While Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on Tuesday outlined what he called a bold and sensible plan to move the Commonwealth forward in his new 2019-20 budget address, business stakeholders this week said th...
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The Associated Petroleum Industries of Pennsylvania (API-PA), a division of the American Petroleum Institute (API) reacted Tuesday to a proposal from Gov. Tom Wolf to enact a severance tax on natural ...
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Sen. Tom Killion (R-Chester/Delaware Counties) recently introduced legislation to raise the cap on Pennsylvania’s film production tax credit program from $65 million to $125 million. The program ...
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State Rep. Donna Oberlander (R-Clarion/Armstrong/Forest Counties) recently said that she plans to re-introduce legislation to protect patients already receiving a benefit within a policy year from cha...
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday proposed a $4.5 billion infrastructure plan that would be funded with a severance tax on natural gas drilling, an energy tax that business and industry leaders w...
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U.S. Sens. Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Mark Warner (D-VA) recently introduced a bill that would require the president to obtain Congressional approval before taking trade actions under Section 232 of the Tr...
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A minimum wage increase plan would lead to increased labor costs and job loss, Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry President and CEO Gene Barr said in a statement Wednesday. The plan, whi...
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The Senate Finance Committee approved Tuesday legislation introduced by State Sen. John DiSanto (Dauphin/Perry) to ensure that public employees who commit job-related felonies are stripped of their ta...
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Pennsylvania House Majority Whip Kerry Benninghoff, the chamber’s No. 3 Republican leader for the 2019-2020 legislative session, thinks the state’s tax structure should be reformed. “For the mo...
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The Northwest Commission, a Local Development District serving an eight-county region of Northwest Pennsylvania, recently launched an online survey to gather public input as it updates its regional lo...
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The fourth bi-annual Lehigh Valley Meet the Buyers Expo will be held on Oct. 23, 2019, at the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks in Bethlehem, the Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation (LVEDC) s...
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Dauphin County’s First-Time Homebuyers Program assisted 124 residents in 2018, reflecting a record-high in the history of the program. The program provides qualified homebuyers with up to $3,000 ...
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In 2018, Harrisburg-based Life Sciences Greenhouse of Central Pennsylvania (LSGPA) invested $2.5 million in three Pennsylvania companies that potentially could significantly change healthcare in the f...
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The PA Chamber Foundation announced Tuesday that it is partnering with Solutions 21 and their “Next Leader Now” program to help companies address skills gaps by preparing their next generation of ...
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The Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation (LVEDC) Education and Talent Supply Council recently established work groups to execute on the recommendations and strategies outlined in a year-long...
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A coalition of healthcare and other organizations said recently that a proposed rule change from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Civil Procedural Rules Committee could cause medical liability premi...
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Invenergy announced this week that Lackawanna Energy Center, located just outside of Scranton, Penn., has begun commercial operations. Lackawanna Energy Center is a 1,485-megawatt natural gas combi...
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State Sen. Andy Dinniman (D-Chester County) recently encouraged prospective college students applying for financial aid this year to consider the new PA Forward Student Loan Program. The program pr...
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Sen. Lisa Baker (R-20) recently introduced legislation that would address concerns related to pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) and aims to reduce prescription drug costs paid by consumers. Pharmac...
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The construction and expanded manufacturing activity brought by a polypropylene manufacturing facility to the greater southeastern Pennsylvania region could have a total economic impact of $1 billion ...
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