The state House voted Monday to approve a resolution that would create a special COVID-19 response committee. The resolution instructs the Speaker of the House to appoint seven members to a committ...
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The Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corp. (LVEDC) recently released its quarterly report for the first quarter of 2020. The Lehigh Valley Commercial & Industrial Real Estate Report details the...
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The Commonwealth Financing Authority recently approved four projects at its Thursday board meeting. Three projects, intended to support Pennsylvania's agriculture industry, will be funded through...
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Legislation recently introduced in the state House would extend a federal tax holiday and payroll tax exemption introduced in the GROCER Act to the food and agriculture industry. The Assistance and...
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U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA), of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care chairman, and U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) recently held a virtual roundtable to discuss how to reopen the state’s ec...
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Legislation recently introduced in the state House would prohibit credit reporting agencies from negatively reporting any missed or late payments that were the result of financial hardships caused by ...
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The state’s transportation system has experienced more than $1 billion in revenue losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Gov. Tom Wolf’s stay-at-home order reduced traffic volume on highways a...
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A four-bill package recently approved in the state Senate would give county governments more control regarding reopening local economies amid the COVID-19 pandemic and bringing back more than 200,000 ...
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The Senate recently passed House Bill 327, which would amend the liquor code to clarify the process for a referendum on whether to allow for the sale of liquor in municipalities during a primary, muni...
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State Reps. Liz Hanbidge (D-Montgomery) and Chris Rabb (D-Philadelphia) are urging a study of the impact of electric vehicles in Pennsylvania. The legislators introduced a House resolution last mon...
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Carbon County lawmakers disagree with Gov. Tom Wolf’s decision to extend the county’s stay-at-home order until June 4. Sen. John Yudichak (I- Luzerne County), Reps. Doyle Heffley (R-Carbon Coun...
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The state Senate filed a formal request with the Commonwealth Court to force Gov. Tom Wolf to release documents associated with mandated business closures related to the COVID-19 public health emergen...
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Proposed legislation would make it mandatory for companies to provide daily reports on the impact of COVID-19 on their workforces to gather data from the state’s industrial sector. The COVID-19 I...
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Legislation recently introduced by U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) would provide additional funding to allow the purchase of goods from small and medium farms and producers to be given to food banks and fo...
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Two bills recently introduced in the state House aim to help nonprofit organizations and small businesses negatively affected by the coronavirus pandemic. One bill would create a COVID-19 Banking o...
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State Reps. Dan Deasy (D-Allegheny) and Jake Wheatley (D-Allegheny) recently sent a letter to Gov. Tom Wolf, asking him to waive liquor license fees for restaurants and bars. The waiver is in respo...
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Independent contractors, gig workers, the self-employed, clergy, and others not ordinarily eligible for unemployment compensation can now file backdated claims on the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance ...
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A bipartisan group of state, county, and local elected officials recently launched the Regional Recovery Task Force for Lackawanna County residents and businesses. The task force will frequently me...
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A bipartisan group of 58 members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives recently sent a letter to Gov. Tom Wolf and the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) urging them to suspend regula...
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Sen. Camera Bartolotta (R-46) recently sent a letter to Gov. Tom Wolf urging him to reopen businesses in Beaver, Greene, and Washington counties Bartolotta’s district was not included in Wolf’s...
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