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A coalition of 27 attorneys general, including Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, recently sent a letter to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos asking the U.S. Department of Education to use emer...
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Republican state representatives from Adams, Cumberland, and York counties are urging Gov. Tom Wolf to allow construction workers to return to job sites and complete projects after Wolf classified con...
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Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday vetoed House Bill 1100, an energy and fertilizer manufacturing tax credit bill, in a move that supporters of the legislation said would sacrifice high-paying jobs for Pennsylva...
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Pennsylvania has ended the regulatory barriers preventing the state’s more than 130 small craft distilleries from producing hand sanitizer, state Sens. Vincent Hughes (D-Philadelphia/Montgomery), an...
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The Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) approved $61 million in low-interest loans Tuesday for small businesses negatively impacted by the COVID-19 public health emergency, Senate Maj...
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Sen. Jim Brewster (D-Allegheny/Westmoreland) recently sent a letter to Gov. Tom Wolf outline a plan to boost the state’s economic recovery efforts, workers, and small businesses after the COVID-19 p...
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Gov. Tom Wolf recently approved a waiver classifying battery manufacturer East Penn as a life-sustaining business, which allows it to operate during the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Before the order ...
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A Pennsylvania bill approved by the General Assembly that’s sitting on the governor’s desk awaiting action by March 28 would provide an energy and fertilizer manufacturing tax credit for projects ...
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Recently introduced legislation aims to help Pennsylvanians paying off their home and student loans during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The help would come in the form of two bills that would waive inter...
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PECO, Pennsylvania's largest electric and natural gas utility, recently donated $350,000 to United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey's PHL COVID-19 Fund.
The company will also d...
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The Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) sent correspondence March 21 to Gov. Tom Wolf, urging him to reconsider his ban against construction pr...
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On March 19 at 8 p.m., Gov. Tom Wolf ordered all non-life-sustaining businesses in Pennsylvania to close physical locations to mitigate a further spread of COVID-19, drawing heavy criticism and concer...
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Gov. Tom Wolf asked the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) on Wednesday to implement a disaster declaration, which would allow eligible nonprofit organizations and businesses statewide to apply ...
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The state will move $40 million under the Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA) to a small business loan program to help businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
An additional $21 millio...
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Sen. Tom Killion (R-Chester/Delaware Counties) announced plans to introduce legislation establishing a zero-interest loan program for small businesses that have been affected by community mitigation e...
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State Sen. Larry Farnese (D-South Philadelphia) and Rep. Joe Hohenstein (D-Bridesburg) plan to introduce legislation that would provide emergency paid sick leave for Pennsylvanians affected by the COV...
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Gladys Brown Dutrieuille, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) chairwoman, recently signed an emergency order prohibiting the termination of electric, natural gas, water, wastewater, telecommu...
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Gov. Tom Wolf mandated closure on March 15 of all bars and sit-in restaurants under Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 disaster declaration order, following a similar order announced Friday calling for the shu...
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Recently introduced legislation would defer student loan repayments to the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency for up to 60 days.
The bill is in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Pennsylvania will make available up to $4 million in Strategic Innovation Grants to help communities address employment barriers, according to Department of Labor & Industry Secretary Jerry Oleksiak.
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