (DLC) looks at the role of electrification in decarbonizing the Pittsburgh region. Among the primary objectives of the paper -- Electr...
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AgChoice Farm Credit and MidAtlantic Farm Credit, agricultural lending cooperatives owned by member‐borrowers, recently announced they will merge, effective July 1, to form Horizon Farm Credit. ...
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Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney announced Friday that Keith Brune will become acting CEO of the Division of Aviation following the departure of Rochelle “Chellie” Cameron. Brune will oversee the...
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Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Judge Ellen Ceisler put a halt to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s (PennDOT) plan to toll nine bridges throughout the Commonwealth until a full court c...
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Gov. Tom Wolf and other administration members recently gathered at Marion-Walker Elementary in Centre County to highlight the federal $45 billion Internet for All Initiative. The U.S. Department o...
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Cranberry Township-based MECCO announced Thursday that it has received a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development to be part of a laser research project. A lead...
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F.N.B. Corporation (FNB) announced Monday a $2.5 million equity commitment to Pittsburgh-based Black Tech Nation Ventures (BTN.vc). BTN.vc is a majority Black-owned venture capital fund that provi...
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The U.S. Department of the Interior recently awarded Pennsylvania $26.6 million through the Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization (AMLER) Program. The program allocates funds to the six Appal...
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Pennsylvania’s Manufacturing PA Training-to-Career Program (MTTC) recently awarded Slippery Rock University $179,181 to support a student internship program in Allegheny, Butler, and Erie counties. ...
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