Capital Region Economic Development Corp. (CREDC), an organization serving Cumberland, Dauphin, and Perry counties, and its partners recently applied for $27 million in PA State Small Business Credit ...
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Pennsylvania state Reps. Eric Nelson (R-Westmoreland) and Martin Causer (R-Cameron/McKean/Potter) heard testimony from industry and trade professionals during a hearing on hydrogen-based manufacturing...
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Speyside Bourbon Cooperage, a bourbon barrel manufacturer, plans to open its first Pennsylvania facility in Clarion County. The company plans to invest more than $14.6 million to purchase 20 acres ...
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West Pharmaceutical Services, a manufacturer of containment and delivery systems for injectable medicines, plans to invest $60 million to expand in Lycoming County. The company will expand its curr...
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Bitcoin mining facility TeraWulf Inc. announced Monday it had reached an agreement with a subsidiary of Talen Energy Corporation to source zero-carbon nuclear power from Talen’s 2.5 GW Susquehanna S...
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A new analysis has found that employment in the Lehigh Valley manufacturing sector grew at a faster rate than the nation as a whole over the last five years. According to the Lehigh Valley Economi...
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Brookville-based Miller Fabrication Solutions, a contract steel fabricator, recently announced its plans for Manufacturing Day (MFG Day) on Oct. 7. The annual nationwide event aims to inspire youth...
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The Manufacturing PA initiative recently awarded the Warren County Career Center a $117,000 Manufacturing PA Training-to-Career Program (MTTC) grant. The center, a vocational-technical school servi...
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State Rep. Tim Twardzik (R-Schuylkill) announced Friday that he had hosted a public hearing of the House Majority Policy Committee to discuss barriers related to starting up and growing a business in ...
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State Rep. David Zimmerman (R-Lancaster) recently sent a memo to all House members about updating the state’s Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard. In 2004, the state General Assembly passed t...
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Eric Hagarty, acting secretary of education, recently went to the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts to tour its PNC Innovation Zone. The PNC Innovation Zone addresses gender and equity barri...
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On Tuesday, the City of Philadelphia announced it had enabled 22,500 internet connections over the past two years as part of the PHLConnectED program. A response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its i...
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Since taking office in 2015, Gov. Tom Wolf has signed 2,098 pardons, including 326 that were part of an expedited review of nonviolent marijuana-related offenses. A pardon means a person receives c...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced Monday the opening of its draft 2022 Pennsylvania State Water Plan for public comments. The plan identifies regional and sta...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development recently opened the application period for PA Farm Bill Agriculture & Youth Grants. The Ag and Youth Program awards grants of up to...
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The state’s unemployment rate dropped two-tenths of a percentage point in July to 4.3 percent, according to a Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) report. Nationally, the unemploymen...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s Farmland Preservation Program announced Friday that it won a $7.85 million competitive top grant to support climate-smart conservation on Pennsylvania fa...
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The Manufacturing PA initiative recently awarded the Agency for Community Empowerment of NEPA (ACE) a $200,000 Pennsylvania’s Manufacturing PA Training-to-Career Program (MTTC) grant. ACE adminis...
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The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) recently presented U.S. Rep. Fred Keller (R-PA 12th District) with the Friend of Farm Bureau Award. The award recognizes members of Congress who support t...
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Pennsylvania American Water announced Thursday that it will begin installing approximately 2,800 feet of new water main in Allegheny County as part of approximately $2 million in improvements to the s...
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