State Reps. Tim Briggs (D-Montgomery) and James R. Roebuck Jr. (D-Philadelphia) recently introduced legislation to create a higher education funding commission that would explore ways to improve acce...
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Nearly 300 members of the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau (PFB) recently convened in Harrisburg for its PFB’s State Legislative Conference to discuss the state’s tax-credit bill and other priority issue...
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A recent report calls for Pennsylvania state and local officials to address the state’s looming transportation funding crisis. Transit agencies throughout the state have been notified state capi...
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Gov. Tom Wolf recently announced that Lackawanna College will receive a $154,555 grant through the Manufacturing PA initiative to support its Core Manufacturing Skills Certificate Program. “Crea...
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Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry (PA Chamber) President and CEO Gene Barr issued a statement last week regarding a recent analysis from the Pennsylvania Independent Fiscal Office (IFO) o...
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State Sen. Art Haywood (D-Montgomery/Philadelphia) recently said he is pleased with Pennsylvania Treasurer Joe Torsella’s Private Sector Retirement Security Task Force’s findings on establishing ...
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Sen. Elder Vogel (R- Lawrence County) recently introduced legislation that would encourage existing farmers and landowners to work with news farmers to help get their careers started. Under the bi...
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State Senate Transportation Committee Chairwoman Kim Ward (R-Westmoreland County) said she soon will introduce legislation that would give counties more flexibility to fund public transportation. ...
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Rep. John Hershey (R-Franklin/Juniata/Mifflin) recently drafted legislation that would conduct a review of the Medical Assistance Transportation Program, citing concerns about the program's costs. ...
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Rep. Christina Sappey (D-Chester) recently introduced legislation that would provide employment protections to Pennsylvanians caring for a terminally ill family member. The bill would provi...
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The joint state Senate-House Democratic Policy Committee held a hearing Monday in Harrisburg on legislation aimed at improving college affordability. The focused on the proposed “Pennsylvania Pr...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry’s Apprenticeship and Training Office (ATO) recently approved a machinist apprenticeship with Herkules USA Corp in Ford City, Penn. “With our n...
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A total of 106 transportation infrastructure projects in 40 Pennsylvania counties have received $54.7 million in funding through the Multimodal Transportation Fund (MTF). The projects were approve...
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Augmentir, a leading provider of enterprise software for industrial companies, recently launched its Augmented Operations platform. The platform combines enterprise augmented reality with artifici...
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The Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association recently praised the Pennsylvania House of Representatives’ advancement of a package of bipartisan legislation, #GoodJobs4PA, which aims to close the w...
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Sens. Camera Bartolotta (R- Monongahela) and Jim Brewster (D- McKeesport) recently introduced legislation that would permit private-licensed schools to create branch campuses in different counties. ...
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The Pennsylvania House of Representatives recently advanced legislation that would create a new mechanism that municipalities could use to reduce blight and support local small businesses. The bil...
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The M/V Clipper Kamoshio arrived at PhilaPort’s Tioga Marine Terminal last month carrying 10,996 pipes for the Shell Falcon Pipeline in western Pennsylvania, the Port of Philadelphia said recently....
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The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) recently released its small business scorecard for Pennsylvania for 2019. NFIB gave a grade of F for the mandatory sick leave bill recently i...
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The state House of Representatives recently advanced the last of a nine-part package of legislation as part of the #GoodJobs4PA initiative, which aims to prepare Pennsylvanians to meet workforce need...
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