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More lenders suffer data breaches, face consumer lawsuits
National Mortgage News
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July 30, 2025
Data breaches are quietly plaguing more lenders as their impacted customers continue to seek recourse via class action lawsuits. Virginia-based McLean Mortgage is facing four federal complaints after it revealed that the personal identifiable...
Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards Finalists Named, Includes TDN’s Vicki Forbes
Thoroughbred Daily News - New Jersey
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July 30, 2025
The finalists and runners-up for the 2025 Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards have been chosen in the seven categories as the program celebrates its 10th anniversary, according to a Wednesday press release posted on co-sponsor Godolphin's...
Penn researchers unveil carbon-capturing bridge prototype in Venice
Archinect - California
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anchor Prototype exhibition. Image courtesy: University of Pennsylvania A team of researchers from the University of Pennsylvania has unveiled a modular, prefabricated bridge prototype that merges advanced geometry, robotic fabrication, and...
Fetterman, Van Hollen introduce bill to protect consumers from online subscription traps
The Corry Journal - Pennsylvania
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, U.S. Senators John Fetterman (D-PA) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) reintroduced the Consumer Online Payment Transparency and Integrity (Consumer OPT-IN) Act, bicameral legislation to protect consumers from online “free...
‘Our Federal Constitution Doesn’t Protect Us’: How the Women’s Law Project Redefined the Fight for Abortion Rights in Pennsylvania
Ms. Magazine
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July 30, 2025
The Women’s Law Project is a nonprofit public interest legal organization on a mission to eliminate gender bias and discrimination in Pennsylvania. Susan Frietsche, the WLP’s executive director and legal director, led the organization to a...
Gas prices continue to drop across Pennsylvania
Lehigh Valley Business - Pennsylvania
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July 30, 2025
Prices at the pump continue to drop across the state. Gas prices are 1.3 cents lower in Pennsylvania this week at $3.208 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. Prices are even lower in the Lehigh Valley. The average price...
PA Chamber of Business & Industry hosts roundtable at LCCC
Times Leader - Pennsylvania
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July 30, 2025
NANTICOKE — Luzerne County Community College President John Yudichak on Wednesday praised the leadership of Luke Bernstein, President and CEO of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, and he reaffirmed LCCC’s commitment to supporting...
A GOP state senator wants to raise Pennsylvania’s minimum wage to $11 per hour
Pennsylvania Capital-Star
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July 30, 2025
A Republican state senator wants to see Pennsylvania’s minimum wage increased to $11 an hour. Sen. Dan Laughlin (R-Erie) announced his plan Wednesday to introduce legislation that would gradually raise the wage in three phases. The first increase...
Cane sugar vs high-fructose corn syrup in soda: what health experts say about Coca-Cola's switch
The Economic Times
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August 1, 2025
Starting this fall, consumers in the US will have the option to buy Coca-Cola's signature soda sweetened with domestic cane sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup. The move, confirmed by the beverage company in July, was hailed by White House...
US Crude Oil Output Set New Record in May: EIA
Investing
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August 1, 2025
U.S. crude oil production hit a new monthly record in May 2025, averaging 13.488 million barrels per day (bpd), according to new EIA data released Thursday. That’s a modest 0.2% rise from April’s 13.464 million bpd, but a respectable 2.2% increase...
Conference panel discusses Oregon’s decades-long nuclear energy ban
East Oregonian
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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...
Students learn about AI, engineering through weather balloons
Cornell Chronicle - New York
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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...
2025 Urban Agriculture Tour makes stop in Philadelphia, highlights investments in expanding ag apprenticeship training, access to fresh food
The Philadelphia Sunday Sun - Pennsylvania
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July 30, 2025
Pa. State Rep. Regina G. Young (D- 185th Dist.) and Labor & Industry Secretary Nancy A. Walker speak with each other during a recent visit to Sankofa Farm at Bartram’s Garden in Philadelphia as part of the Shapiro administration’s 2025 Urban...
Pennsylvania Railroad Museum finally breaks ground on long-held vision
The Center Square
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July 29, 2025
(The Center Square) – The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission broke ceremonial ground on a new facility at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania on Tuesday in Strasburg. The 16,000-foot roundhouse will hold six steam locomotives for...
Deadline to File Property Tax Appeals Approaches as Pennsylvania Increases Common Level Ratios
JD Supra - California
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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...
EQT Completes Acquisition of Olympus Energy Assets
Rigzone
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July 30, 2025
EQT Corp. has completed the purchase of the upstream and midstream operations of Olympus Energy for $1.8 billion and consequently raised its projected sales volume for 2025 by 100 billion cubic feet of natural gas equivalent (Bcfe). The...
Penske Logistics Recipient of Innovation Award from Toyota North America
Autochannel
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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
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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...
Pennsylvania’s Outdoor Boom: Trail Towns Thrive, Fishing Ranks Rise
WPMT - Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania climbs in national fishing rankings and celebrates 100 years of the Appalachian Trail as its outdoor recreation sector sees record growth. CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. — Pennsylvania has solidified its position as a leading outdoor...
OP ED: Our Energy Resources Set Us Apart
Lootpress - West Virginia
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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...