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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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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House Democrats have developed a bill package called PA is Helping Employers And Labor Succeed (PA HEALS) to address the financial strain placed on Pennsylvanians as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic....
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Eighteen members of the Pennsylvania Senate Republican Caucus, at the request of Sens. Dave Argall (R- Schuylkill County), Joe Pittman (R-Armstrong County), and Gene Yaw (R- Lycoming County), recently...
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The Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA), Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA), and the Pennsylvania Minority Business Development Authority (PMBDA) will be deferring loans in respon...
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Republican state lawmakers along with the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry praised Gov. Tom Wolf's decision to allow the restarting of construction projects in Pennsylvania on May 1. ...
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Operating losses for Pennsylvania’s healthcare system are estimated to total between $4.4 billion and $4.86 billion for the April through June quarter and more than $10.2 billion for the entire year...
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A bill recently introduced in the state Senate would temporarily halt evictions and foreclosures of businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. “Mom-and-pop retailers and restaurants are as vit...
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Gov. Tom Wolf on Monday announced three actions to slowly restart parts of the state’s economy, including permitting online vehicle sales under Senate Bill 841, allowing for curbside pickup at certa...
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State Sen. Jim Brewster (D-45th District) announced his “COVID-19 Health and Business Recovery Plan” Friday aimed at ensuring workers, customers, and clients are protected and giving businesses a ...
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The Department of Revenue will offer Pennsylvania taxpayers increased flexibility, additional time to meet tax obligations, and pause several of its standard enforcement actions to provide relief to s...
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U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) led a bipartisan group of 62 lawmakers in requesting federal relief eligibility for local chambers of commerce, which continue helping small businesses navigate the ...
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The Pennsylvania Senate will convene remotely on Wednesday and will consider legislation that will safely re-open the state’s economy following “flawed” government responses to the COVID-19 cris...
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The Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) Board of Directors voted last week to authorize up to $450 million for financially strained hospitals and health systems. The Hospita...
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Rep. Frank Ryan (R-Lebanon) recently sent a letter to Dr. Rachel Levine, Pennsylvania Secretary of Health, urging the Wolf administration to support the General Assembly’s COVID-19 pandemic economic...
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The Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association (PMA) on April 9 denounced a newly signed order by Gov. Tom Wolf to commandeer personal protective equipment (PPE), pharmaceuticals, and other medical res...
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Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, recently agreed to increase the production of hospital ventilators at all its U.S. manufacturing sites. The company plans to double the production ...
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State Rep. Tom Mehaffie (R-Dauphin) this week introduced House Bill 2386, which seeks to aid businesses closed by Gov. Tom Wolf’s March 19 order to suspend operations conducted by “non-essential...
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The vision of Pennsylvania becoming a center of the U.S. petrochemical industry could get a fresh boost from, of all things, the coronavirus. The high-profile supply squeeze on personal protective ...
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