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Pennsylvania is investing more than $2 million to support the growth of a Poland-based vacuum furnace manufacturer in Crawford County.
SECO/VACUUM Technologies, the U.S. arm of the publicly trade...
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State Sen. Ryan Aument (R-36) on Friday said that he intends to reintroduce legislation that would establish a biennial budget cycle in Pennsylvania.
“Through a constitutional amendment, this pro...
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Gov. Josh Shapiro and Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry Secretary Nancy Walker on Aug. 8 hosted a ceremonial bill signing in Greene County, Pa., to highlight the workforce development an...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection recently awarded the Claverack Rural Electric Cooperative (REC), a Wysox-based member-owned, not-for-profit utility, a more than $2.1 million gr...
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U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1) recently secured federal funding priorities totaling nearly $134,000 that will support two different EMS and rescue squads in Pennsylvania.
“It has been my miss...
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Pennsylvania recently settled a lawsuit with Titan Gas, a Texas-based company that allegedly violated a 2019 settlement that prohibited contact with Pennsylvanians on the Do-Not-Call registry.
Acco...
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The Shapiro administration recently recognize three frontline agriculture workers as Pennsylvania Farmworkers of the Year during a ceremony at Hollabaugh Brothers in Biglerville.
The award, in its...
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To continue supporting the state’s southwestern economy, Pennsylvania legislators in Congress this week urged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to urgently fix water depth issues caused by th...
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The Shapiro Administration recently awarded the School District of Philadelphia a $250,000 Schools-to-Work grant to expand agricultural career education.
The district will use the funding to devel...
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Gov. Josh Shapiro on Friday held a ceremonial bill signing at Cheyney University of the higher education reforms that became law as part of the newly signed 2024-2025 state budget.
“Every Pennsyl...
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U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-Lancaster), House Committee on Ways and Means member, recently hosted a roundtable in southern York County to discuss tax policies impacting small businesses in Pennsylvania...
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Adare Pharma Solutions will move its headquarters from New Jersey to Pennsylvania, Gov. Josh Shapiro’s office announced Thursday, after the Commonwealth invested nearly $3 million to help the compan...
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Pennsylvania lawmakers joined several of their colleagues in urging Congress to act on a bipartisan, bicameral energy production bill that aims to protect national security and American jobs while spu...
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A United States appeals court decision issued July 30 blocks the federally approved construction of a nearly $1 billion natural gas pipeline expansion project that aims to serve three million customer...
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PJM’s recent capacity auction yielded sharply higher prices to meet the regional transmission organization’s (RTO) reliability requirement for the 2025-2026 delivery year.
"The capacity auction h...
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On Tuesday, lawmakers from across Western Pennsylvania heard testimony about clean energy manufacturing, energy efficiency and the jobs the industries create.
As part of a public policy hearing ho...
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Members of the Pennsylvania House Republican Policy Committee on July 24 hosted a hearing held in an underground coal mine on the economic benefits of coal.
“The Pennsylvania coal industry’s co...
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Pittsburgh-based independent natural gas production company EQT Corp. has closed on its deal to buy back Mountain Valley Pipeline operator Equitrans Midstream Corp. in an all-stock deal worth $5.4 bil...
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded Pennsylvania a $396 million Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) to help manufacturers fund industrial decarbonization projects.
The g...
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For the ninth consecutive month, Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate for June remained unchanged at 3.4 percent, according to a preliminary employment situation report released July 19 by the Pennsylva...
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