Pennsylvania State Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23) raised questions about Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to produce nearly 50 percent of the state government’s electricity through solar energy. Wolf’s Pennsylvani...
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U.S. Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA) recently joined more than 30 of her colleagues in the Democratic Manufacturing Working Group, which will examine key issues to strengthen the U.S. manufacturing sector. ...
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ENGINE of Central PA STEM Learning Ecosystem, a Penn State-led STEM organization, is part of a group making recommendations to the Biden-Harris administration on how to improve STEM. The group is c...
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Small business owners said the COVID-19 pandemic gives them a sense of optimism, but most say they still see a long road to recovery before business returns to normal, a new poll shows. According ...
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Oaks-based SEI, a leading provider of investment processing, investment management, and investment operations solutions, announced Monday that its collective investment trust (CIT) had increased 20.5 ...
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SAP SE, a German multinational software corporation with its North American headquarters in Newtown Square, recently announced it aims to make its operations carbon neutral by the end of 2023, two yea...
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The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry issued a statement last week on a Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry report that analyzes the minimum wage in the state. The report, cal...
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The University of Pittsburgh received a $25 million grant from the Henry L. Hillman Foundation to enhance its research in the life sciences. "This gift is an investment in the University of Pittsbu...
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U.S. Rep. Fred Keller (R-PA) recently visited several manufacturing companies in his district to get input on ways to support the workforce and learn how companies are adapting to the pandemic. “...
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The state House Appropriations Committee began budget hearings Tuesday, hearing testimony from representatives of the Independent Fiscal Office (IFO), the Department of Revenue, and the Department of ...
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U.S. Rep. Troy Balderson (R-OH) criticized a recent report from the think tank Ohio River Valley Institute that said 22 counties in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia responsible for 90 percent of the ...
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EQT Corp., a natural gas production company with operations in the Appalachian Basin, recently announced a pilot project to demonstrate the production of responsibly sourced natural gas (RSG) for use ...
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A program at Westmoreland County Community College in Youngwood is among five finalists for the Advanced Welding Workforce Initiative (AWWI). AWWI is a partnership that has invested approximately $...
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UGI Corporation, a distributor and marketer of energy products and services, recently promoted Brendan M. Heck to vice president of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG). ESG is a set of stan...
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Sports betting handled more than $3.5 billion in Pennsylvania last year, while sportsbooks and online casinos earned more than $100 million in revenue, according to PlayPennsylvania.com analysts. P...
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The American Petroleum Institute (API), which represents all natural gas and oil industry segments, hosted its annual State of American Energy Wednesday. API President and CEO Mike Sommers spoke a...
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The Material Handling Equipment Distributors Association (MHEDA) recently awarded East Penn Manufacturing Co. with the Most Valuable Supplier (MVS) Award for achievements in 2020. This marks the si...
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According to area traffic and ambient air quality data, particulate matter (PM2.5) ambient air concentrations near U.S. Steel’s Mon Valley Works fell 40 percent since Spring 2020. Study findings ...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) recently released a study on the feasibility and the operation and potential costs of a Reading-to-Philadelphia passenger rail service. Pen...
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Pittsburgh-based Seegrid Corp., an autonomous mobile robot (AMR) company, doubled revenue year-over-year in 2020 for the second year in a row. The growth can be attributed to increased demand from ...
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