The Henry E. Haller Jr. Foundation made a $5 million donation to the University of Pittsburgh, the university said Wednesday. Read More »

Hannah Frank, a corporate lawyer who was recognized by The Best Lawyers in America as the Mergers and Acquisition (M&A) Lawyer of the Year in the Pittsburgh area, recently was named a partner at McGuireWoods. Read More »

The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation said Thursday that Dr. Henry Kranzler, director of the Center for Studies of Addiction at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine, has received the Dan Anderson Research Award. Read More »

A new Dauphin County Commissioners program is being launched to help reduce flood insurance premiums by up to 45 percent in several municipalities, the county said Wednesday. Read More »

Montgomery County Commissioners unanimously approved "Montco 2040: A Shared Vision," on Thursday, a plan for the county's future. Read More »

The Pennsylvania Farm Bureau (PFB) recently endorsed Governor-elect Tom Wolf's selection of Russell Redding as agriculture secretary. Read More »

New Hudson Facades, a curtain-wall hardware manufacturer, will build a new facility in Delaware County, Gov. Tom Corbett said on Friday. Read More »

Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania said Thursday that it planned to invest $4.4 million to replace natural gas pipelines in Mount Lebanon this year. Read More »

Twelve bills have been sent to the Allegheny County Council for consideration from its executive, Rich Fitzgerald, for the council meeting that is set to take place on Tuesday. Read More »

The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) said last week that the guidelines for the Broadband Outreach and Aggregation Fund (BOAF) have been updated and that applications for funding are being accepted to implement outreach programs that aim to facilitate broadband access. Read More »

Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) secretary C. Alan Walker said last week that the after-market powersports parts distributor Tucker Rocky/Biker's Choice will be relocating to Olyphant Borough. Read More »

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett made the “tough decisions” to help the state move forward, the Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association (PMA) said as Corbett is set to end his term as governor. Read More »

Following a report from the Pa. Read More »

The Pennsylvania Municipal League (PML) praised Auditor General Eugene DePasquale on Friday after he called on the General Assembly to find a solution to the state's underfunded pension liability. Read More »

The Pennsylvania Health Care Association and Center for Assisted Living Management (PHCA/CALM) said incoming Gov. Tom Wolf should continue the state's funding commitment to nursing facilities in the state as he takes office on Tuesday. Read More »

Spark Therapeutics recently announced that the first human clinical trials of a gene therapy for Choroideremia (CHM) have begun in the U.S. Read More »

Hours before inaugurated into office on Monday, Gov. Tom Wolf announced that Pedro Rivera and Kathy Manderino will serve as the commonwealth's secretaries for the Department of Education and the Department of Labor and Industry. Read More »

In a recent opinion piece "Municipal Pensions: The Rest of the (Untold) Story," executive director of the Pa. Read More »

A compressed natural gas fueling station will be built in College Township, Centre County in Pennsylvania thanks to a $642,894 grant, said state Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman on Friday. Read More »

20 University City and Center City companies received a combined $1.7 million in tax credits from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development in 2014. Read More »