PHILADELPHIA — The president and vice president of Saint Joseph's University will step down next year after a period marked by financial concerns and no-confidence votes.

The Rev. C. Kevin Gillespie announced plans to resign in June, following a three-year term as president. Senior Vice President John Smithson will also leave in June, the university announced Friday.

The moves come amid criticism of a proposed plan to accept 1,500 students this fall, about 225 more than last year. Some students and other critics felt that would make the private Jesuit school appear less selective, and the plan has not been enacted.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that the business faculty had issued a vote of no confidence in Gillespie, while the general faculty reached the same vote about Smithson's tenure.

“I recognize that the best interests of the university require a different approach in leadership,” Gillespie, a 1972 Saint Joe's graduate, said in a statement.

IMPERIAL — Gov. Tom Corbett has announced $7 million in state funds to begin redeveloping an area dotted with former coal mines and a waste dump into an international trade center near Pittsburgh International Airport.The project would be built on 195-acres near the airport, though site preparation alone is expected to take three years.Eventually, the site would house office space, corporate jet hangars, a hotel and conference center, and research and development space.The federal government has already designated the land a Foreign Trade Zone.Although no private funds have been pledged, Republican and Democrat state lawmakers and county officials hope to attract $200 million in investments to the site.

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania's jobless rate is up slightly but remains better than the national figure.The state Department of Labor and Industry said Friday the seasonally adjusted rate last month was 5.7 percent, up one tenth of a percentage point from June. The U.S. rate is currently 6.2 percent.The civilian labor force fell by 32,000, and unemployment rose by 4,000, the first increase in nearly two years.The agency says private industry lost 3,400 jobs but hiring in the public sector rose for the sixth straight month.

PITTSBURGH — Ride-sharing company Lyft has satisfied insurance and other requirements to begin operating temporarily in the Pittsburgh-area.The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission last month gave conditional approval for Lyft and its competitor, Uber, to obtain temporary licenses to operate in the Pittsburgh area until their applications for permanent “experimental” licenses can be heard. The services need “experimental” approval because they operate differently than taxis and other transportation covered by PUC regulations.The ride-sharing companies use smartphone apps to dispatch drivers who use their own personal vehicles to give people rides. The drivers then share the fares they collect with the companies.