The House State Government Committee recently approved a bill designed to enable small businesses to serve customers while complying with public health officials’ recommendations for social distanci...
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Auditor General Eugene DePasquale is urging banks licensed in the state to help small businesses facing financial challenges that are the result of the coronavirus pandemic. There is a lack of clea...
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A legislative plan recently introduced in the state Senate would help manufacturers retrofit their facilities to begin producing personal protection equipment for those combating the coronavirus pande...
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Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Secretary Dennis Davin announced Saturday the creation of the Pennsylvania Manufacturing Call to Action Portal to mobilize the state’s manufac...
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Pittsburgh’s Allegheny Health Network (AHN) recently began manufacturing COVID-19 test kits as a way to combat the national shortage. COVID-19 specimen kits come fully assembled from the vendor, ...
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Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) outlined Wednesday how Pennsylvania may benefit from last week’s passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, a $2 trillion federal stimulus packa...
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Legislation recently introduced in the state Senate would provide certain individuals with the tools necessary to maintain mental and physical health as they work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ind...
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First Commonwealth Bank recently agreed to join PA CARE Package, Pennsylvania’s consumer-relief initiative. The initiative ensures banks and financial institutions work with the Bureau of Consum...
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Sens. Dave Arnold (R-48) and Camera Bartolotta (R-46) announced Tuesday their plan to introduce legislation that would allow for waivers for construction operations that use appropriate mitigation mea...
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Legislation is in the works in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives that would strengthen national security and boost employment by expanding U.S. manufacturing, according to bill author Rep. Fra...
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State Sen. Jim Brewster (D-Allegheny/Westmoreland) unveiled last week an outline of his economic recovery plan designed to fill gaps in the $2.2 trillion federal stimulus legislation, which was signed...
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Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc. (GLPI), a company that acquires, finances, and owns real estate property to be leased to gaming operators, recently reached an agreement with Penn National Gaming. ...
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Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny County) announced last week his plans to introduce legislation to allow all state construction projects to resume operatio...
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State Sens. Ryan Aument (R- Lancaster County) and Scott Martin (R-Lancaster County) are urging Gov. Tom Wolf to include automotive sales to the state’s list of life-sustaining businesses. Busine...
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A coalition of 27 attorneys general, including Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, recently sent a letter to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos asking the U.S. Department of Education to use emer...
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Republican state representatives from Adams, Cumberland, and York counties are urging Gov. Tom Wolf to allow construction workers to return to job sites and complete projects after Wolf classified con...
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Nonprofit organization VentureWell recently awarded Penn State College of Engineering’s School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs’ researchers $24,000 to support and expa...
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Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday vetoed House Bill 1100, an energy and fertilizer manufacturing tax credit bill, in a move that supporters of the legislation said would sacrifice high-paying jobs for Pennsylva...
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Pennsylvania has ended the regulatory barriers preventing the state’s more than 130 small craft distilleries from producing hand sanitizer, state Sens. Vincent Hughes (D-Philadelphia/Montgomery), an...
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The Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) approved $61 million in low-interest loans Tuesday for small businesses negatively impacted by the COVID-19 public health emergency, Senate Maj...
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