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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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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A bipartisan group of state, county, and local elected officials recently launched the Regional Recovery Task Force for Lackawanna County residents and businesses. The task force will frequently me...
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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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A bipartisan group of 58 members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives recently sent a letter to Gov. Tom Wolf and the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) urging them to suspend regula...
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Sen. Camera Bartolotta (R-46) recently sent a letter to Gov. Tom Wolf urging him to reopen businesses in Beaver, Greene, and Washington counties Bartolotta’s district was not included in Wolf’s...
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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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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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A group of Bucks County legislators recently urged Gov. Tom Wolf and Rachel Levine, Pennsylvania Department of Health secretary, to consider changing the metric being used to calculate whether to reop...
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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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