Ashley Lacis has joined RKL LLP as practice leader of a new senior living financial planning and analysis practice, part of the Lancaster-based advisory firm’s
In a speech last week in Pittsburgh, Gov. Josh Shapiro tried to stake out a middle ground in the raging national debate over regulating the most advanced forms of artificial intelligence. Advocates of stricter regulation warn unrestrained development could end in the destruction of humanity. Opponents say the fears are overblown and that onerous regulation […]
Column by Martin Fedorko Pennsylvania builds companies in places that don’t look like startup towns. A bakery on Market Street in York. A donkey and
Retail establishment Moon Bird Distilling opened this month in a restored building at 133 S. Hanover St. in Carlisle following a 12-year, $1 million-plus rehab project led by the husband-and-wife ownership team of Eric Storms and Kathleen Calvert. They transformed the once-dilapidated building, known as The McLellan Place, into a small-batch craft distillery, brick-oven pizzeria, […]
Despite ample headwinds from tariffs and higher oil prices, Central Pennsylvania has outperformed the nation this year when it comes to job growth, according to a new analysis by an economist from The PNC Financial Services Group. The question is whether the regional economy can withstand a period of rising interest rates ushered in yesterday […]
The company building data center campuses in Lancaster is locked in another battle over zoning. Affiliates of Virginia-based developer Chirisa Technology Parks are asking a Lancaster County court to quash an appeal by a group of more than two dozen city residents challenging what they see as a zoning decision for the company’s data center campus […]
Mike McKenna has been named vice president of strategic initiatives for the High Foundation, effective Sept. 8. He will oversee the Lancaster-based philanthropy’s priorities in the areas of the environment and affordable housing. McKenna, a veteran nonprofit leader, also has been named executive director of Lancaster Housing Works, a startup nonprofit backed by a $10 […]
After a years-long fight to stay open, Moon Dancer Vineyards & Winery has filed for bankruptcy protection. The business, based in Lower Windsor Township, York County, filed for Chapter 11, which gives it a chance to shed debt and reemerge as a going concern. Moon Dancer is pinning its hopes, in part, on overturning a […]
Could more time on the clock help state lawmakers meet a looming deadline to develop a regulatory framework for skill games, slot-like devices endangered by a court ruling this summer? State Rep. Brad Roae, a Republican from northwestern Pennsylvania, thinks so. He is seeking support for legislation that would give lawmakers another six months to […]
Peter Wertz has been elected to membership at McNees Wallace & Nurick, effective Jan. 1, 2027. Wertz practices in the Harrisburg-based law firm’s real estate group, advising businesses and individuals in land use and transactional matters. His work includes representing clients in litigation involving municipal zoning, land development and title actions. “We’re excited to welcome […]