The Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) approved more than $84 million in loan financing in 2018, Gov. Tom Wolf said Wednesday. “Providing access to capital is one of the best wa...
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Gov. Tom Wolf signed an executive order Tuesday setting the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 26 percent by 2025 and 80 percent by 2050 from their 2005 levels. Wolf established the GreenGov...
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PharmaCann Penn Plant LLC, a PharmaCann Company, will construct a 36,000 square-foot, pharmaceutical-grade medical marijuana growing and processing facility in Lackawanna County, Penn. The company ...
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Gov. Tom Wolf, who will be sworn into his second term on Jan. 20, said his administration will continue to invest in a highly trained and skilled workforce and to grow the state’s economy. “Bu...
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The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) raised rates Sunday by 6 percent increase for cash, E-ZPass and PA Turnpike TOLL BY PLATE users. The increase was approved by commissioners in July and a...
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Fulton Bank, N.A., based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday that it signed an agreement to purchase the wealth management business conducted by Forney Financial Solutions, LLC, based in Al...
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Speaker of the House Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) appointed Wednesday Rep. Mark Keller (R-Perry/Cumberland) as majority chairman for the 2019-2020 session of the House Commerce Committee. “I am plea...
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Rep. Russ Diamond (R-Lebanon) took the oath of office Tuesday to begin the 2019-20 legislative session in the state House of Representatives and noted that he would focus on problems facing small busi...
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PennDOT’s Montoursville-based Engineering District 3, which covers nine counties in north central Pennsylvania, began or completed multiple projects in 2018. In 2018, 52 contracts, totaling nearl...
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The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) recently released the results of its annual Cold Weather Survey, which found that approximately 18,500 households in Pennsylvania that had their utilit...
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Dauphin County Commissioners recently approved a $5.3 million low-interest loan to Vartan Group. The loan is the first through the commissioners’ Dauphin County Infrastructure Bank. “We cre...
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Earlier this month, the York County Board of Commissioners approved a 2019 budget of $574 million, a $62 million decrease from 2018. The general fund budget was set at $252.6 million. The budge...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) recently released its employment situation report for November 2018, which reported an unemployment rate of 4.2 percent in Pennsylvania. The un...
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The Public Pension Management and Asset Investment Review Commission recently released a report that provides recommendations for improving the management and transparency of investment expenses and r...
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Zenith Insurance Co. and ZNAT Insurance Co. are the first insurers in the state to submit informational workers compensation filings, a move commended by Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman. On D...
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The state’s Department of Community and Economic Development recently granted nearly $2 million in tax credits to more than 20 community redevelopment projects in the Erie region, state Reps. Patric...
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Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said Tuesday that the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) has made improvements in accounting for taxpayer dollars spent on job-creation programs....
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Auditor General Eugene DePasquale recently released his most recent performance audit of the Port Authority of Allegheny County, which found that the Port Authority’s 97 bus routes are on schedule 6...
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The Dauphin County Commissioners approved Wednesday a $247 million budget for 2019, which includes no property tax increases for the 14th year in a row. “We never forget that the taxpayers are re...
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Aro Biotherapeutics, a Philadelphia biotechnology company, recently raised $13 million in start-up funding to develop and commercialize its next-generation protein drug platform, Centyrins. Centyri...
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