The state Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee recently voted down a proposed regulation that would impose a tax on Pennsylvania energy producers by entering the state into the Regional...
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Pennsylvania Auditor General Timothy DeFoor on Sept. 14 released a performance audit criticizing the Wolf administration’s waiver process for businesses that asked to remain open during the start of...
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Two committees chaired by Pennsylvania Sens. John Yudichak (I-14) and Scott Hutchinson (R-21) toured the Iron Mountain Data Center on Thursday before discussing sales and use tax exemptions approved i...
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State Rep. Josh Kail (R-Beaver) plans to introduce a bill designed to spur business growth and investment in Pennsylvania. Specifically, Kail is looking to increase the corporate net loss deduction...
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The U.S. Treasury Department recently awarded the Pittsburgh Urban Initiatives (PUI) $50 million in New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC). PUI invests in office, retail, mixed-use, and community facility ...
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The Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) recently approved three new low-interest loans. One of the loans is for Weaver’s Sanitation Service in Bedford County, through the Souther...
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The controversial plan to march Pennsylvania into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) was narrowly approved by a state commission Wednesday but will likely face a concerted counterattack fro...
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Talen Energy Corp., one of the largest competitive power generation and infrastructure companies in North America, and Cumulus Data, a Talen subsidiary developing a data center outside Berwick, applau...
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Pennsylvania Reps. Jim Marshall (R-Beaver/Butler), House Consumer Affairs Committee Chairman; Rob Matzie (D-Allegheny/Beaver), minority chairman; and Chris Quinn (R-Delaware) Consumer Affairs Committe...
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Pennsylvania now ranks second in the nation for natural gas production volume, according to new data released by the Pennsylvania Independent Fiscal Office (IFO), which provides revenue projections fo...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) recently opened the application period for $1 million in 2021 Small Business Advantage Grant funding. The grants are available to sma...
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Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding and Senator Elder Vogel, Chair of the Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, joined dairy leaders at Harrisburg Dairies Wednesday to highlight a new stat...
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The Office of Attorney General recently won a motion against Associated Realty Property Management (ARPM), a student-housing company in State College. The state has been engaged in an ongoing lawsu...
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The state recently opened the application period for the Farm to School Grant Program. Eligible applicants are private schools, charter schools, or school districts with students in pre-K through ...
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Republicans in the Pennsylvania State Senate launched another counterattack on the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) this week by firing off a letter to the state’s Independent Regulatory Re...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) recently issued Sunoco Pipeline LP an $85,666 fine as part of a Consent Assessment of Civil Penalty (CACP) signed earlier this month. ...
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The application period for the 2021 Act 13 Unconventional Gas Well Fund Grant program recently open and will run through Oct. 15. The program provides grants to fire companies, rescue companies, an...
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Pennsylvania Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman (R-Bellefonte) announced last week that all Senate expenses would be made available to the public starting Sept. 1 in a move to promote government...
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security recently awarded fire departments statewide Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) to purchase personal protective equipment. The Federal Emergency Managemen...
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The Pennsylvania Health Care Association (PHCA) criticized last week a recent state Department of Health (DOH) mandatory vaccine goal for skilled nursing homes. Calling the nursing home vaccine go...
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