The state Senate recently advanced legislation that would allow employers to be reimbursed for expenses paid to an employee for a workplace injury when a settlement or award of damages is obtained aga...
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Pennsylvania’s public coffers just got a natural gas-powered boost. The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission on Monday announced that $146.3 million in impact fees will be distributed in 2021. ...
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The state Senate has passed a bill that would prevent Pennsylvania joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) without first getting the approval of the state legislature. The Pennsylvani...
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The Pennsylvania General Assembly voted Thursday to end Gov. Tom Wolf’s COVID-19 emergency declaration while ensuring existing regulatory flexibilities provided for under the order remain in effect ...
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The state Senate Finance Committee recently advanced legislation to provide employers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic with critical assistance, Senate Bill 368 is part of the Prioritize Pennsylv...
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A concurrent resolution soon to be introduced in the state Senate would create a bicameral, 18-month commission focused on the state’s education system. The 2030 Commission on Education and Econo...
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) would provide new funding for minority-owned businesses in Erie County. Part of the Pennsylvania Mi...
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The House Urban Affairs Committee recently held a hearing to discuss how blight laws are being used and how proposed legislation might tackle blight statewide. According to the Housing Alliance of...
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Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding recently toured York Fresh Food Farms in York, where he discussed how farms in urban areas could end food apartheid. The Urban Agriculture Infrastructure Grant...
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The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, the state's largest broad-based business association, recently launched the second phase of its Bringing PA Back economic initiative. Phase one a...
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State Rep. Napoleon Nelson (D-Montgomery) recently established a bipartisan House Emerging Technologies Caucus and began circulating an email last week inviting colleagues to join. The caucus would...
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The Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) recently approved two low-interest loans totaling $2.3 million. Through the Bucks County Economic Development Corp., Home Reserve was approv...
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Pennsylvania’s Manufacturing Training-to-Career (MTTC) program recently awarded Rhoads Industries and Workforce Solutions for North Central PA $500,000 in funding to develop programs that bring awar...
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The Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Policy Committee held a hybrid in-person and virtual public hearing Tuesday to discuss the Mon Fayette Expressway and its impact on the state's southwest region. ...
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The state Senate recently advanced four bills aimed at increasing the employment rate by increasing legislative oversight. Senate Bill 28 would require all agencies that issue permits to post infor...
Read MoreGene Barr, PA Chamber of Business and Industry president and CEO, recently issued a statement on the state's workforce having difficulty filling open positions. Businesses in several industries hav...
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The Senate Labor and Industry Committee recently advanced legislation that would reinstate the requirement that unemployment claimants search for work to be eligible to receive compensation. The De...
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The Pennsylvania Senate recently advanced four bills addressing job regulations to boost the state’s employment rate while emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic. Senate Bill 28 would require agenci...
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The state Senate Finance Committee recently advanced two bills designed to help businesses recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Both bills were written by state Sen. John Yudichak (I-Luzerne/Carbon)...
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Representatives of Pennsylvania’s manufacturers outlined industry-growth and job-creation concerns for state legislators during a Senate Community, Economic and Recreational Development Committee he...
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