Auditor General Eugene DePasquale issued a statement this week, saying that if turnpike toll rates continue to rise, “middle-class families are going to be forced off the roadway.” The statemen...
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Speaker of the House Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) released a statement regarding issues surrounding Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (PWSA). “The PWSA, in its current form, has been grossly mism...
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The Pennsylvania Farm Bureau (PFB) recently announced that it reached an all-time membership high of 62,017 members after increasing its overall membership this year for the 21st year in a row. “...
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The Economist recently released its 2018 latest assessment of top global executive master’s in business administration (EMBA) programs, and Penn State’s Smeal Executive MBA Program was ranked 7th ...
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The prices of cookout foods, such as spare ribs, hot dogs, cheeseburgers and potato salad, cost less than the national average in Pennsylvania, according to the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau (PFB) and the ...
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Pennsylvania’s hospitals contributed $128.9 billion toward the economy through wages and salaries and supported more than 650,000 jobs during fiscal year 2017, according to The Hospital and Healthsy...
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The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) recently announced that natural gas impact fees reached nearly $210 million for drilling activity occurring in 2017 and provided details about its disb...
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Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said Tuesday that he is concerned about the results of a recent audit, which found an increase in unfunded liability and annual pension payments for Allentown’s Emp...
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The Chester County Commissioners recently announced it had surpassed 40,000 farm acres preserved on more than 500 farms. The preservation is part of the Commonwealth/County and the Chester County ...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) and the Department of Education (PDE) recently announced their agricultural education report for schools across the state. The report is designed t...
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The Pennsylvania Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee approved Tuesday a bill that would establish a commission to develop legislation and recommend improvements related to the transpor...
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Possible contamination of groundwater by natural gas has occurred in no more than seven out of 1,385 shale wells studied in Bradford County, an area heavily drilled, according to researchers at Penn S...
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The Pennsylvania Builders Association (PBA) announced yesterday that a record 789 students received certification from its Endorsed Trade Program (ETP) at the conclusion of the 2017-2018 school year. ...
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Pennsylvania recently reached the milestone of 550,000 acres of farmland preserved over the last three decades, the Wolf Administration announced Thursday. The Pennsylvania Agricultural Conservatio...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) recently announced a plan that will improve travel and safety along the I-76 between King of Prussia and Philadelphia. PennDOT’s plan invol...
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Pennsylvania health insurers offering individual plans recently requested an aggregate statewide increase of 4.9 percent for 2019 health insurance plans, state Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman sa...
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Charges were brought against 10 people for their use of home computers to write fake prescriptions, allowing them to obtain more than 3,500 pills for Oxycodone, Alprazolam, and Flexeril across 17 Penn...
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Pennsylvania will become the 14th state to the present the Leopold Conservation Award, a prestigious honor that recognizes voluntary conservation by farmland owners, in partnership with the Pennsylvan...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) revealed last week that the commonwealth’s unemployment seasonally adjusted rate dropped to 4.7 percent in April, with the number of jobs reachi...
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Rep. Seth Grove (R-York) commended this week a decision made by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) requiring 17 major electric, natural gas, and water and wastewater utilities to return ...
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