Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) would provide new funding for minority-owned businesses in Erie County. Part of the Pennsylvania Mi...
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The House Urban Affairs Committee recently held a hearing to discuss how blight laws are being used and how proposed legislation might tackle blight statewide. According to the Housing Alliance of...
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Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding recently toured York Fresh Food Farms in York, where he discussed how farms in urban areas could end food apartheid. The Urban Agriculture Infrastructure Grant...
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The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, the state's largest broad-based business association, recently launched the second phase of its Bringing PA Back economic initiative. Phase one a...
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State Rep. Napoleon Nelson (D-Montgomery) recently established a bipartisan House Emerging Technologies Caucus and began circulating an email last week inviting colleagues to join. The caucus would...
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The Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) recently approved two low-interest loans totaling $2.3 million. Through the Bucks County Economic Development Corp., Home Reserve was approv...
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Pennsylvania’s Manufacturing Training-to-Career (MTTC) program recently awarded Rhoads Industries and Workforce Solutions for North Central PA $500,000 in funding to develop programs that bring awar...
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The Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Policy Committee held a hybrid in-person and virtual public hearing Tuesday to discuss the Mon Fayette Expressway and its impact on the state's southwest region. ...
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The state Senate recently advanced four bills aimed at increasing the employment rate by increasing legislative oversight. Senate Bill 28 would require all agencies that issue permits to post infor...
Read MoreGene Barr, PA Chamber of Business and Industry president and CEO, recently issued a statement on the state's workforce having difficulty filling open positions. Businesses in several industries hav...
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The Senate Labor and Industry Committee recently advanced legislation that would reinstate the requirement that unemployment claimants search for work to be eligible to receive compensation. The De...
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The Pennsylvania Senate recently advanced four bills addressing job regulations to boost the state’s employment rate while emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic. Senate Bill 28 would require agenci...
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The state Senate Finance Committee recently advanced two bills designed to help businesses recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Both bills were written by state Sen. John Yudichak (I-Luzerne/Carbon)...
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Representatives of Pennsylvania’s manufacturers outlined industry-growth and job-creation concerns for state legislators during a Senate Community, Economic and Recreational Development Committee he...
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A bill sponsored by Pennsylvania Rep. Martin Causer (R-Turtlepoint) that would ensure reasonable and responsible oversight of the conventional oil and gas industry passed the state House Wednesday. ...
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The state Senate Finance Committee recently advanced legislation that would expand the 21st Century Manufacturing Innovation and Reinvestment Deduction Act. Under the current Manufacturing Innovati...
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Legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would permanently exempt motor vehicles used as race cars from regulation by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). H.R. 328...
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Gov. Tom Wolf recently signed House Bill 110 into law, expanding membership on the state’s Hardwoods Development Council. It took effect immediately as Act 14 of 2021. Created by the Hardwoods...
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U.S. Rep. John Joyce (R-PA) emphasized the importance of Pennsylvania coal jobs at a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing this week with U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm. ...
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Energy industry leaders, union trade groups and elected representatives held a jobs rally on Wednesday in Pittsburgh to oppose Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposed plan to enter Pennsylvania into the Regional G...
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