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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Air Products, headquartered in Lehigh Valley, Pa., announced last week a definitive agreement for a long-term on-site contract enabling the conversion of natural resources into higher-value products i...
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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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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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Indiana County business leaders, labor representatives, school district superintendents, and elected officials warned about the devastating economic impacts that would result from Pennsylvania’s inc...
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Sen. Camera Bartolotta (R-46), chair of the Pennsylvania Senate Labor and Industry Committee, forwarded correspondence to Attorney General Josh Shapiro regarding the status of employees who refuse to ...
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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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The Senate Community, Economic and Recreational Development Committee approved Monday two pieces of legislation that grant waivers allowing all manufacturers, barbers, real estate operations and other...
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The Pennsylvania Association of Realtors (PAR) recently released a statement expressing their disappointment in Gov. Tom Wolf’s decision to continue deep restrictions on most in-person real estate t...
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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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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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