House advances CTE education bill
House Bill 522, part of the eight bill Career and Technical Education legislative package, was approved recently by the state House of Representatives. The bill would establish the Career and Tech...
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PA House advances bill to create Pennsylvania Distilled Spirits Industry Promotion Board
The state House of Representatives advanced Monday a bill that would create the Pennsylvania Distilled Spirits Industry Promotion Board, which would be responsible for awarding grants to craft distil...
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PA House advances bill to encourage development of micro-enterprises
The state House of Representatives advanced Monday a bill designed to encourage the development of startups in Pennsylvania downtown business communities. House Bill 324 would set up a process for...
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State legislators, leaders in business, labor, industry stand in solidarity for pipeline infrastructure development
Pipeline infrastructure development is an opportunity that the Commonwealth can’t afford to pass up, said State Sen. Camera Bartolotta (R-46) earlier today from the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Ha...
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Sens. Toomey, Gillibrand introduce legislation to increase work-study program focus on students’ fields of study
U.S. Sens. Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) recently introduced legislation to expand the Federal Work-Study program to provide students with more opportunities to find jobs related to...
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Bills would improve transparency of collective bargaining process
Two recently introduced bills would improve transparency in the collective bargaining the process for government and school employees negotiating the salaries and benefits. Currently, government t...
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Sen. DiSanto applauds PennDOT for dropping court appeal
State Sen. John DiSanto (R-Dauphin/Perry) supports the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s (PennDOT) decision to drop its appeal of a January Commonwealth Court ruling. The ruling had r...
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Legislation would expand alternative energy standards
State Sens. Art Haywood (D-Philadelphia), Thomas H. Killion (R- Chester and Delaware counties) and Steven J. Santarsiero (D-Bucks) plan to introduce legislation that would expand the Alternative Ener...
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Legislation would reform unemployment compensation
The state House Labor and Industry Committee advanced an unemployment compensation reform bill Wednesday aimed at helping the hundreds of employees from the Joy Global plant in Franklin that closed i...
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Legislation would provide grants for pediatric residency programs
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) introduced a bill Monday to strengthen the pediatric workforce within the healthcare industry. The Strengthening Our Pediatric Workforce Act would pr...
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Committee advances educational savings accounts resolution
The state House Finance Committee approved a resolution Wednesday urging the federal government to allow educational savings accounts to be used for workforce training expenses. The resolution, in...
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Sen. Yaw visits Advanced Drainage Systems
State Sen. Gene Yaw (R- Bradford) recently visited Advanced Drainage Systems (ADS) in Muncy to learn how large diameter thermoplastic pipe is manufactured. Yaw also discussed with ADS executives t...
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Sen. Vogel to introduce bill aimed at supporting new farmers
State Rep. Elder Vogel (R- Beaver/Lawrence/Butler counties) said Tuesday he will soon introduce a bill that encouraging farmers and landowners to work with new farmers. In Pennsylvania, for every ...
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Legislation would create a special court for business matters
The state House Government Oversight Committee recently advanced House Bill 332, legislation that would create Commerce Courts in counties statewide. The bill amends Title 42 of the Pennsylvania C...
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Legislation would create more job-training opportunities for students
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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Pennsylvania accounts for 25 percent of US natural-gas power generation
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’s Dudkin: Thumbs down on state lawmakers’ nuclear bailout proposal
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. Mentzer calls for full funding of Thaddeus Stevens College
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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PFMA releases list of state, federal legislative priorities
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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Senate Democrats to reintroduce farm aid bills
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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