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Pennsylvania farms have increased their sales over the past three years even as the state’s broader ag and food sector has declined slightly. Food and farming have a $133 billion economic impact in Pennsylvania and support, directly or indirectly, nearly 600,000 jobs, according to a report released last month. “It points to 18% of our gross state product (that) is generated by agriculture,” Ag Secretary Russell Redding said in a presentation April 28 at Bell & Evans’ hatcher...

Frank Moran stepped down last month. Carstarphen was chosen by City Council to fulfill the term; hes also running to succeed Moran in November.

HR Execs Sign Up For Expensive Wharton Certification Program, Get Expensive Lesson In (Alleged) Fraud Instead Luckily for them, they’ll also be getting the certificate, now, too. Author: Luckily for them, they’ll also be getting the certificate, now, too. There are two ways a business school can raise a quick bit of cash without lifting a finger. The first is a robust online degree program; the second is conjuring a bunch of newly-made-up certifications offered in short “executive e...

Bill Webb Promoted to Vice President at RT Environmental & Construction Professional Hamilton, NJ, April 28, 2021 --(PR.com)-- Bill Webb has been promoted to vice president within the Environmental and Construction Professional (ECP) Practice of RT Specialty. A specialist with more than 20 years of experience within the professional liability insurance marketplace, Webb joined the RT ECP team in 2017 as an assistant vice president to support the team’s national network of agents, brokers an...

Share this article Share this article PHILADELPHIA, April 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The St. Baldricks Foundation, the largest non-government funder of childhood cancer research grants, announces the appointment of John K. Smith, President and CEO at Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company (PLM), to its board of directors. Smith has long been a supporter of the St. Baldricks Foundation and its mission to conquer childhood cancer. After years of volunteering, Smith and his wife, Julie Sm...

Ex-Dean at Temple Indicted on Charges of Manipulating Rankings Two other former officials also face charges. U.S. News allegedly gave them the idea by saying that it doesnt audit the information colleges send. By U.S. News & World Report for rankings escalated Friday: the former dean of Temple Universitys business school "conspired and schemed to deceive the school’s applicants, students, and donors into believing that the school offered top-ranked business degree programs, so they would pa...

by Tyler Durden Sunday, Apr 18, 2021 - 07:05 PM The former dean of Temples Fox School of Business is being charged with federal crimes after being ousted due to an investigation that found the school "manipulated data" to become the number one ranked MBA program in the country. Former dean Moshe Porat was indicted on one count each of conspiracy and wire fraud, according to NBC Philadelphia. His lawyer "vigorously" denied the charges.  Isaac Gottlieb, a statistics professor, and Marjorie ONe...

The Associated Press A FedEx flight on final approach flies over the FexEx Ground facility, Friday, April 16, 2021, in Indianapolis, where multiple people were shot at a FedEx Ground facility near the Indianapolis airport. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) INDIANAPOLIS — The former employee who shot and killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis was interviewed by FBI agents last year, after his mother called police to say that her son might commit “suicide by cop.” Coroners began t...

Former Temple U business dean indicted in rankings scandal MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The former dean of Temple Universitys business school has been charged with falsifying data to boost the schools rankings, draw more students and vastly increase the schools revenue. The federal indictment unsealed Friday charges Moshe Porat, 74, with conspiracy and wire fraud for allegedly submitting phony information about its graduate business programs to U...

Former Temple University business dean indicted in rankings scandal Published  Former Temple University business dean indicted in rankings scandal Moshe Porat, 74-year-old former dean of Temple Universitys business school has been charged with falsifying data to boost the schools rankings, draw more students and vastly increase the schools revenue. PHILADELPHIA - The former dean of Temple Universitys business school has been charged with falsifying data to boost the schools rankings, draw more...