State

By MARC LEVY HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Work on a new state budget for Pennsylvania will plow into next week as the state government started the fiscal year Friday with diminished spending authority and details of a new spending plan still largely a secret. Leaders of the Republican-controlled House and Senate sent rank-and-file lawmakers home…

By MARC LEVY HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s new fiscal year will begin without a state budget in place, as Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration and top Republican lawmakers planned to work through Thursday’s deadline to hammer out a roughly $42 billion spending plan whose details were still largely being kept secret. Negotiators have yet to…

By MARC LEVY HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s state House of Representatives and Senate returned to the Capitol on Tuesday, as leaders of the Republican-controlled chambers worked to get an agreement on a roughly $42 billion budget plan with Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf before the state loses some of its spending authority in three days.…

By MARK SCOLFORO HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A county judge in Williamsport has to decide whether to force officials to provide voter-by-voter electronic election records after the state Office of Open Records ruled Pennsylvania law makes them confidential. Heather Honey, who heads the Lebanon, Pennsylvania-based firm Haystack Investigations, sought in October a digital copy of…

MECHANICSBURG, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jun 28, 2022– In less than six months since its availability, the new has provided more than $5 million in water and wastewater bill assistance grants to Pennsylvania American Water customers in need. The temporary emergency program, which was financed by $43 million in federal funding and authorized last year by the Pennsylvania…

By MARK SCOLFORO HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A proposal to require Pennsylvania’s four state-related universities to promise they are not conducting research or experiments with fetal tissue from elective abortions was added to a state budget bill by House Republicans on Monday. The chamber voted 108-92, with three Republicans crossing party lines, for the amendment…

MECHANICSBURG, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jun 27, 2022– Recognizing that language can be a significant barrier to accessing important information, educational resources and programming, Pennsylvania American Water recently developed additional Spanish-language resources aimed at improving service and communication for customers. The company also created a to highlight these offerings to the Spanish-speaking community. “We’re committed to providing appropriate,…

By MARC LEVY HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — With a week to go until the state’s budget deadline, Gov. Tom Wolf and leaders of the Republican-controlled Legislature are working through their remaining differences as they try to produce an agreement on a roughly $42 billion budget plan that they say will marshal substantial new aid for…

CHICAGO, June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — (Hub), a leading full-service global insurance brokerage and financial services firm, announced today that it has acquired the assets of Heritage Wealth Management Group, LLC (Heritage Wealth Management Group). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, Heritage Wealth Management Group is an independent financial…

By MARC LEVY HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — One candidate is unabashedly blunt, willing to embrace progressive positions, doing little to build rapport with party leaders and dominating rooms with a 6-foot-8-inch frame. The other crafts a more moderate image, a deliberate public speaker who became a congressional aide out of college and has carefully cultivated…