In a party-line vote, a House panel approved legislation on June 12 to exempt Pennsylvania sales taxes from so-called swipe fees — the fees assessed
Kim Phipps, the president of Messiah University in Grantham, plans to retire in June 2025 after two decades leading the university, which was a college when she first became president.Indeed, converting Messiah from a college to a university is one of Phipps’s major achievements as leader of the Christian-based institution, where she worked for 27 years overall.She […]
Pennsylvania banks and credit unions are pushing back on proposed state legislation that would exempt the sales-tax portion of retail purchases from so-called swipe or interchange fees — the fees charged by financial services companies for processing credit card payments. The fees are typically 1% to 3% of a transaction. Under the exemption, on a […]
United Fiber & Data, a York-based fiber optics firm that once promised to bring jobs and data centers to eastern Pennsylvania, is selling “substantially all” of its assets to a New York-based company.Those assets include the signature project of United Fiber & Data, or UFD, a company founded in 2012 by former members of the […]
State officials are taking another crack at finalizing proposed rules that would make it easier for Pennsylvania residents with criminal records to earn professional licenses in fields ranging from accounting and nursing to cosmetology and real estate. The Department of State, which oversees professional licensure, issued a revised version of the rules this month after an earlier draft was […]
Kyle Eichelberger has been named controller at York-based Investment Real Estate Group of Companies. Eichelberger joined the company in 2020 as a staff accountant and has now been promoted twice.
Karen Roland has been named senior vice president of marketing at Mechanicsburg-based Members 1st Federal Credit Union.Roland worked most recently as an associate vice president in marketing, communications and outreach at State Employees Credit Union in North Carolina. But she also worked previously at Members 1st as assistant vice president of marketing and vice president […]
Moon Dancer Vineyards & Winery, a winery and event venue overlooking the Susquehanna River in Lower Windsor Township, York County, was forced to close as of June 9 as the result of a court order in a six-year-old legal battle between winery owner Jim Miller and neighboring homeowners Matthew Balsavage and Amanda Perko. In a lawsuit […]
When you’re shipping a $100,000 engagement ring, you don’t take any chances.That’s how Simone Kendle found herself on a plane to Toronto over the Memorial Day weekend.“Delivery person” may not be part of the job description for Kendle, the CEO of Wove, a startup custom jewelry company founded and based in Lancaster. And while Wove […]
Solar Renewable Energy LLC purchased a 6.5-acre site at 153 Pine Road in Palmyra. The buyer plans to convert the land into a solar farm to generate electricity for the area. David Alderman of NAI CIR represented the buyer.Le Family Trust purchased 3,000 square feet of retail space at 2552 Paxton St. in Harrisburg from […]
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