A four-bill package recently approved in the state Senate would give county governments more control regarding reopening local economies amid the COVID-19 pandemic and bringing back more than 200,000 ...
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The Senate recently passed House Bill 327, which would amend the liquor code to clarify the process for a referendum on whether to allow for the sale of liquor in municipalities during a primary, muni...
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Indiana County business leaders, labor representatives, school district superintendents, and elected officials warned about the devastating economic impacts that would result from Pennsylvania’s inc...
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Sen. Camera Bartolotta (R-46), chair of the Pennsylvania Senate Labor and Industry Committee, forwarded correspondence to Attorney General Josh Shapiro regarding the status of employees who refuse to ...
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State Reps. Liz Hanbidge (D-Montgomery) and Chris Rabb (D-Philadelphia) are urging a study of the impact of electric vehicles in Pennsylvania. The legislators introduced a House resolution last mon...
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Carbon County lawmakers disagree with Gov. Tom Wolf’s decision to extend the county’s stay-at-home order until June 4. Sen. John Yudichak (I- Luzerne County), Reps. Doyle Heffley (R-Carbon Coun...
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The state Senate filed a formal request with the Commonwealth Court to force Gov. Tom Wolf to release documents associated with mandated business closures related to the COVID-19 public health emergen...
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Proposed legislation would make it mandatory for companies to provide daily reports on the impact of COVID-19 on their workforces to gather data from the state’s industrial sector. The COVID-19 I...
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The Senate Community, Economic and Recreational Development Committee approved Monday two pieces of legislation that grant waivers allowing all manufacturers, barbers, real estate operations and other...
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The Pennsylvania Association of Realtors (PAR) recently released a statement expressing their disappointment in Gov. Tom Wolf’s decision to continue deep restrictions on most in-person real estate t...
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Two bills recently introduced in the state House aim to help nonprofit organizations and small businesses negatively affected by the coronavirus pandemic. One bill would create a COVID-19 Banking o...
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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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