State officials recently gathered in Butler County to plug the 200th orphaned or abandoned well under the Shapiro Administration. This figure is higher than the total for the past nine years comb...
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The latest data shows that Pennsylvania remained the top electricity export state and reached a new low for CO2 emissions from electricity generation in 2023, according to the state’s Independent Fi...
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Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Wednesday unveiled a new energy plan that isn’t sitting well with Republicans in the legislature, businesses, and energy industry groups that denounced t...
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Pennsylvania recently launched the Science and Technology Fellowship designed to help those with advanced degrees explore STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) careers in state gove...
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The majority of Pennsylvanians, 58 percent, oppose President Joe Biden’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) export moratorium, according to an Axis Research poll conducted online in late February of 601 Pe...
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The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) recently updated the permitting process. “Permit modernization is instrumental in establishing an excellent customer service model and providing s...
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Northeastern Pennsylvania has been ranked in the top 10 metropolitan areas in the United States for economic development, according to Penn’s Northeast. Penn’s Northeast said in a press releas...
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A new tax plan in the Pennsylvania legislature would increase taxes on small businesses almost fourfold, the National Federation of Independent Businesses said. Recently, the Pennsylvania House Fi...
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On Friday, the Pennsylvania Department of General Services (DGS) announced new steps to help small businesses (SBs) and small diverse businesses (SDBs) apply for state contracting opportunities. F...
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Act 57 of 2023 recently took affect which bans companies connected to the Russian and Belarussian governments from receiving state contracts, grants, or tax credits. Under the law, companies the Of...
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On Monday, the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry celebrated a recent state Supreme Court ruling about the Prevailing Wage Act as a victory for taxpayers and employers. The ruling uphel...
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The Department of State is submitting to the Department of General Services (DGS) voluntarily gathered information from small businesses. Gov. Josh Shapiro signed an executive order in September di...
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During a budget hearing with the Senate Appropriation Committee on Tuesday, the Independent Fiscal Office (IFO) said its anticipated about $8 billion less revenue for the state over the next five year...
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On Friday, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced the state would be investing more than $3.2 million into U.S. Boiler Company’s expansion of its Lancaster facility. The company, which designs...
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Bipartisan legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would expand K-12 career counseling services. The Counseling for Career Choice Act would provide additional resources...
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Pennsylvania House Republicans are pushing the legislature to reduce governmental burdens to business ownership by acting on the “Main Street Entrepreneurship Initiative.” The package of bills...
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The U.S. Joint Office of Energy and Transportation recently awarded Philadelphia’s Plug In Philly initiative a $1.47 million Ride and Drive Electric program grant. Plug In Philly is a two-year pi...
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On Monday, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) joined local elected county and state officials in opposing a hydroelectric pumped storage facility in York County proposed by York Energy Storage, LLC. I...
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On Friday, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) and U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA) announced the U.S. Army will modernize its fleet of heavy lift helicopters made in Ridley Park, PA. The Congress members...
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Electric distribution company FirstEnergy Corp. recently awarded Pittsburgh-based Energy Innovation Center Institute (EICI), a nonprofit organization providing skills-based work force training for peo...
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