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On February 8, Governor Tom Wolf gave his eighth and final budget address to a joint session of the Pennsylvania General Assembly. As anticipated, the Governor recalled his past budgetary/policy successes before highlighting how the strong fiscal health of the Commonwealth––buoyed by growing revenues and large projected surpluses––makes the timing right for significant increases in… Read More»
Agora Cyber Charter School, which serves over 5,500 students from 66 counties in Pennsylvania, announced that it earned accreditation by the Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Middle States is a worldwide leader in accreditation and continuous school improvement. Read more here – https://www.timesherald.com/2021/11/24/agora-cyber-charter-school-earns-middle-states-accreditation/
The University of Pittsburgh announced that it will be received a $100 million grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation that will help create a new bioresearch and development facility. Learn more about the grant here: https://www.pitt.edu/pittwire/features-articles/bioforge-hazelwood-green-richard-king-mellon-foundation
Gayle Manchin, federal co-chair of the Applachian Regional Commission (ARC), toured several PA businesses as part of a two-day tour. Read more here – https://www.timesleader.com/news/1522760/ashley-machine-and-tools-in-the-spotlight
Aristotle is credited with saying that law is reason free from passion. He’s also the one who came up with the rule of law – which includes the notion that we can’t just pick and choose the laws or other public actions we want to follow. Both ideas were intended to prevent the chaos that… Read More»
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Prairie View A&M University researchers have identified cancer drugs that could possibly be used to also treat pulmonary hypertension, a rare and incurable lunch disease. The connection was found using an algorithm created by combining computational and experimental approaches. Read more here – https://www.upmc.com/media/news/102021-chan-pulmonary-hypertension
With Labor Day having passed us by, the fall will soon be here. This is the time many political and policy-oriented individuals in Pennsylvania are beginning to focus on the 2022 Governor’s race. Is it too early for you and your organization to begin learning who the contenders are and what might be their thoughts… Read More»
Stride Inc. is partnering with PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center and STOMP Out Bullying™ to launch a new bullying prevention initiative. Read more about the initiative – https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211004005039/en/Ed-Tech-CEO-Bullied.-He%E2%80%99s-It.
Hari Sastry, Senior Vice-Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer of the University of Pittsburgh testified in a Higher Ed Funding Hearing in the PA House how changes to the funding the school gets from the state could impact students. Read his full testimony here – https://pitt.app.box.com/s/smrmofd3u17aih1rbcl3dww8yt823fum
City Center Investment Corp. announced that Sports & Social will open a new restaurant and entertainment space to take the place of Hamiton Kitchen & Bar which is closing at the end of the year. Read more about the announcement here – https://www.mcall.com/entertainment/food-drink/restaurants/mc-ent-sports-and-social-coming-to-downtown-allentown-20210915-jrhlzsuwtbgjtm5lqu6hwceykq-story.html