Pennmark Harrisburg Holdings LLC, an affiliate of Pennmark Management, has purchased Penn Center, a 271,043 square-foot office campus at 2601 N. 3rd St. in Harrisburg. The
Framing the challenge of finding childcare as a critical issue for employers, York-area business and nonprofit leaders yesterday unveiled a new program designed to encourage fresh thinking on the years-old problem.The program, called Every Child Has Opportunities, or ECHO, plans to dole out $700,000 in grants this spring to expand the number of home-based childcare providers […]
As they broke ground yesterday on a new “mini hospital” in southern York County, WellSpan Health officials identified the next two locations for the small-format medical centers: the Carlisle area and northern York County.The regional health system is opening the three mini hospitals — in partnership with Texas-based specialty operator Emerus — to bring inpatient […]
David Callejo Pérez has been named chancellor and dean of Penn State Harrisburg. He had been the school’s interim chancellor and dean.Callejo Pérez joined Penn State in 2019 as associate president and senior associate dean for academic programs for the university’s Commonwealth Campuses. He was interim vice president of Commonwealth Campuses before being named interim chanceller […]
York County commissioners last week approved the county’s participation in a program that offers specialized financing tools for clean-energy and energy-efficiency projects. The program, offered in partnership with Schnecksville-based Sustainable Energy Fund, is called the Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy program, or C-PACE.How does it work: Commercial and nonprofit property owners tap the program to secure private-sector […]
The National Sexual Violence Resource Center, a division of Harrisburg-based nonprofit Respect Together, has named Jennifer Grove COO. She had een the center’s prevention director. As COO, Grove will manage the operations of the national center, which provides research and tools to advocates working to end sexual abuse, assault and harassment.Grove has served as a […]
Everence, a Lancaster-based financial services company, has hired Kyle Keen as director of organizational services for its offices in Lancaster, Mount Joy, Mechanicsburg, Chambersburg and Belleville. In this new role, Keen will help grow relationships with organizational clients.Keen worked previously for ConnectCare3, a provider of health and wellness programs to employes. He earned a bachelor’s […]
State officials may be taking another swing at drafting rules designed to make it easier for people with criminal records to earn professional licenses in Pennsylvania.That’s because a regulatory review panel gave the latest version a thumbs down at a meeting last week.Members of the Independent Regulatory Review Commission were concerned about some of the […]
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing Sheetz, arguing that the company’s use of criminal background checks in hiring is discriminatory.The agency noted that Sheetz was not motivated by race in making hiring decisions. However, the agency claims that the convenience-store chain’s hiring practices disproportionately screened out job applicants who are Black, Native American, Alaska […]
A network of healthcare providers in western Pennsylvania is suing Aetna over what the providers allege is unfair treatment under the terms of a value-based contract.The contract took effect in 2023 and is supposed to reward the network, Bridges Health Partners, for reducing the cost of care while improving the health of people enrolled in Aetna’s Medicare Advantage […]
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