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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The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) recently awarded more than $4 million in Competitive Equipment Grants to 55 career and technical centers (CTCs) and school districts statewide for the pu...
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On Thursday, U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) criticized President Joe Biden's recent pause on new liquified natural gas (LNG) export projects, while touting Pennsylvania’s natural gas industry, during a...
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Gov. Josh Shapiro and Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding recently highlighted areas of Shapiro’s 2024-25 budget that focus on agriculture and rural communities. Proposed investments include...
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The state Senate Appropriations Committee recently advanced legislation that would establish an Independent Energy Office. Under Senate Bill 832, the office would be modeled after the state’s Ind...
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Legislation recently introduced in the state Senate would repeal the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) carbon tax, which was enacted through executive order in 2019. The bill would repeal a...
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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro unveiled his 2024-25 budget to the General Assembly on Tuesday, a $48.3 billion proposal that relies on the state’s surplus reserves to invest in education, economic d...
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Allentown, PA-based PPL Corporation announced Friday that it and its research partners have been awarded $72 million by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations to fund ...
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On Thursday in Columbus, Ohio, members of the Pennsylvania Senate and the Ohio General Assembly held a hearing on energy reliability, sustainability and affordability. Pennsylvania Sen. Gene Yaw (...
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