Auditor General Eugene DePasquale issued a statement this week, saying that if turnpike toll rates continue to rise, “middle-class families are going to be forced off the roadway.” The statemen...
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U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) recently praised the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee’s approval of legislation to reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education (C...
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The Pennsylvania Farm Bureau (PFB) recently announced that it reached an all-time membership high of 62,017 members after increasing its overall membership this year for the 21st year in a row. “...
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The Economist recently released its 2018 latest assessment of top global executive master’s in business administration (EMBA) programs, and Penn State’s Smeal Executive MBA Program was ranked 7th ...
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The prices of cookout foods, such as spare ribs, hot dogs, cheeseburgers and potato salad, cost less than the national average in Pennsylvania, according to the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau (PFB) and the ...
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Gov. Tom Wolf recently signed into law a bill that reverses the provisions of the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue Corporate Tax Bulletin 2017-02. The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue Corporate...
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Gov. Tom Wolf signed into law last week a bill that allows utilities to propose alternative ratemaking approaches, which include decoupling, performance-based rates, formula rates, and multiyear rates...
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Gov. Wolf signed into law last week legislation that allows utilities to propose new rate-making approaches. "The option for utilities to propose new rate-making structures will benefit customers, ...
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Gov. Tom Wolf signed legislation last week that updates the crime code to establish the crime of possession and use of skimmer devices. House Bill 1918 increases penalties for the possession and us...
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Pennsylvania’s hospitals contributed $128.9 billion toward the economy through wages and salaries and supported more than 650,000 jobs during fiscal year 2017, according to The Hospital and Healthsy...
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The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) recently awarded $1 million in grants to nine wine industry projects to develop and promote Pennsylvania-made wines. PLCB is authorized by the Pennsylva...
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Pennsylvania Education Secretary Pedro A. Rivera praised the fiscal year 2018-19 budget signed recently by Gov. Tom Wolf for increasing basic education funding and making investments in STEM and caree...
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Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding on Wednesday applauded the fiscal year 2018-19 budget signed by Gov. Tom Wolf last week for its investments in addressing challenges facing the st...
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Pennsylvania State Rep. Marguerite Quinn (R-Bucks) sent a letter Tuesday to New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy to sign into law a bill that would protect the income tax reciprocity agreement between Pennsylv...
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The Pennsylvania Farm Bureau (PFB) recently announced its support of the state budget’s funding of agriculture programs. “We are pleased that adequate funding to support programs and people, wh...
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State Rep. Jared Solomon (D-Philadelphia) recently commended the advancement of his House Bill (H.B.) 1284 amendment, which would protect the Pennsylvania Business One-Stop Shop initiative in a statut...
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The Pennsylvania House of Representatives recently advanced House Bill 1840, authored by Rep. Rob Kauffman (R-Franklin), to institute reforms to the state’s Workers’ Compensation system. “I ...
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U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-PA) recently announced that Tobyhanna Army Depot’s planned hiring of new personnel would support a $150 million increase in spending during federal fiscal year 2019 on t...
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Gov. Tom Wolf recently outlined the state’s budget, focusing on investments in education, safety, and the environment. “This year’s bipartisan budget continues to increase opportunities for a...
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The Pennsylvania Senate recently advanced several measures aimed at supporting farmers and held a hearing on potential ways to promote the dairy industry, Sen. Elder Vogel, Jr. (R-47th District) said....
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