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Power-line developer notches victory as legal fight plows ahead

The legal fight continues over high-voltage power lines that would run through southern York and Franklin counties. The chief issue is whether state utility regulators overstepped constitutional bounds when they blocked the interstate project in May 2021.Proposed in 2017 by Ohio-based Transource, the $372 million Independence Energy Connection would ease congestion for power flowing from Pennsylvania to Maryland by constructing […]

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Report: Region’s tourist trade erases pandemic losses

The Covid-19 pandemic emptied out the region’s amusement parks and Amish attractions.But by 2022, the tourists had returned, and then some. That’s the conclusion to be drawn from the most recent annual report of the Pennsylvania Tourism Office. Spending in what the state calls the Dutch Country Roads region hit nearly $9.4 billion in 2022, up 18.3% […]

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Guv revives, revises carbon cap-and-trade

Appearing March 13 at a Scranton union hall, Gov. Josh Shapiro laid out plans for speeding up Pennsylvania’s shift to cleaner forms of electricity while creating jobs and capping carbon emissions from the power sector.The plans aim to bridge differences that have long divided environmentalists, labor groups, lawmakers and others with a stake in state […]

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Firm with Lanco ties forges $270M deal

A Massachusetts-based company has agreed to pay $270 million in cash for a London-based firm that sells anti-counterfeiting products and services.The firm is OpSec Security, which has operations at two locations in the Greenfield business park in East Lampeter Township, Lancaster County. OpSec had been on a path to go public this year by merging with […]

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Local bank aims for the stars

Mid Penn Bancorp is fielding a sports and entertainment division designed to cater to the financial needs of high-profile athletes and entertainers.The unit formalizes an area where Mid Penn already has been making inroads, said Jordan Space, the bank’s COO. Many celebrities have come to know and trust the Harrisburg-based bank through its annual celebrity golf tournament […]

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PA job growth slows but labor market still tight

After two years of explosive, post-pandemic growth, Pennsylvania’s job growth is returning to its pre-pandemic form.Revised numbers indicate the state’s employers added roughly 80,800 jobs in 2023, though the numbers could be revised further, according to L&I. That compares with six-figure growth in 2021 and 2022, when the economy was recovering from the depths of the […]

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Statewide venture fund makes first investments

Four months after taking the field, a statewide venture fund is taking its first shots.The so-called GO PA Fund has invested in two companies, a financial technology firm based in Swarthmore and an advertising tech company based in New York, albeit with roots and some operations in Philadelphia. The fintech company is LoanStar Technologies, which helps […]

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Small housing group aims for bigger impact

About a dozen years ago, several members of East Chestnut Street Mennonite Church in Lancaster banded together to start a nonprofit focused on creating affordable housing, with a focus on people experiencing homelessness.Their first project was the purchase and conversion of a single-family home at 639 E. Chestnut St. Over the next decade, the nonprofit […]

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Edtech startup hires revenue chief

TEAMology, an education technology startup based in Chambersburg, has hired Gretchen Thompson as its first-ever chief revenue officer, where she will lead sales, business development, strategic partnerships and marketing initiatives.Thompson has held sales, marketing and leadership positions for a number of education-related startups, including ClassLink, Qwizdom and Vizzle. She worked most recently for Baltimore-based Allovue, which developed finance software for […]

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Court OKs lawsuit over solar hookups

A state court has handed a preliminary legal victory to a business owner in a fight over the cost of connecting solar projects to the electric distribution system.The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission had objected to the business owner’s lawsuit on procedural grounds. But in a ruling last week, Commonwealth Court overruled the objections, allowing the case […]

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Low-cost carrier dropping HIA flights

Frontier Airlines is ending service at Harrisburg International Airport effective May 13, according to HIA spokesperson Scott Miller. Frontier offers nonstop flights from HIA to Orlando and in previous years had offered a nonstop flight to Denver. The change is part of a larger reshuffling of Frontier routes, including the addition of 17 new flights around the U.S. […]

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A speed bump for PA job growth?

Pennsylvania employers added more than 111,000 jobs in 2023, pushing the number of nonfarm jobs to a new state record, nearly 6.2 million, according to the Department of Labor & Industry.The jobless rate, meanwhile, was at 3.5%, down from 4.3% a year earlier. But things may not be as healthy as they look. Pennsylvania could be […]

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Court extends time for bankruptcy sale of Harrisburg apartments

A court hearing on the bankruptcy sale of Governor’s Square apartment complex in uptown Harrisburg had been scheduled for Feb. 29. However, it has been moved to April 2 per an order from Chief Bankruptcy Judge Henry Van Eck of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.Why is this happening: The complex’s […]

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A peek behind the state plan for economic growth

Earlier this year, Gov. Josh Shapiro rolled out a plan for economic development in Pennsylvania that is expected to unfold over the next decade. Progress is likely to be measured in shorter increments of time.State lawmakers, who are being asked to fund parts of the plan, could start asking for results by next year.And therein […]

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Zoners turn down housing plan for former country club

Efforts to redevelop the former Red Lion Country Club in York County have taken a second hit.At a meeting on Feb. 27, zoning officials in York Township voted 3-2 to deny a developer’s request for a special exception to allow age-restricted housing under the property’s current zoning, which is for commercial office. “I don’t think […]

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WellSpan to acquire Lewisburg hospital

WellSpan Health has expanded to the east, west and south of its base in York County. The regional health system is now poised to reach north. WellSpan has agreed to acquire Evangelical Community Hospital, whose leaders have been looking for a partner that could shore up its ailing finances.Terms of the transaction, expected to close this summer, were […]

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AG: “Sham” internet provider targeted rural York

A locally based company allegedly broke state law by reselling internet service in what the state attorney general described in a lawsuit as a “sham business.”The company, Davis Communications Internet Inc., subscribed to business internet plans, then advertised itself as an internet provider in its own right, specifically targeting consumers in rural York County, where internet […]

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Growing Lititz firm adds minority investor

The Benecon Group, has sold a minority stake to the private equity arm of New York-based investment giant Neuberger Berman.Terms of the transaction — described as “a significant minority investment” — were not disclosed. A Neuberger spokesperson declined to comment beyond the press release.Neuberger joins an ownership group that includes majority owner TA Associates, a Boston-based private equity firm […]

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Power-line developer notches victory as legal fight plows ahead

Report: Region’s tourist trade erases pandemic losses

Guv revives, revises carbon cap-and-trade

Firm with Lanco ties forges $270M deal

Local bank aims for the stars

PA job growth slows but labor market still tight

Statewide venture fund makes first investments

Small housing group aims for bigger impact

Edtech startup hires revenue chief

Court OKs lawsuit over solar hookups

Low-cost carrier dropping HIA flights

A speed bump for PA job growth?

Court extends time for bankruptcy sale of Harrisburg apartments

A peek behind the state plan for economic growth

Zoners turn down housing plan for former country club

WellSpan to acquire Lewisburg hospital

AG: “Sham” internet provider targeted rural York

Growing Lititz firm adds minority investor

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