The Pennsylvania State Senate recently advanced a comprehensive bill that aims to improve the state’s career and technical education system. The bill is designed to modernize the career and techn...
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The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry recently released its 29th Economic Survey, in which employers expressed confidence about economic growth but cited workforce concerns. Many employ...
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The Pennsylvania House of Representatives recently advanced legislation that would make certain credits students earn transferable to job-training institutions and make it easier for schools to establ...
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The Pennsylvania House of Representatives advanced Tuesday House Bill 1055, which would provide for the systematic review of Pennsylvania’s existing regulations. “There is no time like the pres...
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Gov. Tom Wolf announced Tuesday the approval of new funding for the Western Pennsylvania Chapter of Electrical Apprenticeship Corporation’s Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee (JATC). The gra...
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The Senate Communications and Technology Committee completed a series of public hearings Monday on lack of broadband in rural Pennsylvania. The final hearing was held at the state Capitol and featu...
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The Independent Fiscal Office (IFO) recently released a report which estimates that approximately $10 billion in natural gas royalties was paid to private landowners in Pennsylvania from 2010-2018. ...
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The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry recently presented the third annual Allegheny College Prize for Civility in Public Life in Pennsylvania award to the four members of the General Assem...
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The Pennsylvania House of Representatives recently advanced House Bill 1100, which would provide for an energy and fertilizer manufacturing tax credit, by a vote of 139-46. “I want to thank my co...
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A bill recently introduced by Rep. Robert Freeman (D-Northampton) would create three types of state tax incentives to promote redevelopment and reuse of vacant factory or mill buildings. The first ...
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The Pennsylvania House of Representatives approved on Wednesday a bill seeking to make it easier for privately licensed postsecondary institutions to open branch campuses. “Current law requires b...
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Pennsylvania Republicans were joined by labor, manufacturing and business leaders this week to champion the House-led Energize PA initiative, a legislative package that aims to attract new businesses ...
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Eureka Resources received a $280,000 grant through Pennsylvania’s Pipeline Investment Program (PIPE) to expand a natural gas pipeline in Standing Stone Township, Bradford County, Rep. Tina Pickett (...
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State Reps. James B. Struzzi, II (R-Indiana), Donna Oberlander (R-Clarion/Armstrong/Forest) and Pam Snyder (D-Greene/Fayette/Washington) recently issued a memorandum on the potential economic impacts ...
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Established businesses in Pennsylvania received a welcome boost from the Trump administration’s corporate tax cuts, but there are additional steps state lawmakers could take that would increase the ...
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State Rep. Mike Tobash (R- Schuylkill County) recently sent a memo to House members seeking cosponsors for a bill that would eliminate the State Apprenticeship Council. The council was established ...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is accepting applications through Nov. 8 for improvement projects under the Multimodal Transportation Fund. Projects must combine local land ...
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A recently introduced bill aims to reform the standards used for the Department of General Services’ (DGS) Small and Disadvantaged Business Program. The program provides small and disadvantaged b...
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The House Liquor Control Committee held a public hearing Tuesday to gather feedback on a proposal to repeal Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board’s (PLCB) flexible pricing provision. The flexible pri...
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Legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House would re-authorize the Abandoned Mine Land trust fund. The fund was created in 1977 in the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act and is used ...
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