Venture Connection, a matchmaking event between capital-seeking startups and venture capital investors, is currently accepting applications. Participants are pre-matched based on numerous criteria...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Education will award up to $10 million in PAsmart Advancing grants to prepare students for computer science (CS) and science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) ca...
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Legislation soon to be introduced in the state Senate seeks to address Pennsylvania’s labor shortage. The Small Business Workforce Tax Credit would incentivize hiring to pull more residents back ...
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The state’s Manufacturing PA Training-to-Career Grant program recently awarded $335,000 to two organizations to develop initiatives raising awareness of the opportunities available in the manufactur...
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Gov. Tom Wolf’s 2022-2023 budget proposal includes at least $22 million for Ben Franklin Technology Partner, an estimated $2 million increase for each of the four regionally-based Ben Franklin cente...
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Pennsylvania generated more than 230 million MWh of electricity in 2020, which is more than every state except Texas and Florida, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Fur...
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Gov. Tom Wolf on Tuesday unveiled a $43.7 billion state budget proposal for the 2022-2023 fiscal year that takes advantage of a record surplus to invest in education, but critics said the large spendi...
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Jennifer Berrier, secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry, said Friday the state will invest $2.5 million in a grant program designed to boost workforce development and industry r...
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Gov. Tom Wolf said his administration will invest an additional $246 million into the Port of Philadelphia, creating thousands of jobs. On Friday, Wolf said the state would add to the investment i...
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The Governor’s Action Team recently released its annual report for fiscal year 2020-2021, which showed that there were 9,554 new jobs created in Pennsylvania, with the greatest growth in the northea...
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Officials at a manufacturing caucus on Tuesday said Pennsylvania’s manufacturing industry was the eighth-largest in the country, with an economic impact of $92 billion. The comments came during t...
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The state Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) recently awarded more than $3 million in Business-Education Partnership (BEP) Grant funding to 22 workforce development organizations statewide. The o...
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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s effort to exit from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) in January should be a wake-up call for Pennsylvania, state Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23rd) said. RGGI is t...
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Pennsylvania recently received $25 million from the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for plugging orphaned and abandoned wells. The sum is part of the $104 million the state will receive fro...
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Legislation recently introduced in the state House of Representatives would provide additional tax relief for families. House Bill 2300 would amend the Tax Reform Code of 1971 to provide additional...
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Legislation recently introduced in the state House of Representatives would eliminate the practice of requiring Pennsylvania businesses to pay an estimated sales tax in advance. House Bill 2277 wou...
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Legislation recently introduced in the state Senate would ensure landowners receive a clear and distinct assessment of royalties paid to them through lease agreements with oil and natural gas operator...
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PA Chamber President Gene Barr said his organization applauds the passage of HB 1947 Wednesday, which preserves the right of an individual or business to be served by the utility and energy source of ...
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The Senate Community, Economic and Recreational Development Committee recently heard testimony from entrepreneurs and economic experts on a proposed Small Business Assistance Package. Senate Bills ...
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The Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee recently advanced four bills intended to update existing environmental regulations and provide a solution for plugging the state’s abandoned o...
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