Penn National Gaming outlined its long-term objectives last week as part of its first-quarter 2020 financial results, including the upcoming launch of its Barstool Sportsbook App in the third quarter....
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Gov. Tom Wolf signed an executive order Wednesday, affording certain healthcare practitioners protection against liability for good faith actions taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic – a move ...
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DoorDash, the largest food delivery network company in the United States, recently worked with the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General to expand financial, health, and childcare-related support fo...
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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced Monday the initiation of a department-wide investigation into whether electrical steel components imported into the United States pose a national secur...
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National Fuel Gas Co. recently purchased Royal Dutch Shell subsidiary SWEPI LP for approximately $541 million. The purchase provides the company Shell’s upstream and midstream gathering assets ...
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Pittsburgh business leaders expressed confidence this week that area businesses are up to the challenge of beginning to reopen safely in order to jumpstart the local economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic...
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The Pittsburgh Business Group on Health (PBGH) announced last week the release of a report conducted by the group’s analytics partner, Innovu, regarding COVID-19 case data by region and county. T...
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The Pennsylvania Association of Realtors (PAR) recently expressed their disagreement with Gov. Tom Wolf's May 1 announcement that a ban remains on in-person real estate transactions in the majority of...
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The Pennsylvania Farm Bureau recently gave its support for House Bill 2429 that would reopen garden centers so long as the businesses use appropriate Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) s...
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The House recently advanced legislation that would allow lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores to reopen during the COVID-19 pandemic. Gov. Tom Wolf closed these and other designated “non...
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The Manufacturer & Business Association (MBA) participated in a virtual meeting last week led by Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Secretary Dennis Davin to prov...
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Mitsubishi Chemical America, a subsidiary of Japan's largest chemical company Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC), recently entered into an agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of Gelest Intermedia...
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ExxonMobil delivered this week 240 five-gallon buckets of medical-grade hand sanitizer to the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency to help with the Commonwealth’s efforts to mitigate the spread ...
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The State House of Representatives advanced Wednesday House Bill 2412 that would require the secretary of the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) to issue a waiver to restart all r...
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Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association President and CEO David N. Taylor recently lauded a variety of National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) efforts that have significantly helped the U.S. and...
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The House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recently advanced three bills that would support the food supply chain and allow agriculture-related businesses to reopen safely during the COVID-19 e...
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Pennsylvania lawmakers joined a nationwide call this month to allow the state’s oil and gas industry to use federal coronavirus (COVID-19) assistance to help with looming loan payments as well as ma...
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Rep. Seth Grove (R-Dover), chairman of the House Government Oversight Committee, announced Friday a suggestion made by Gov. Tom Wolf for the committee to investigate the state’s business closure res...
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A bill recently introduced in the state Senate would allow garden centers to reopen if they can adhere to social distancing and mitigation measures established by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...
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U.S. Sens. Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Tom Carper (D-DE) sent correspondence last week to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, arguing for the provision of tariff exclusions for American manufacture...
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