A bill recently introduced in the state House would end the state’s control of wine and spirit sales. House Bill 2547 would close state stores, creating private outlets for liquor, and privatizin...
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Senate Democrats announced last week a call to use $550 million of funding provided to Pennsylvania through the federal CARES Act for their Main Street Business Initiative – a grant program aimed at...
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PJM Interconnection, the country’s largest electric grid operator, said it is prepared to meet summer demand, forecasting summer peak demand for electricity will be approximately 148,000 megawatts. ...
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A group of 76 Democrats in the state Senate and House recently sent a letter to Gov. Tom Wolf, asking him to allow curbside pick-up at all retail stores. Small retailers have been negatively impact...
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Gov. Tom Wolf recently vetoed House Bill 2412, which would have provided emergency COVID-19 provisions for the real estate industry and announced real estate activities can resume in red phase and yel...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) Citizens Advisory Council (CAC) voted Tuesday to not move forward with Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposal to join the Northeast Regional Green...
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Senate Republican leaders expressed frustration Tuesday with Gov. Tom Wolf’s veto of three pieces of legislation that would have given county governments more control in allowing employees to safely...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry (PA Chamber) announced Tuesday the launching of its new website for the “Bringing PA Back” initiative, which is intended to help businesses across...
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The House recently passed a bill that would exempt Pennsylvanians from paying state tax on their federal stimulus payments and business loans. The federal CARES Act provided Americans making less t...
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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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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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