Pennsylvania taxpayers paid an additional $1.17 billion in import taxes on products subject the Trump administration’s tariffs in its ongoing trade dispute with China, according to the latest Tariff Tracker produced by Tariffs Hurt the Heartland, a nonprofit coalition of trade advocacy groups.

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture is preparing for the state’s second year of commercial-scale hemp production, and will begin accepting applications from growers and processors to participate in the 2020 hemp program.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that hemp farmers in 21 states will be eligible for crop insurance next year, including some in Pennsylvania.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) was excoriated by overseers in the Senate for allegedly failing to adequately protect U.S. consumers from unsafe and defective products.

Fresh from the holidays, batteries recharged, you’re all ready to start a new year of business.  Twelve new months, 52 new weeks stretch out before you.  Do you and your team have a coherent plan for this New Year? I’ll bet many of you don’t.

From now until Jan. 21, state officials are accepting comments for Gov. Tom Wolf’s federally mandated four-year workforce development plan, which seeks to coordinate the efforts of the state's educational institutions, economic development programs and employers of the region’s major industries to create a pathway to optimal employment.

More than $1 million in grants were awarded Friday to dozens of career and technical centers (CTCs) and area vocational technical education schools across the state.

While economic indicators remain high for the U.S. economy as a whole, central and southeastern Pennsylvania have been beset by tumultuous global trade and a weak manufacturing sector for the last year and a half, according to a recently published study by analysts at RKL, a business consulting firm based in Lancaster.

Lancaster County’s High Transit LLC recently participated in delivering thousands of wreaths to Arlington National Cemetery as part of Wreaths Across America.

Plouse Precision Manufacturing refinanced its Highspire, Dauphin County-based headquarters with the help of a $1.9 million Small Business Administration loan.

More than $5 million to help provide technical assistance to manufacturers with changes to markets, new technologies and competition, was awarded Thursday to Pennsylvania’s Industrial Resource Centers (IRCs), according to officials.

Cumberland County’s Harsco Corp. announced Monday that its environmental division has joined with other corporations around the world to be involved in the first sustainability standard for the steel industry.

The state Department of Education is accepting grant applications for an available $20 million earmarked for schools and other organizations looking to grow their STEM and computer science programs.

Cumberland County-based manufacturer Harsco Corp. sold its boiler manufacturing business in Monroe County this month as it continues to divest its industrial segment.

More than 200 people turned out late last month to “The State of Innovation: Generating Ideas to Grow PA” summit held at Penn State Harrisburg in Lower Swatara Township