Legislation recently introduced in the state Senate would establish an Independent Energy Office. The office would be modeled after Pennsylvania’s Independent Fiscal Office (IFO). The IFO analyz...
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Revenue from Pennsylvania’s natural gas impact tax since 2012 has provided more than $2.5 billion for the state’s 67 counties to pay for infrastructure, first-responder environmental projects. ...
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Kevin Sunday, the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry’s Director of Government Affairs, told U.S. senators that federal policy must expand opportunities for all citizens while supporting e...
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Legislation soon to be introduced in the state’s House of Representatives would modernize Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) low-interest loans and lines of credit for businesses l...
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Pennsylvania business leaders expressed growing impatience this week over Gov. Shapiro’s apparent waffling on campaign pledges to consider reneging on his predecessor’s moves to enlist the state i...
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Legislation passed unanimously by the Pennsylvania House Professional Licensure Committee Wednesday will make becoming a licensed engineer easier, state Rep. Dave Zimmerman (R-Lancaster) said. HB ...
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Pennsylvania stakeholders commended action on Wednesday by the Virginia State Air Pollution Control Board to repeal its Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) regulation, a move they say is needed ...
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Calling the costs associated with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative an “energy tax”, Pennsylvania Rep. Joshua Kail (R-Beaver/Washington) said joining the regional carbon emission reduction pr...
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The Pennsylvania Senate Education Committee advanced legislation that would establish a grant program to meet the increased need to upskill working age adults. The Adult Education and Workforce Rec...
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Pennsylvania state Rep. Joshua Kail (Beaver/Washington) said an energy tax included in budget proposals from Gov. Josh Shapiro and House Democrats would cripple Pennsylvania families. During a pre...
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According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the largest coal-fire power generating plant in Pennsylvania is seeking approval from PJM to close by July 2023. The 54-year-old Home...
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Canonsburg, Pa.-based Equitrans Midstream said the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) will move forward thanks to language in the national debt limit bill signed into law by President Joe Biden on Saturda...
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Dan Kuba, Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) deputy secretary for workforce development, recently attended the 2023 Apprenticeship Summit in Canonsburg. The Southwest Corner Workforc...
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Westinghouse Electric Co., a nuclear and clean power technologies and services company, and Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic, a producer of computing systems for spacecraft, recently announced they have ag...
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On Thursday, the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry joined 23 other state chambers to voice concerns over a controversial water quality rule proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Ag...
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On Wednesday, Pennsylvania State Treasurer Stacy Garrity and state Rep. Seth Grove (R-York), chair of the House Republican Appropriations Committee called for the state to bring the state’s Rainy Da...
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Pennsylvania Chamber Director of Government Affairs Kevin Sunday testified during a public hearing last week about the ongoing challenges facing employers in rural communities. The hearing, hosted ...
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Pennsylvania Rep. Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster) urged the state Supreme Court to follow the law and delay Pennsylvania’s entry into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative while the agreements legal mer...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has opened the application period for the Pennsylvania Agricultural Product Promotion, Education and Export Promotion Matching Grant Program. The departme...
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Legislation introduced Monday by U.S. Rep. John Joyce (R-PA) would complete the Mountain Valley Pipeline. Joyce, who was joined by U.S. Reps. Carol Miller (R-WV), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) Mike Kel...
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