House Republicans failed Wednesday in voting to overturn Gov. Tom Wolf’s veto of House Resolution 836, which would terminate the state’s COVID-19 disaster emergency declaration. The disaster de...
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The application period for the COVID-19 Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority Restart Grants (PEDA) grants recently opened and will run through Oct. 2. The $2 million grant program supports c...
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The state’s COVID-19 Vaccines, Treatments and Therapies program recently awarded funding to two research groups to develop a treatment or a vaccine for the virus. Apogee Biotechnology Corp., loca...
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A bill referred to the state Senate Banking and Insurance committee earlier this year would help businesses file claims on business interruption insurance policies. These policies replace income ...
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The COVID-19 Vaccines, Treatments and Therapies program recently awarded 23 research groups $10 million in grant funding for COVID-19 treatments and therapies. Of the $10 million, $430,000 was aw...
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently selected U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser (R-PA) for the Spirit of Enterprise Award. The award honors members of Congress who support pro-business legislation and show bip...
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Representatives from several industries gathered at a rally Wednesday at the Cheswick Power Plant in Springdale in voice opposition to Pennsylvania joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI...
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Pennsylvania Treasurer Joe Torsella released a plan Tuesday that would provide up to two years of tuition-free training, which could be applied toward occupational credentialing, technical certificate...
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The plan to enlist Pennsylvania in the controversial Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) was dismissed Tuesday as an ill-conceived idea that would exact a stiff toll on the commonwealth’s ener...
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The Pennsylvania’s Agricultural Land Preservation Board recently added 2,512 acres on 33 farms to its farmland preservation program. The investment totaled $9.4 million, including nearly $8.9 mil...
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Legislation introduced Monday would update state tax laws to help small businesses negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The legislation would make three changes. It would allow small bu...
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Bipartisan legislation recently introduced in the state House would provide financial assistance to bars, restaurants, and catering halls that are struggling financially because of the COVID-19 pandem...
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Legislation recently introduced in the state Senate would help households and small businesses facing delinquencies on utility bills caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Statewide, 55,000 businesses an...
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Thirty-eight businesses in the 7th Senatorial District recently received $440,000 in pandemic relief grants through the COVID-19 Relief Pennsylvania Statewide Small Business Assistance program. “...
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Legislation recently introduced in the state House of Representatives would allow the event industry to operate safely at 50 percent capacity. The bill would allow venues, caterers, and other busin...
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The clean energy sector had an average job growth rate of 8.7 percent between 2017 and 2019, adding 7,794 new positions, according to the 2020 Pennsylvania Clean Energy Employment Report. The ave...
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PNC Community Development Banking and the PNC Foundation recently invested $10 million in three programs operated or managed by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) of Pittsburgh. The programs ...
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The House Labor and Industry Committee recently held a meeting to determine why thousands of people who lost their jobs because of the COVID-19 pandemic have yet to receive unemployment compensation (...
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The State Transportation Commission recently updated its 12-Year Program, which provides insight into the funding that will be available for critical infrastructure improvements. The program is a...
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The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, the state's largest broad-based business association, recently launched a social media campaign that features employers and medical professionals pro...
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