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State Reps. Dan Deasy (D-Allegheny) and Jake Wheatley (D-Allegheny) recently sent a letter to Gov. Tom Wolf, asking him to waive liquor license fees for restaurants and bars.
The waiver is in respo...
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Independent contractors, gig workers, the self-employed, clergy, and others not ordinarily eligible for unemployment compensation can now file backdated claims on the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance ...
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Gov. Tom Wolf signed an executive order Wednesday, affording certain healthcare practitioners protection against liability for good faith actions taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic – a move ...
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A bipartisan group of 58 members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives recently sent a letter to Gov. Tom Wolf and the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) urging them to suspend regula...
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Sen. Camera Bartolotta (R-46) recently sent a letter to Gov. Tom Wolf urging him to reopen businesses in Beaver, Greene, and Washington counties
Bartolotta’s district was not included in Wolf’s...
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The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry (PA Chamber) announced Tuesday the launching of its new website for the “Bringing PA Back” initiative, which is intended to help businesses across...
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The House recently passed a bill that would exempt Pennsylvanians from paying state tax on their federal stimulus payments and business loans.
The federal CARES Act provided Americans making less t...
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DoorDash, the largest food delivery network company in the United States, recently worked with the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General to expand financial, health, and childcare-related support fo...
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A group of Bucks County legislators recently urged Gov. Tom Wolf and Rachel Levine, Pennsylvania Department of Health secretary, to consider changing the metric being used to calculate whether to reop...
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The Pittsburgh Business Group on Health (PBGH) announced last week the release of a report conducted by the group’s analytics partner, Innovu, regarding COVID-19 case data by region and county.
T...
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The Pennsylvania Association of Realtors (PAR) recently expressed their disagreement with Gov. Tom Wolf's May 1 announcement that a ban remains on in-person real estate transactions in the majority of...
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The Pennsylvania Farm Bureau recently gave its support for House Bill 2429 that would reopen garden centers so long as the businesses use appropriate Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) s...
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The House recently advanced legislation that would allow lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores to reopen during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gov. Tom Wolf closed these and other designated “non...
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The Manufacturer & Business Association (MBA) participated in a virtual meeting last week led by Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Secretary Dennis Davin to prov...
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Following Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan for a green, yellow, red phased-in reopening of public and private construction, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced that highway and bri...
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The House recently passed legislation that would require Gov. Tom Wolf to notify House and Senate leaders of any regulations that are modified, suspended, or waived during the COVID-19 emergency decla...
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Legislation recently introduced in the state Senate would exempt real estate work from Pennsylvania's business closure order, so long as the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines are used to sl...
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The State House of Representatives advanced Wednesday House Bill 2412 that would require the secretary of the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) to issue a waiver to restart all r...
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Bipartisan legislation recently introduced in the Senate would help Pennsylvania businesses receive payment for business interruption insurance claims filed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The bill c...
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The state House recently advanced legislation that would require a review of the state’s debt obligations and identify refinancing options in a report to the General Assembly.
Under the bill, the...
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