The Allentown Riverside Drive Multimodal Revitalization Corridor is one step closer to reality after the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission received $21.2 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation Tuesday. 

A program in Berks County that helps those who have been incarcerated gain job skills was highlighted by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry this week. 

Augmented technology was introduced to state farmers during the Pa. Farm Bureau's annual convention in Hershey yesterday.

Discount retailer Big Lots is opening a warehouse and distribution facility in the newly built Bethel Industrial Center in Bethel. 

Jim Boscov, the third-generation chairman and CEO of Boscov’s, the largest family owned department store in the country, had some advice for those attending the Berks Family Business Alliance’s fall forum Tuesday at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Reading. 

Mirroring what’s happening in other markets, home sales in the Lehigh Valley declined in October but are still on track to beat last year’s total. 

St. Luke’s University Hospital, Bethlehem, was named one of the nation’s top performing cardiovascular hospitals by Fortune magazine and IBM Watson Health.  

Lehigh Carbon Community College and Millersville University entered into an agreement to provide students with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to achieve academic credentials.  

The state Senate Democratic Policy Committee heard concerns about worker misclassification by employers, which can result in lost tax revenue and worker’s compensation benefits. 

As older workers transition their aggressive investments to more conservative investments, they now face historically low interest rates. Interest rates have been falling since the 1981 when the 10-year-government bond rate peaked at 13.92%. The current 10-year government bond rate sits at about 1.5%.