State insurance regulators are joining other observers warning about higher costs next year for the tens of thousands of Pennsylvania residents who buy health insurance
Michael A. Smith has been named president and CEO of the YMCA of the Roses effective Aug. 1. He is succeeding Larry Richardson, who is retiring after 31 years in office. Smith has worked for the York-based regional nonprofit for eight years, most recently as vice president of administration. He also has worked as operations director and […]
Just over a year ago, Drew Mousetis began pitching the idea of direct employee ownership to anyone willing to listen. Now, he and the Lancaster-based nonprofit he leads, the Tandem Center for Shared Business Success, are poised to land their first convert. “There’s a lot of buzz out there about Tandem, and people want to […]
Steve Knaub plans to retire effective Dec. 31 as president and CEO of Choices Healthcare, the Lancaster-based parent of Hospice & Community Care and Hospice of Central PA. The nonprofit’s board is conducting a national search for his successor. Knaub’s career in regional hospice began in 1998 when he was hired as CFO of Hospice & Community Care, based […]
York-based nonprofit Community Progress Council has added two members to its senior leadership team. Lindsay Veres has been promoted to assistant chief program officer, while Melissa Morgan has been hired as its first chief operating officer. Veres worked most recently as CPC’s director of intake and coaching, where she was instrumental in creating a self-sufficiency […]
Lisa Hawthorne has been named CEO of Willow Valley Communities, a senior living provider based in West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County. Formerly known professionally as Lisa Legeer, she succeeds John Swanson. Swanson now heads a related entity called Willow Valley Development Corp., which is focused on the organization’s active projects. Hawthorne worked most recently as chief strategy […]
Enhanced federal tax credits help Pennsylvanians afford private health insurance in the market established more than a decade ago by the Affordable Care Act, or ACA. But the enhanced credits are slated to expire at the end of this year if the U.S. Congress does not extend them. If the credits lapse, the average Pennsylvanian […]
The nonprofit parent of regional public media station WITF is divesting a subsidiary created in 2023 when the station was gifted a Lancaster newspaper. The board of WITF parent Pennon voted this week to transfer ownership of The Steinman Institute for Civic Engagement, which was founded to boost regional journalism resources and civic education. The institute’s new owners would be […]
Environmental groups are slamming a proposed rule designed to help companies in Pennsylvania figure out when they need to disclose accidental spills of hazardous chemicals. Drafted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the rule aims to clarify what kinds of spills should be reported to regulators. But environmentalists argue the rule gives businesses too […]
Spring Grove-based Pixelle Specialty Solutions has revised the timeline for closing its plant in Ohio. The papermaker said yesterday it plans to cease production at the plant in Chillicothe on Aug. 10. The plant employed more than 800 people earlier this year, but it is not clear how many work there now. The company initially […]