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Offer for railroad increases
Photo: N/A, License: N/A WATSONTOWN - Moran Industries has increased its offer to $30 million to purchase the 200 miles of rails and assets of the SEDA-Council of Governments Joint Rail Authority (SEDA-COG JRA). The offer "promotes the best long-term economic interest of the res (read more)
Corbett is facing another fiscal test
HARRISBURG - Struggling school districts, social service agencies and charities that help feed, clothe and house children, the elderly and disabled are bracing for another round of deep spending cuts in the state budget proposal Gov. Tom Corbett will pre (read more)
So far, little 'impact' from governor, senate wrangling
The private negotiations in recent weeks among Gov. Tom Corbett and House and Senate Republican leaders to reconcile different Marcellus Shale impact fee bills have yielded little clarity except for the realization that informal deadlines for agreement c (read more)
Marcellus Shale well safety bill heads to governor's desk
HARRISBURG - A bill requiring Marcellus well operators to upgrade safety procedures is headed to Gov. Tom Corbett's desk following final approval today in the Senate. The measure sponsored by Sen. Lisa Baker, R-20, Lehman Twp., requires operators of ne (read more)
Bridy: Water filtration project 'progressing'
SHAMOKIN - A Northumberland County commissioner said talks are continuing with officials in the natural gas industry to construct a filtration plant in the area to clean water from former coal lands in Coal and Mount Carmel townships and then transport i (read more)
DEP failed to disclose information on faulty gas well
State regulators - field inspectors for the Department of Environmental Protection - did their job last fall when they discovered that a faulty Susquehanna County gas well drilled by Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. had caused methane to infiltrate at least three n (read more)

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