The 2024-25 budget would increase funding for career and technical education (CTE) and equipment by $30 million. “Over the past two years, I’ve visited career and technical schools in Altoona...
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Training and recruiting skilled workers in the manufacturing field are top concerns in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley, as in other parts of the state, according to testimony given during a hearing led...
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Gas Works Revenue Bonds 17th Series A&B have provided Philadelphia with $315 million for Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW) infrastructure investments. Improvements will focus on maintaining a safe, r...
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The United Steelworkers (USW) union is disappointed by a recent arbitration board’s ruling that Pittsburgh-based U. S. Steel Corp. may move forward with its proposed acquisition by Nippon Steel. ...
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A proposed new $1.3 billion arena for the Philadelphia 76ers would create more than 1,000 construction and operations jobs. The project also is paired with an Economic Opportunity Plan (EOP) that w...
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The House Republican Policy Committee recently held a hearing to explore and advance pro-business, pro-jobs, and pro-family policies. Testifiers spoke about the rising costs of doing business in Pe...
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A bipartisan group of Pennsylvania lawmakers on Capitol Hill urged the General Services Administration (GSA) to expedite a U.S. Navy contract with Gecko Robotics to bolster national security and creat...
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Pittsburgh-based U. S. Steel Corp. is the first steel company to qualify to sell its products as ResponsibleSteel Certified Steel at its Big River facility in Osceola, Ark. “This is an extraordin...
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The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains recently selected Philadelphia-based Braskem America, a polyolefins and biopolymer producer, to negotiate a $50 milli...
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Swiss-based Hitachi Energy, an energy technology company, plans to invest $60 million in its Mount Pleasant facility. The investment will double production capacity for high-voltage switchgear and ...
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U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) slammed Anchor Hocking Holdings Inc. for its abrupt plans to close its glass manufacturing plant in Charleroi, Pa., and requested a confidential briefing from the Federal Tr...
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The Pennsylvania Coal Alliance recently announced the winners of its annual mine safety and reclamation awards. The Keystone Mine Safety Awards recognize outstanding safety records at mine sites. T...
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Constellation Energy Corp. signed its largest-ever power purchase agreement (PPA) with Microsoft, a 20-year deal that will pave the way for the launch of the Londonderry, Pa.-based Crane Clean Energy ...
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The State House Republican Policy Committee recently held a hearing in the Hempfield Township Municipal Building to discuss the impact of energy policies on Pennsylvania companies. The hearing was ...
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President Joe Biden must protect the American industrial base by increasing tariffs on Mexican steel imports, said U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) and a bipartisan group of his colleagues. In a Sept. 17...
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The Pennsylvania Senate approved legislation Tuesday that would repeal the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) carbon tax. RGGI, a multi-state compact enacted through executive order by the W...
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Pennsylvania Democrats recently joined several of their U.S. House of Representatives colleagues in requesting that President Joe Biden force the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to expedite its review...
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The Commonwealth Foundation’s newly released energy policy platform, EnergyVisionPA.org, endorses eight guiding principles to advance market-driven energy policies and five policy solutions for Penn...
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The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) recently approved a Peoples Natural Gas Co. (Peoples Gas) rate increase request. PUC Administrative Law Judge Mary D. Long recommended the decision,...
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Taylor Chip, a family-owned cookie manufacturer, is investing $15.1 million to expand its Lancaster County facility. The company plans to construct a 25,000-square-foot building at its existing l...
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