Through the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI), Pennsylvania has been awarded nearly $268 million in American Rescue Plan funding. The funding will be used to spur small business growth...
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The film production tax credit was capped at $100 million in the state’s 2022-23 budget. The tax credit was established in 2007. Through the end of fiscal year 2019-20, approximately 860 applican...
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Speaking on behalf of the Manufacturers Resource Center (MRC), located in Allentown, Pa., President and CEO Rich Hobbs said passage of the Innovation Act/America Competes Legislation would benefit Pen...
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On Thursday, Pennsylvania Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23) said the Pennsylvania Senate Republican Caucus had filed a brief in federal court to protect the state’s energy competition and reliability from regula...
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The U.S. Department of Labor recently awarded the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) a $3.9 million grant to build and modernize the state’s registered apprenticeship system. "Penn...
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed an energy choice bill Tuesday, saying the bill would take away local governments’ control over future energy choices. Senate Bill 275, authored by state Sen. Ge...
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The Pennsylvania 2022-23 General Fund budget includes a line item within the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) budget that would provide an additional $2.5 million in funding for...
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Opponents of Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan for Pennsylvania to participate in the 11-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) applauded a state court’s injunction filed on Friday that will delay the...
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Legislation introduced by Pennsylvania State Sen. John Yudichak (I-14) and State Rep. Doyle Heffley (R-122) expanding the Pennsylvania Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) Program was si...
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The state Senate recently passed legislation that would prevent the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) from imposing new tolls on existing bridges with a Public-Private Transportation...
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The $45 billion 2022-23 state budget passed by the Pennsylvania General Assembly this week will provide an historic cut to the Corporate Net Income (CNI) tax, reducing it from 9.99 percent to 8.99 per...
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The Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) recently approved two new low-interest loans totaling $2.7 million. The Regional Industrial Development Corporation Southwestern Pennsylvani...
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Senate Bill 275, protecting consumers’ energy choices, is heading to Gov. Tom Wolf’s desk. The bill, which recently advanced through the House of Representatives, prevents Pennsylvania’s muni...
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On Tuesday, Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding announced his department would award up to $303,000 in matching funds for state nonprofits interested in expanding sales of the stateâ...
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The recent York County Reentry Employer Roundtable discussed the importance of second-chance hiring practices for formerly incarcerated women. In Pennsylvania, there are approximately 2,000 women i...
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Croda International, Plc (Croda), a smart science healthcare solutions company, announced Thursday it will use funding from the federal government to establish a new facility in Lamar, Pa., that will ...
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A recent court decision to void Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to place tolls on nine major bridges across the state is a win for the state’s residents, state Sen. Lisa Baker (R-20) said on Thu...
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced Wednesday that GLG, the world’s insight network, will locate its third major U.S. office in Philadelphia. The expansion is the company’s first operation in...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services’ Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) has provided more than $5 million in water and wastewater bill assistance grants to Pennsylvania...
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The Pennsylvania Senate’s State Government Committee announced the approval of four bills to increase government transparency. State Sen. David Argall (R-29), the committee chairman, said the bi...
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