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LIMERICK, PA — The Limerick Generating Station in Montgomery County is among eight nuclear facilities slated for modernization under a proposed federal loan of up to $5 billion to Constellation …
Limerick Nuclear Plant Included in $5 Billion Federal Loan Plan Read More
EDDYSTONE, PA — Penn Terminals will receive an $11.25 million federal grant to improve cargo-handling infrastructure at its Delaware River seaport in Delaware County, supporting efforts to expand freight capacity …
Penn Terminals Secures $11.25 Million Federal Port Grant Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Steel’s board of directors recently approved a nearly $3 billion investment in a new hot strip mill at its Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock, Pennsylvania, a …
U.S. Steel Approves $3 Billion Pennsylvania Mill Expansion Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. John Fetterman is pressing the Department of Housing and Urban Development to implement a congressionally authorized home-repair program modeled on Pennsylvania’s approach, arguing that delays …
Fetterman Presses HUD to Launch Federal Home Repair Program Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. John Fetterman joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers pressing the Department of Health and Human Services to restore terminated Teen Pregnancy Prevention grants before the …
Fetterman Presses HHS to Restore $100 Million in Youth Grants Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation Sept. 25 that would bar certain Chinese-made optical transceivers from U.S. national security systems, extending existing federal procurement restrictions as …
Senate Bill Targets Chinese Transceivers in Federal Networks Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Pennsylvania’s U.S. senators are backing a federal air traffic modernization push that pairs a new predictive flight-management platform with $284 million in upgrades to towers, radars, communications …
Pennsylvania Senators Back $284 Million Air Traffic Upgrade Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Pennsylvania Sens. Dave McCormick and John Fetterman pressed federal health officials to explain the cancellation of more than 150 research grants after warning that the cuts could …
Pennsylvania Senators Press HHS Over Research Grant Cuts Read More
BRADDOCK, PA — U.S. Sen. John Fetterman is pressing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to repay medical providers for care delivered at detention facilities, citing $236,124.91 owed to a rural …
Fetterman Presses ICE Over $236,000 Owed to Pennsylvania EMS Read More
PHILADELPHIA, PA — SEPTA will receive $80 million in federal funding to make three Philadelphia trolley stations fully accessible, advancing a broader modernization of a network that carries more than …
SEPTA Wins $80 Million for Three Trolley Station Upgrades Read More