The PA Senate State Government Committee recently advanced legislation that would authorize remote notarization of documents. The bill would modernize the state code for the notarization process by...
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The House State Government Committee recently approved a bill designed to enable small businesses to serve customers while complying with public health officials’ recommendations for social distanci...
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Auditor General Eugene DePasquale is urging banks licensed in the state to help small businesses facing financial challenges that are the result of the coronavirus pandemic. There is a lack of clea...
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A legislative plan recently introduced in the state Senate would help manufacturers retrofit their facilities to begin producing personal protection equipment for those combating the coronavirus pande...
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Pittsburgh’s Allegheny Health Network (AHN) recently began manufacturing COVID-19 test kits as a way to combat the national shortage. COVID-19 specimen kits come fully assembled from the vendor, ...
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PNC Financial Services Group recently contributed $30 million to coronavirus relief efforts directed toward basic needs and hardship relief programs across the markets in which PNC operates. The fu...
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Legislation recently introduced in the state Senate would provide certain individuals with the tools necessary to maintain mental and physical health as they work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ind...
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First Commonwealth Bank recently agreed to join PA CARE Package, Pennsylvania’s consumer-relief initiative. The initiative ensures banks and financial institutions work with the Bureau of Consum...
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Legislation is in the works in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives that would strengthen national security and boost employment by expanding U.S. manufacturing, according to bill author Rep. Fra...
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A&T Stainless will idle its Direct Roll Anneal and Pickle operations in Midland by the end of June, Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (ATI) recently announced. ATI owns 50 percent of the company. ...
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State Sen. Jim Brewster (D-Allegheny/Westmoreland) unveiled last week an outline of his economic recovery plan designed to fill gaps in the $2.2 trillion federal stimulus legislation, which was signed...
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Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc. (GLPI), a company that acquires, finances, and owns real estate property to be leased to gaming operators, recently reached an agreement with Penn National Gaming. ...
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State Sens. Ryan Aument (R- Lancaster County) and Scott Martin (R-Lancaster County) are urging Gov. Tom Wolf to include automotive sales to the state’s list of life-sustaining businesses. Busine...
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A coalition of 27 attorneys general, including Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, recently sent a letter to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos asking the U.S. Department of Education to use emer...
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Republican state representatives from Adams, Cumberland, and York counties are urging Gov. Tom Wolf to allow construction workers to return to job sites and complete projects after Wolf classified con...
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Nonprofit organization VentureWell recently awarded Penn State College of Engineering’s School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs’ researchers $24,000 to support and expa...
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Pennsylvania has ended the regulatory barriers preventing the state’s more than 130 small craft distilleries from producing hand sanitizer, state Sens. Vincent Hughes (D-Philadelphia/Montgomery), an...
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The Pittsburgh Business Group on Health, the Central Penn Business Group on Health, and HealthCare 21 based in Knoxville, Tenn., have launched an initiative to help better inform employers about the i...
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The Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) approved $61 million in low-interest loans Tuesday for small businesses negatively impacted by the COVID-19 public health emergency, Senate Maj...
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A coalition of 16 attorneys general, including Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, recently sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to fully utilize the Defense Production Act to co...
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