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Alaska steps up clean energy support with 1 new policy or incentive in 2024
Alaska implemented at least one new clean energy policy or incentive supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency in 2024, according to data from the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE). Since 2010, the state has...

Virginia adopted 1 new clean energy policy or incentive in 2024
Virginia implemented at least one new clean energy policy or incentive supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency in 2024, according to data from the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE). Since 2010, the state...

The state of Washington adopted 2 new clean energy policies or incentives in 2024
Washington implemented at least two new clean energy policies or incentives supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency in 2024, according to data from the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE). Since 2010, the...

Oklahoma adopted no new clean energy policies or incentives in 2024
Oklahoma implemented no clean energy policies or incentives supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency in 2024, according to data from the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE). Since 2010, the state has adopted...

Iowa steps up clean energy support with 2 new policies or incentives in 2024
Iowa implemented at least two new clean energy policies or incentives supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency in 2024, according to data from the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE). Since 2010, the state has...

Missouri steps up clean energy support with 1 new policy or incentive in 2024
Missouri implemented at least one new clean energy policy or incentive supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency in 2024, according to data from the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE). Since 2010, the state...

Arkansas steps up clean energy support with 1 new policy or incentive in 2024
Arkansas implemented at least one new clean energy policy or incentive supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency in 2024, according to data from the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE). Since 2010, the state...

Minnesota adopted no new clean energy policies or incentives in 2024
Minnesota implemented no clean energy policies or incentives supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency in 2024, according to data from the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE). Since 2010, the state has adopted...

Hawaii steps up clean energy support with 1 new policy or incentive in 2024
Hawaii implemented at least one new clean energy policy or incentive supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency in 2024, according to data from the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE). Since 2010, the state has...

Pennsylvania lawmakers push tax credits to lure film and TV production
Filmmaker Kyra Knox (left) is show during filming of ‘Bad Things Happen in Philadelphia.’ Sam Meneses Between 2024 and 2025, television and film production in Los Angeles dropped by 22% due to wildfires and production studios migrating east,...

Pennsylvania Gives Amazon Potentially Unlimited Sales Tax Exemption
Amazon, the tech and online retail juggernaut, is expanding its physical footprint, with a little help from Pennsylvania taxpayers. "Amazon plans to spend $20 billion to build two data centers in Pennsylvania, a move that state officials say will...

Opinion: Congress making big mistake with energy tax credits
When I began my career in the solar industry two decades ago, the company I worked for was one of three installers in the tri-state area. Since then, Pennsylvania’s solar industry has grown exponentially. A big reason for this growth has been...

Pennsylvania GOP says House Policy Committee held hearing on 164,000 state regulations
The Pennsylvania GOP announced on X that the House Policy Committee held a hearing to address more than 164,000 state regulations. Lawmakers expressed support for reforms aimed at increasing transparency, reducing bureaucracy, and advancing the...

Pennsylvania Senate Democrats decry cuts to Medicaid and food assistance
Sen. Maria Collett and Democratic senators at a press conference opposing the proposed U.S. budget on June 30 (Capital-Star photo by Ian Karbal) As Republicans in the U.S. Senate make a final push to pass President Donald Trump’s signature...

Nebraska adopted no new clean energy policies or incentives in 2024
Nebraska implemented no clean energy policies or incentives supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency in 2024, according to data from the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE). Since 2010, the state has adopted...

Vermont adopted 9 new clean energy policies or incentives in 2024
Vermont implemented at least nine new clean energy policies or incentives supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency in 2024, according to data from the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE). Since 2010, the state...

Pennsylvania County to Test Medical Drone Deliveries Through 911 Dispatch
County to test system for medical drone deliveries through 911 dispatch By DRONELIFE Features Editor Jim Magill A coalition of public agencies and private companies is seeking to demonstrate the viability of using a 911 dispatch system to dispatch...

Utah adopted 1 new clean energy policy or incentive in 2024
Utah implemented at least one new clean energy policy or incentive supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency in 2024, according to data from the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE). Since 2010, the state has...

Manufactured home lot rent control clears major legislative hurdle
(The Center Square) – The fate of bills aimed at protecting some of Pennsylvania’s most vulnerable residents now rest in the hands of the Senate after clearing the House earlier this month. House Bill 1250, sponsored by Rep. Liz Hanbidge, D-Blue...

Pennsylvania hospital opens new cardiovascular center
Doylestown (Pa.) Hospital has opened a new cardiovascular lab, Buckso Today reported June 30. The Gorkysky Heart and Vascular Suite will include an advanced hybrid procedural room and six catheterization and electrophysiology labs. The new lab...