The Keystone Communities program, administered by the Department of Community and Economic Development, recently awarded more than $5 million in funding to 42 community revitalization projects through...
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The United States holds a competitive advantage regarding its domestic supplies of affordable natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs), according to the American Chemistry Council. The council st...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) recently awarded $5.8 million in Youth Reentry Demonstration Project grants to 10 local workforce development boards (LWDBs). The programs pro...
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The Pennsylvania House of Representatives recently advanced legislation that would provide incentives for Pennsylvania businesses to participate in Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs). House Bil...
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PPL Electric Utilities said recently that its customers would see additional savings due to federal corporate income tax reform in 2020. PPL filed a petition with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Co...
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State Rep. Jordan Harris (D-Philadelphia), House Democratic whip, applauds the passage of House Bill 1477 that restructures how the state’s occupational licensure system views criminal records. U...
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State Rep. Joshua Kail (R-Beaver/Washington) announced Tuesday that he plans to introduce legislation that would allow municipal waste management systems to work with manufacturers using advanced recy...
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Pennsylvania's hospitals and health systems supported approximately 654,000 jobs, more than one in 10 in the state, and drove $136.1 billion in total economic impact in fiscal year 2018, according to ...
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U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Mike Crapo (R-ID) recently introduced a bill that aims to reduce the price that seniors pay for prescription drugs. "Medicare's prescription drug program limits insu...
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Sen. Camera Bartolotta (R-Beaver/Washington/Greene) announced Friday that several rail freight improvement projects in Washington and Beaver counties will receive state grants from the Pennsylvania De...
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Rep. Barb Gleim (R-Cumberland) recently announced that Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding appointed her to a three-year term on the State Commission on Agricultural Education Excell...
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The Pennsylvania Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee held a public hearing in Chambersburg Dec. 12 to address the need for regulatory reform for local businesses as well as the overall econo...
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Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) Secretary Jerry Oleksiak announced Tuesday the availability of approximately $6.6 million in PAsmart Apprenticeship grants. "Building the strongest workforce in...
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President Donald Trump and House Democrats reached an agreement Tuesday to approve the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), drawing praise from Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania. Offic...
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Pennsylvania is the nation’s second-largest natural gas provider, according to an Independent Fiscal Office (IFO) report. The state’s production volume grew 10.8 percent this year, 2 percentag...
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Sen. Lisa M. Boscola (D-Lehigh/Northampton) expressed disappointment following a recent announcement by transportation officials that the planned Route 22 expansion project would be placed on indefini...
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Rep. Seth Grove (R-Dover) recently issued a statement in response to a Pennsylvania grand jury report that finds that Pennsylvania’s Keystone Innovation Zone and Pennsylvania Research and Developmen...
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The Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) recently approved three low-interest loans totaling $51.3 million, which will create or retain 1,951 full-time jobs and result in $101.5 millio...
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Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) Deputy Secretary for Workforce Development Eileen Cipriani toured the Lebanon County Career and Technology Center (LCCTC) in Lebanon Wednesday and discussed the im...
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Rep. Todd Polinchock (R-Bucks) recently introduced a bill that would allow small farms and orchards to engage in agritainment and agritourism even when local ordinances prohibit it. Polinchock disc...
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