Health insurers are asking for double-digit rate hikes for plans sold in Pennsylvania on the market created by the Affordable Care Act. State insurance regulators
A higher minimum wage could be moving to the front burner in Harrisburg thanks to a Republican state senator who is hoping for action on the issue this fall. It is not a new issue for the lawmaker, state Sen. Dan Laughlin of Erie County. He has backed increases in the past. But with economic […]
Rochelle Grey has joined Mid Penn Bank as vice president and trust relationship manager within its trust and wealth management division. She will be based in the bank’s Wyomissing office and will serve clients throughout the Berks, Lehigh and Philadelphia areas, as well as New Jersey. Grey worked most recently as regional trust advisor at […]
Bryan Chapman, a former supply chain executive for West Shore Home, is pleading not guilty to federal charges that he tried to extort a severance payment from the Mechanicsburg-based home improvement company after he was fired in 2023, according to Chapman and his attorney. The attorney, Thomas Thornton of the federal public defender’s office, declined to […]
Hanover-based snack food company Utz Brands Inc. plans to wind down operations at a plant and warehouse in Grand Rapids, Michigan, as part of an ongoing effort to concentrate production at its larger, more efficient factories. Manufacturing at the Grand Rapids plant is slated to end by Jan. 30, followed by the end of warehouse operations on […]
Ian Brinkman has joined the Lancaster office of McNees Wallace & Nurick as part of the law firm’s corporate and tax Group. He advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, general corporate matters, and nonprofit transactions. Before joining McNees, Brinkman practiced at Lancaster-based Gibbel Kraybill & Hess, advising clients on a broad range of corporate and […]
Crocker Run LLC purchased a mixed-use property at 267–269 E. Market St. in York for $1.005 million from Heit Holdings LLC, according to county deed records. The fully leased, five-unit investment property features one commercial suite and four two-bedroom apartments. The first floor is occupied by Justice Works Family of Services, a social services organization […]
In 2022, Pennsylvania waived sales taxes for computer equipment purchased for use in data centers, provided the centers met certain requirements. Following a slew of announcements about new data center projects around the state, the price tag for that exemption may be going up. The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue is revisiting its forecasts on the […]
A regional developer toiled for nearly a decade to bring a mix of uses to an 84-acre tract in Fairview Township, York County. Now, the company, Fairview Crossroads LLC, is hoping to plant a data center on the site, which is off Lewisberry Road, west of Interstate 83 and south of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. “It’s been […]
Tamara Fox Rose has joined law firm Saxton & Stump as senior counsel to its regulatory and government affairs, commercial litigation, and tax and tax controversy groups in the firm’s suburban and downtown Harrisburg offices. Ms. Rose worked most recently at law firm Stevens & Lee and its government affairs affiliate, GSL Public Strategies Group, […]