PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 16 (TNSres) -- Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute issued the following news on April 15, 2024: The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) today released the 2023 SEI Year in Review, a report highlighting some of the SEI's most noteworthy accomplishments of the 2023 fiscal year. The Year in Review spans the institute's technical portfolio of research and development in software engineering, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence (AI) at   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 16 (TNSres) -- The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources issued the following news on April 15, 2024: The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) today announced that permits for the Northcentral Regional ATV Trail, formerly called the ATV Regional Trail Connector Pilot, are now available for purchase. "There are more than 281,000 registered ATVs in the Commonwealth and DCNR understands the interest in expanding regional r  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 16 -- Dechert, a law firm, issued the following news: Dechert advised Graham Partners (Graham), a private investment firm targeting advanced manufacturing companies, on their acquisition of E Tech Group (E Tech), an industrial automation systems integrator that caters to diverse high-demand sectors including life sciences, data centers, consumer packaged goods, food and beverage, and industrial. E Tech collaborates with customers to integrate and maintain auto  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 16 -- Eckert Seamans Cherin and Mellott, a law firm, issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: The Board of Directors of national law firm Eckert Seamans has reappointed several members of its Executive Committee for the 2024-2025 term, including Chief Executive Officer Scott D. Cessar and Executive Committee Chair Mark L. Reardon. Member Dorothy A. Davis has also been reappointed as Chair of the firm's Board of Directors. Additionally, Member Gregory  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 15 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Invent Penn State's LaunchBox & Innovation Network has launched a free, online, self-guided entrepreneurship education resource available to all. This digital curriculum, titled Customer Discovery 101, is for people with business ideas looking to get started, as well as those with existing small businesses looking to develop new products or services or to expand into new markets. The program is  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 15 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Online and offline gambling has continued increasing rapidly in Pennsylvania since its legalization in 2017, according to the latest Pennsylvania Interactive Gaming Assessment: Online Gambling Report 2023. The report, which summarizes three years of survey data from more than 1,800 individuals from across the commonwealth, was developed by Penn State's Criminal Justice Research Center under contr  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 16 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis is advising EQT Corporation (NYSE: EQT) on an exchange agreement with Equinor USA Onshore Properties Inc. and their affiliates in which EQT is selling an undivided 40% interest in non-operated natural gas assets in Northeast Pennsylvania. Consideration for the transaction is comprised of $500 million of cash and upstream and midstream assets from Equinor. The transaction was anno  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 16 -- Littler, a law firm, issued the following news release: Littler, the world's largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added Shannon Huygens as special counsel in its Pittsburgh office. Huygens, who was an associate at Littler from 2004 to 2013, rejoins the firm after serving as associate general counsel at the University of Pittsburgh for more than a decade. "Shannon's more than two decades of employment law experience, partic  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- George Washington University issued the following news: As former President Trump faces his hush money trial in New York, President Biden is launching a three-day campaign in Scranton, Pennsylvania, focusing on the economy. The campaign aims to highlight Biden's support for the middle class and his commitment to addressing their needs, contrasting it with Trump's policies perceived as favoring the wealthy. Pennsylvania, along with other key states in the "blue wall," rem  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 16 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: A national coalition of state attorneys general filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court of Texas in support of Attorney General Ken Paxton's top deputy, First Assistant Attorney General Brent Webster, in a blatant case of politically motivated lawfare launched by the State Bar of Texas. The case originated in response to complaints against First Assistant Webster and Attorney General Paxton for   more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: Digital ads to run in key battleground states, targeted to Americans searching for tax services This Tax Day, the DNC is launching a digital ad buy in key battleground states -- Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin -- targeted to Google searches for tax day. The ads link to MAGATaxScam.com, a handy website showing how extreme MAGA Republicans' tax "plan" would  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 16 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: Today, Governor Josh Shapiro's Administration formally certified that a record $900 million will be available for statewide property tax relief through the Department of Education and local school districts. As is required by Act 1 of 2006, Secretary of the Budget Uri Monson certified that this record amount of relief is sustainable for at least the next five years - and  more

BLOOMSBURG, Pennsylvania, April 16 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: Rep. Robert Leadbeter (R-Columbia) and the House Republican Policy Committee, led by Chairman Josh Kail (R-Beaver/Washington), convened the first in a series of hearings to discuss ways to foster economic growth in Pennsylvania through business-related tax reform last Thursday. The hearing, "Job-Creating Tax Reform," featured the following testifiers: Neal Lesher, direc  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 15 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Penn State's first master's degree in social work will be offered online and welcome its initial group of students in the fall 2024 semester. Students of the new Master of Social Work program can choose between two areas of specialization, one in children and families and another in mental health and substance use. The degree program is specifically designed to prepare graduates for clinical soc  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 16 -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences issued the following news: Four University of Pennsylvania students in the College of Arts and Sciences have been chosen for a Kathryn Wasserman Davis Projects for Peace grant for their community health care project in Philadelphia addressing reproductive justice and menstrual equity. The grant provides $10,000 in funds to pursue "innovative, community-centered, and scalable responses to the world  more

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, April 16 -- The Pennsylvania College of Technology issued the following news: Pennsylvania College of Technology's Construction Management Association was named Student Chapter of the Year during the Associated Builders and Contractors Convention, held March 13-15 in Orlando, Florida. The ABC Student Chapter of the Year award recognizes an outstanding chapter for its accomplishments in programming, community service, communications/public relations, and interaction   more

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, April 16 -- The Pennsylvania College of Technology issued the following news: The Introduction to Corrections (HSJ 215) class at Pennsylvania College of Technology recently received a real-world glimpse into the corrections system, courtesy of Allyson Davenport, a drug and alcohol treatment specialist II at the State Correctional Institution at Muncy, a medium/maximum security facility for adult females. Davenport shared her experiences and expertise with an attentiv  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 16 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following statement on April 15, 2024: * * * On Tax Day, David McCormick's support for the disastrous corporate tax giveaway that raised taxes on over 375,000 Pennsylvania families is under new scrutiny. His support for this tax giveaway comes as he skimps on paying taxes on millions of dollars he has hidden away in a dynasty trust, a "pot of money often used by the ultra-wealthy to pass down their wealth." * *  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 16 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: Connecticut mega-millionaire and Wall Street hedge fund CEO David McCormick is coming under fire for overseeing massive investments in Chinese military companies that produce stealth bombers, aircraft carriers, and ballistic missiles. What They're Saying: Philadelphia Inquirer: * Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dave McCormick led a hedge fund that invested millions in Chinese companies that pr  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 16 -- Reed Smith, a law firm, issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: Global law firm Reed Smith today announces the hire of Nina Howell as partner in its Energy & Natural Resources Group and London office. Howell joins the firm with over 20 years' experience advising clients across the energy industry. She has a particular focus on the LNG sector, representing clients across the LNG supply chain globally, from the financing and development of LNG i  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 16 (TNSres) -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine issued the following news release: Mitchell A. Lazar, M.D., Ph.D., the Rhoda and Willard Ware Professor in Diabetes and Metabolic Disease, and Director of the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, is the 2025 recipient of the George M. Kober Medal from the Association of American Physicians (AAP). Lazar will  more