AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoJobs and Manufacturing: Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate fell to 3.6% in September, its lowest in three years, but a Manheim Township snack factory is set to close in December, eliminating 67 jobs. Life Sciences: Merck plans to invest $2.9 billion in Pennsylvania vaccine and drug sites, while GSK’s $800 million Montgomery County expansion is expected to add more than 300 jobs. Power and Data Centers: Federal officials issued an emergency order over Mid-Atlantic grid concerns as data-center demand grows; communities are pushing back over the projects’ energy, water and land needs. Business Uncertainty: Pennsylvania’s skill-games deadline passed without new legislation, leaving operators in limbo as state police crack down and 81 workers face layoffs. Trade and Agriculture: PhilaPort has state backing for an $837 million expansion, while rising costs and a shortage of farm successors are pushing some Pennsylvania farms to grow larger or sell.
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