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Conference panel discusses Oregon’s decades-long nuclear energy ban

East Oregonian · July 30, 2025

Published 11:00 am Wednesday, July 30, 2025 By LUCAS HELLBERG | East Oregonian MISSION — Are policymakers ready to revisit Oregon’s decades-long effective ban on nuclear energy in the face of growing demand for carbon-free power? That question...

Lowman Henry: Withdraw from Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to ‘Get (Stuff) Done’

The Mercury - Pennsylvania · August 1, 2025

“Not since the days of Andrew Carnegie has there been as much economic power in one Pittsburgh room as there will be at Carnegie Mellon University … never has there been as much economic opportunity for southwestern Pennsylvania on a single day …”...

Deadline to File Property Tax Appeals Approaches as Pennsylvania Increases Common Level Ratios

JD Supra - California · July 30, 2025

Filing Cutoff is Aug. 1 in Most PA Counties If you own retail, office, industrial or other commercial property in Pennsylvania, now is the time to review the tax assessment for your property against its current market value. The increase in...

A piece of Dixon history: Fuller’s Cave and the birth of Dixon’s cement plant

Sauk Valley - Illinois ·

In 1836, when only six families and three single men lived in Dixon, 39-year-old Stephen Fuller arrived from Pennsylvania on a wagon with his wife and three children. In 1837, he bought a squatter’s claim from a Frenchman who had been living in a...

Students learn about AI, engineering through weather balloons

Cornell Chronicle - New York ·

It was a beautiful sunny day on July 15, when 45 high school students gathered on Jessup field to launch a weather balloon that would collect atmospheric data as it flew through the sky. Sarah Dean, assistant professor of computer science in the...

Penske Logistics Recipient of Innovation Award from Toyota North America

Autochannel ·

READING, Pa., July 30, 2025 -- Penske Logistics is the recipient of a 2025 Manufacturing Innovation Award from Toyota North America. The award was handed out at Toyota's supplier conference, in recognition of Penske's dedicated contract carriage...

PA winemakers, lawmakers explore how to grow local industry

Central Penn Business Journal - Pennsylvania · July 29, 2025

Pennsylvania lawmakers met with winemakers Monday to address climate, regulation, and competition, aiming to support Pennsylvania’s growing wine industry and local economy. The roundtable was co-hosted by the House Majority Policy Committee and...

OP ED: Our Energy Resources Set Us Apart

Lootpress - West Virginia ·

You may have heard about the incredible announcement in Pittsburgh recently where global technology and energy industry leaders came together with President Trump to unveil a series of investments that may near $100 billion in data center and...

Red Planet: Blast off to Mars for The Great Pennsylvania Tomato Festival

Pittsburgh Magazine - Pennsylvania · July 30, 2025

PHOTO COURTESY OF BRENCKLE’S FARMS & GREENHOUSES If aliens landed in Mars borough and demanded the perfect summer snack, Nick Salkeld would offer them Pennsylvania-grown tomatoes sliced and sprinkled with fleur de sel. He’d then invite them to The...

Modular Prison Cell Manufacturer Coming to Union County

WKOK - Pennsylvania · July 30, 2025

ALLENWOOD — A Texas-based manufacturer of modular prison cells says they are going to build a plant in Union County. ModCorr issued a news release saying they have signed a long-term lease for a 252,000 square-foot facility in the Great Stream...

Don Cunningham: Lehigh Valley is Anchor for the Return of American Manufacturing

Lehigh Valley Business - Pennsylvania · July 30, 2025

In a sea of international tumult over tariffs, trade, and tension about producing more in America, the Lehigh Valley remains an anchor of manufacturing stability, quietly growing jobs, output, and the variety of products produced. In just the last...

Tempus Realty Partners Acquires $40.3 Million Portfolio Comprised of Four Industrial Properties

Ashley News Observer - Arkansas ·

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., July 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Tempus Realty Partners, an Arkansas-based real estate investment partnership, announced Wednesday the acquisition of an industrial portfolio totaling $40.3 million. The portfolio includes three...

Pennsylvania's Liquor Monopoly Is Imposing a New Fee That Will Cost $15 Million Per Year

Reason Magazine · July 28, 2025

Liquor and wine will likely get more expensive next year in Pennsylvania—and residents will have no choice but to pay the higher prices, thanks to the state's monopoly on alcohol sales. The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) voted earlier...

PENNSYLVANIA ROUNDUP: SUN Bucks Summer Food Program helps feed kids while school is out

Times Leader - Pennsylvania · July 29, 2025

WILKES-BARRE — The Shapiro Administration officials emphasized the importance of ensuring kids have enough to eat year-round and touted Pennsylvania’s participation once again this year in the SUN Bucks program, a federally funded summer benefit...

East Hempfield supervisors take steps to allow construction of half-mile pedestrian and bike trail

Lancaster Online - Pennsylvania ·

When: East Hempfield Board of Supervisors meeting, July 16. Supervisor H. Scott Russell was absent. What happened: Supervisors approved easements on Farmingdale and West Roseville roads that will allow workers this year to begin constructing about...

Corbin Beittel | Warfel Construction Company

Central Penn Business Journal - Pennsylvania · July 30, 2025

Corbin Beittel Warfel Construction Company General Manager, Central Pennsylvania Warfel Construction promoted Corbin Beittel to General Manager, Central PA. He’ll oversee the day-to-day operations of Warfel’s East Petersburg and State College...

$40,000 grant to train Penn Highlands students in manufacturing

The Tribune-Democrat - Pennsylvania · July 30, 2025

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Roughly 200 Pennsylvania Highlands Community College students will be trained in manufacturing through a state grant of $40,000 aimed at helping Pennsylvania’s workforce, Gov. Josh Shapiro’s office announced Tuesday. The...

Why Pennsylvanians may see higher electric bills this summer — and next

Spotlight PA - Pennsylvania · July 30, 2025

HARRISBURG — Steeper energy costs are coming this summer, and bills are expected to be even worse next year, thanks to a recent power auction that saw utilities pay record-high prices. The rising summer prices in Pennsylvania are partly driven by...

Congressman Smith proposes tax breaks to help promote rare mineral mining

Cedar County News - Nebraska · July 30, 2025

LINCOLN – Nebraska Republican U.S. Rep. Adrian Smith is proposing additional tax relief aimed at increasing American production of minerals used in electronics, including microchips. The legislation aims to increase the “depletion allowance” for...

Pennsylvania Gambler Who Used Skull Mask in Fatal Robbery Gets Life

Casino.org · July 28, 2025

Posted on: July 28, 2025, 03:58h. Last updated on: July 28, 2025, 03:58h. Clerk shot after $14K robbery in convenience store Convict wore skull mask, left clerk dying but calling 911 Store faces lawsuit over unsafe illegal gaming operation A...