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At least 12 titles, including Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen by Jazz Jennings, are back in public libraries, at least for now.

The Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corp. met to review the region's increasingly vibrant and diversified output.

VU Manufacturing is accused of hindering workers rights. The Biden administration asked the Mexico government to intervene.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is scheduled to address an annual economic gathering in the Lehigh Valley next week.

As a reporter, history buff and Lehigh Valley native, I've visited nearly all of the area's museums — from America on Wheels and Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum

Talking Business with Don Cunningham: The growing old business is not for the faint of heart.

The biggest deal was for a 44.98-acre parking and maintenance facility in Bethlehem that sold for more than $96 million.

Manufacturing had an economic output of $8.4 billion, making it the largest contributor to the Lehigh Valley's GDP, which measures total market value of the goods and services produced in a region over a year.

According to the Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corp., exports from the Valley have grown steadily since 2013, from $2.9 billion to $4.1 billion in 2021. That’s among the top 68 metro areas for exports in the U.S.

Between $250 million and $500 million worth of goods were exported from the Lehigh Valley's Foreign Trade Zone to markets outside of the U.S. without participants paying duties.