Seven community revitalization projects were approved for $995,000 in tax credits through the Neighborhood Assistance Program in her district, state Sen. Lisa Boscola (D-Lehigh/Northampton) recently a...
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U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Pennsylvania state Rep. Craig Staats (R-145) recently urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to find an alternative location for the proposed Quak...
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The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) recently presented a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to the Chester County Controlle...
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New York State politics is preventing Pennsylvania natural gas producers from gaining economic and competitive ground in the market, a situation that’s unlikely to improve in the near-term without s...
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The Montgomery County Commissioners voted last week to adopt a $420 million budget for 2019 with no tax increases for the second consecutive year. The budget will increase the county’s general ...
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The Delaware County Council recently voted to approve its 2019 budget, which decreases property taxes and reduces expenses by approximately $2.2 million overall. The council approved a general fund...
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Aqua America Inc. recently announced that its Pennsylvania subsidiary acquired the approximately 1,250-connection wastewater assets of East Bradford Township, Chester County for $5 million. The acq...
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Auditor General Eugene DePasquale recently released his most recent performance audit of the Port Authority of Allegheny County, which found that the Port Authority’s 97 bus routes are on schedule 6...
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Pennsylvania Farm Bureau (PFB) announced last week that its strong support of the federal 2018 Farm Bill. The bill removes industrial hemp from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s controlled su...
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The Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association (PMA) recently received the STAR Achievement Award from the Business-Industry Political Action Committee (BIPAC) for its efforts to engage businesses and ...
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New Rhein Healthcare Investors, an international private equity firm, recently announced that it is moving its global headquarters from Chicago to Philadelphia. The Philadelphia headquarters is in ...
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The Dauphin County Commissioners approved Wednesday a $247 million budget for 2019, which includes no property tax increases for the 14th year in a row. “We never forget that the taxpayers are re...
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PharmaCann Penn Plant -- a part of PharmaCann, a medical cannabis business with dispensaries and cultivation facilities in Illinois and New York -- recently purchased 18 acres from the Scranton Lackaw...
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Commonwealth Charter Academy (CCA), a Pennsylvania public cyber charter school, officially unveiled Tuesday its educational aquaponics facility, the largest such facility in the country, at its Capita...
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Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry President and CEO Gene Barr issued a statement Tuesday praising the replacement of the “Waters of the United States” rule proposed by the U.S. Enviro...
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Aro Biotherapeutics, a Philadelphia biotechnology company, recently raised $13 million in start-up funding to develop and commercialize its next-generation protein drug platform, Centyrins. Centyri...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Security recently released the Consumer Services Annual Report for 2017-2018, which highlights the work of the department’s Financial Services for Consumer...
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The Potter County Water Quality Work Group discussed at its meeting Monday environmental issues and monitoring of a major wind energy generation project in Hector and Harrison townships of Potter Coun...
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Skills in Scranton, in collaboration with the Lackawanna County Workforce Development Board, recently hosted an Educator in the Workplace immersion experience on logistics and transportation. Educa...
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Pennsylvania Health Care Association (PHCA) President and CEO Russ McDaid highlighted Pennsylvania’s skilled nursing facilities on a statewide public affairs TV program, which began airing Sunday. ...
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