The House Education Committee advanced Monday House Bill 334, which seeks to make it easier for students to apply certain credits toward job-training programs and for schools to establish or renew vo...
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In 2018, Pennsylvania accounted for 25 percent of growth in natural-gas power generation, 4.4 gigawatts, according to a report by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Nineteen natural...
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PPL Electric Utilities Corp., which serves roughly 1.4 million customers in 29 counties in central and eastern Pennsylvania, isn’t supporting a nuclear subsidy measure proposed by state lawmakers l...
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Rep. Steve Mentzer (R-Lititz) recently called on Pennsylvania to fully fund Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology, a leading technical school located in Lancaster County. The school currently rec...
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The Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association (PFMA) recently released its list of state and federal regulatory priorities for 2019. The state list includes seven regulations PFMA supports and five ...
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PA Senate Democrats said Wednesday that they are reintroducing three bills that are designed to provide additional tax credits to farmers, promote the use of locally sourced food and expand farmersâ€...
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The Industrial Energy Consumers of Pennsylvania (IECPA) recently sent a memo to members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly stating its opposition to a legislative proposal that would provide a rate...
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Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R-Lehigh/Berks) introduced Wednesday House Bill 425, known as CareerBound, last month to address a lack of school-to-work programs. CareerBound, which would be administered by...
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Gov. Tom Wolf sent a letter Tuesday to Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, in response to the senator’s request for sugges...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) recently completed its environmental assessment and concluded the benefits of the proposed Chrin Landfill expansion outweighs the harmful...
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Catalyst Connection, an industrial resource center supporting the growth of small manufacturers in western Pennsylvania, will receive a grant to support the development of a mobile game designed to h...
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A bill introduced Monday by state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta (D-Philadelphia) aims to protect the state’s cyber infrastructure from cyberattacks. The bill would create a Cybersecurity Innovation Comm...
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State Rep. Tedd C. Nesbit (R-Butler/Mercer Counties) said in a recent memorandum that he plans to introduce legislation to establish a sales and use tax exemption for certain equipment purchased by d...
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State Sen. Vincent J. Hughes (D-Philadelphia) said last week he plans to introduce two bills aimed at reducing the state’s poverty rates. “Poverty is real and its impact cuts across the ...
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Sen. Scott Martin (R-Lancaster) recently introduced legislation that would repeal statutes that allow some public sector unions in Pennsylvania to collect fees from employees even if they choose to d...
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The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) recently approved filings by the four FirstEnergy electric distribution companies serving Pennsylvania for supplements to tariffs designed to remove b...
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U.S. Sens. Bob Casey (D-PA), Pat Toomey (R-PA), Tom Carper (D-DE) and Chris Coons (D-DE) recently asked the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to consider the Philly Shipyard for a national ship...
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The Pennsylvania House of Representatives recently adopted a resolution that designates February 2019 as Career and Technical Education Month in Pennsylvania. The resolution, House Resolution 88, ...
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The House of Representatives recently advanced legislation that would rebrand a state program that provides planning assistance to local governments in an effort to increase use of the program.The Ea...
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Pennsylvania State University in fiscal year 2017 contributed more than $11.6 billion to the state’s economy and, directly and indirectly, supported more than 105,000 jobs, according to study by Da...
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