During fiscal year 2022-23, Pennsylvania spent a record more than $1 billion on small businesses (SBs), small diverse businesses (SDBs), and veteran business enterprises (VBEs), according to the Penns...
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Over the course of 2023, the administration of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro invested more than $46 million to protect farms from residential or commercial development. In December alone, the adm...
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Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity joined PA Sen. Scott Hutchinson (R-21st District) and Rep. Tim Briggs (D-149th District) in announcing bipartisan, pro-taxpayer legislation to improve dispute reso...
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The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, the state’s largest broad-based business association, elected Manuel Mar as its new board of directors chairman at its Annual Membership meeting in...
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PennDOT Secretary Mike Carroll recently attended an event celebrating Frontier Airlines expanding service out of Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT). "I'm proud to be here on behalf of the Shapi...
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A resolution introduced by Pennsylvania Sen. Jarrett Coleman (R-16) to investigate the effectiveness of workforce development programs was approved by the state legislation Wednesday. Officials sa...
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On Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Senate’s Environmental Resources and Energy Committee approved legislation establishing an Independent Energy Office (IEO), state Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23) said. Yaw, the...
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Bipartisan legislation recently introduced in the state House of Representatives would expand start-up fee exemptions to more small businesses. The General Assembly provided for an exemption from c...
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Pending legislation in the State House of Representatives that would set more ambitious long-term targets for the commonwealth to address environmental and climate impacts and realize the economic pot...
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On Friday, U.S. Reps. Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Chris Deluzio (D-PA) said they oppose a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposed rule that would mandate the use of transformer cores not made in Pennsylvan...
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The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PaPUC) on Dec. 7 approved the consolidation of FirstEnergy’s four electric subsidiaries – Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power and West Penn Power – into one e...
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The Schuylkill River Passenger Rail Authority (SRPRA) will receive $500,000 to connect southeastern Pennsylvania towns to New York by train, U.S. Reps. Madelaine Dean (D-PA) and Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA...
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Several Pennsylvania Republicans slammed an updated environmental justice policy recently put into effect by the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) that they say will increase costs an...
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The Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) recently bestowed state Sen. Gene Yaw (R- Bradford County) with the Shale Gas Advocate Award during the organization’s 2023 Annual Awards Ceremony at Nemacolin Wo...
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On Tuesday, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced Fitch Ratings had upgraded the state’s credit rating from “AA-“ to “AA.” The upgrades were a result of “recent use of revenue surplu...
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Pittsburgh-based CorePower Magnetics, Inc. will receive $20 million in federal funding aimed at strengthening clean energy supply chains and accelerating clean energy manufacturing in former coal comm...
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The Commonwealth Financing Authority’s Pipeline Investment Program recently awarded a $1.2 million grant to Jackson Township and Peoples Natural Gas to provide natural gas service to the Jackson Tow...
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U.S. Reps. Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA) and Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) joined U.S. Sens. Bob Casey (D-PA) and John Fetterman (D-PA) and other members of the Pennsylvania delegation to outline their co...
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Pennsylvania GOP lawmakers and a coalition of labor, management and consumers have denounced Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro’s plans to appeal a recent state appellate court ruling pulling the commonwe...
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On Friday, Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry announced there were numerous arrests and convictions over the past few weeks in regard to a Medicaid fraud case of over $800,000 in fraudulent ...
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