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The Harrisburg Regional Chamber recently submitted comments to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania’s Civil Procedural Rules Committee in opposition of its recent proposal to repeal Pennsylvania Rule ...
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Rep. Pam Snyder (D-Greene/Fayette/Westmoreland) recently introduced legislation to address several issues related to lack of access to reliable high-speed internet access in underserved and unserved ...
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Sens. Tom Killion (R-Chester/Delaware Counties) and Andy Dinniman (D-Chester County) have introduced a bill to expand family medical leave rights to siblings, grandparents and grandchildren.
Under...
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Rep. Curt Sonney (R-Erie), chair of the House Education Committee, led a press conference in Harrisburg this week to reveal a bipartisan package of eight bills that aim to improve career and technica...
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House Majority Leader Bryan Cuter (R-Lancaster) announced Tuesday the House Republican plan to reform and improve workforce development in Pennsylvania. “Every Pennsylvanian deserves to the opportu...
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Gov. Tom Wolf signed Tuesday an executive order to create the Keystone Economic Development and Workforce Command Center, which will work to expand collaboration between government and the private se...
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The Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern
Pennsylvania, a program that partners client companies with resources that help
them prosper through innovation, was responsible for creating 480 ...
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Air Products announced Monday that it signed an agreement to provide its proprietary liquid natural gas (LNG) technology, equipment and related process license for the Golden Pass LNG Export Project ...
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Five Pennsylvania
locations made the American Transportation Research Institute’s (ATRI) top 100 most
congested bottlenecks for trucks in the United States.
The locations are
I-76 at I-676 in Ph...
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If three in 10 vehicles in Pennsylvania were electric, the
state would gain nearly $2.8 billion in benefits, according to a Department of
Environmental Protection (DEP) plan.
Benefits includ...
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The state Supreme Court recently agreed to suspend work on
voiding medical malpractice reform.
Work will stop until the court receives a report by the
Legislative Finance and Budget Committee, acc...
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Gov. Tom Wolf and Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding
unveiled last week the PA Farm Bill, which addresses the challenges the state’s
agriculture industry faces by allocating $24 million in ad...
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U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) recently cosponsored the Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act.
The bill ensures employees nationwide would be guaranteed up to 12 weeks of paid family and m...
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A bipartisan bill recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would allow public safety officers to form and join a labor union to collectively bargain with their employers on hours, wage...
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Lloyd Smucker
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) recently announced he would be a member of three House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee subcommittees.
Smucker will serve on the Hazardous Materials and th...
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Pennsylvania’s dairy industry leaders recently were recognized at the 2019 Pennsylvania Dairy Summit in Lancaster.
The Pennsylvania Distinguished Dairy Producer Award recognizes dairy producers w...
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A recently introduced state Senate bill would create work requirements for able-bodied Medicaid recipients.
Under the bill, recipients would be required to either volunteer, attend job training pro...
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A bill recently advanced through the state Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee that would give property owners more options for managing their preserved farmland.
The Agricultural Area S...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities recently approved Massachusetts-based New Fed Mortgage Corp., a multi-state residential mortgage lender, to lend in Pennsylvania.
“Our goal i...
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Gov. Tom Wolf highlighted the benefits expanded broadband access would provide for education in a recent speech at Dover Area High School.
The governor described how the proposed Restore Pennsylvan...
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