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Gov. Tom Wolf announced Thursday the launch of new grant and rebate programs to reduce air pollution and improve air quality throughout Pennsylvania funded by a $118 million settlement with the Volksw...
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Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) Deputy Secretary for Workforce Development Eileen Cipriani highlighted Gov. Tom Wolf’s PAsmart proposal to boost opportunities for career and technical education...
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Following several crashes along I-81 between exits 42 and 52, the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners approved a resolution last week calling on the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (Pen...
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The Wolf Administration announced Tuesday the approval of $55.6 million in funding aimed at supporting approximately 150 abandoned coal mine reclamation projects throughout Pennsylvania.
The proje...
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Sens. Don White (R-41st District) and Kim Ward (R-39th District) introduced legislation last week that seeks to require prescription guidelines and effective utilization reviews under Pennsylvania’s...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced last week that it is now accepting applications for innovative, advanced fuel, and vehicle technology projects that will develop...
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The Pennsylvania Treasury Department recently received a 2018 CIO 100 award for its Transparency Portal, a first-in-the-nation tool that allows state residents the ability to review Pennsylvania’s b...
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Gov. Tom Wolf signed legislation (H.B. 866) last week prohibiting local school districts and municipalities from imposing double taxation following his veto of identical legislation (H.B. 245) in Nove...
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While school districts in throughout the state are facing overwhelming losses of property tax revenue, state Reps. Tim Hennessey (R-North Coventry) and Tom Quigley (R-Royersford) introduced legislatio...
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Department of Community and Economic Development Secretary Dennis Davin and the Department of Labor and Industry Secretary Jerry Oleksiak announced on behalf of Gov. Tom Wolf the winners of the stateâ...
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The incumbent worker training program, funded through the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED), supported more than 44,000 employees at more than 800 companies throughout Pennsylvan...
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced Tuesday the launch of a new fellowship program designed to join the state’s best undergraduate and graduate students with local manufacturers to support technolo...
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The Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Monday approved House Bill 2155, which seeks to remove barriers and streamline the certification process for qualified career and technical educators.
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On Monday, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives advanced two bills supporting student awareness of technical careers as well as improving the education required of the technical workforce.
Hou...
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A joint hearing of the Senate and House Education Committees, led by state Sen. John H. Eichelberger (R-Blair), examined Monday a recent report outlining the poor financial situation the Pennsylvania ...
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