Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced on Oct. 21 that he and Attorneys General Josh Stein (NC), Herbert Slatery (TN), and Ken Paxton (TX) secured a $48 billion agreement in principle with pharmaceutical companies Cardinal Health, McKesson, AmerisourceBergen, Johnson & Johnson, and Teva for their roles in fueling the opioid epidemic, according to Shapiro’s office.

Tower Health, the Berks county-based health system, has announced that it is restructuring its nursing units at Chestnut Hill Hospital in Philadelphia, and Pottstown Hospital in Pottstown, resulting in the elimination of 32 jobs at Chestnut Hill, and 33 at Pottstown.

100 percent of Cedar Crest College’s School of Nursing students who took the National Council Licensure Examination from Oct. 1, 2018 to Sept. 30, 2019, passed the exam.

The Humane Society of Pennsylvania has announced plans to commence demolition and construction of the current Humane Society of Berks County animal shelter at 1801 N. 11th St. in Reading, in order to construct a new shelter at the same location.

St. Luke’s University Health Network is opening a new, eight-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit or PICU, at St. Luke’s University Hospital in Fountain Hill in early 2020.

Lehigh Valley business leaders tell the personal stories of why they support the Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Lehigh Valley.

Goggleworks Center for the Arts and Sly Fox Brewing Co. will partner to open The Den restaurant on the GoggleWorks campus, located at 201 Washington St. in downtown Reading.

Catie Moyer has been a professional writer for more than ten years, and has seen the writing profession change dramatically over the years. She recently talked to LVB about the writer's life today, from the pros and cons of freelancing, to the pressure for clicks, to her thoughts on the future of print media.

Irma Ilao has a track record of changing lives, including her own, with her personal training business, "Be Your Own Fit." LVB wanted to find out more about this solopreneur, and sat down with Ilao recently, where she opened up about her background, building a business as a single mom, and her plans for the future.

The Manufacturers Resource Center,  a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating manufacturing jobs in eastern Pennsylvania, is sponsoring the fourth annual "What's So Cool About Manufacturing?" student video contest, in which 36 Berks and Schuylkill county student/manufacturer teams will compete this school year.