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Lancaster Bible College

Tommy Kiedis is scheduled to move on from the role of president of Lancaster Bible College effective July 30, 2027. He’ll be succeeded by Jael

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Construction

‘More and more invigorated’: Local exec reflects on new book, ongoing mission

Bob Whalen felt like he was pitching a pipe dream when he first began describing employee ownership to companies he was hoping to fold into HB Global, a Mechanicsburg-based HVAC contractor that has been employee-owned since 2010. But over more than a decade, the pipe dream has turned 30 employee-owners into millionaires and allowed hundreds […]

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Always Lancaster

Always Lancaster, the nonprofit publisher of LNP LancasterOnline has named digital media veteran Mike Orren as the news outlet’s CEO. He rounds out an LNP leadership team that includes executive editor Tom Murse and president Chris Stahl.  Before moving to Lancaster, Orren founded Dallas-based digital publication Pegasus News and worked as chief product and marketing […]

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Education

Arts, training proposed for closing Penn State campuses

The ball has landed in Penn State‘s court.  After a year of planning and community engagement, York leaders pitched Penn State last month on a vision for the future of the university’s York campus, which is slated to close in May 2027.  Penn State acknowledged receipt but made no commitments. “We appreciate the thoughtful process YCEA […]

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Construction

State loan backs $17.2M office project in Lancaster County

Nearly four months after they started construction on a shared headquarters near Mount Joy, two Lancaster County companies landed a low-interest state loan to cover a portion of the nearly $17.2 million price tag. State officials said yesterday they approved a $2.25 million loan to Strickler Investments LLC, a real estate affiliate of solar installer Paradise Energy […]

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Executive Insights

What great leaders notice first

Column by Brandon Rogers The longer someone leads, the less impressed they become with raw talent alone. Experience has a way of teaching leaders that

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Iowa distributor buys West York industrial building

Carroll Construction Supply, a building products supplier based in Ottumwa, Iowa, paid $6.2 million for a roughly 30,000-square-foot industrial property at 225 Hanover Road in West Manchester Township, York County, according to county deed records. It had been owned by a local investor doing business as 225 Hanover Partners LLC.  Jason Grace, CEO of Camp Hill-based Landmark […]

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Government

House panel OKs small-biz tax credits for health plan costs

A state House panel yesterday passed legislation authorizing tax credits for small businesses that help their employees pay for health insurance. The legislation, which was adopted on a party-line vote, is designed to offset higher costs faced by people buying insurance through the Affordable Care Act.  How would it work: Under House Bill 2550, businesses with […]

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Education

HACC trustees OK sale, lease of more campus buildings

Trustees of HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College voted yesterday to shed more real estate as they seek to close the school’s budget deficit. The school, which is getting a new president this week, already is selling two buildings in the York area. Joining them on the market are buildings in Gettysburg, Harrisburg and Lancaster. They include HACC’s […]

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Accounting

Agency shelves controversial tax proposal

Pennsylvania’s tax collectors have dropped a controversial proposal designed to clarify the corporate income they believe should be taxed. Put forward in spring 2024, the proposed rule aimed to settle long-running sources of friction between the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue and corporate taxpayers by defining just what kinds of business income are subject to taxation […]

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