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Court tosses penalty for scrapyard’s labor law violations
A state court has voided a $230,000 penalty leveled by state regulators against York-area scrapyard J&K Salvage for violating child

Utz returning to private hands
Over the last six years, Utz Brands has shed factories, streamlined production and expanded into new markets. The moves, however,

Defense contractor with ‘storied history’ in Lancaster sold
A Lancaster defense business with its origins in World War II is under new ownership. The business is Ampwave Defense,

Specialty distributor sells Elizabethtown-area warehouse after downsizing
Palmyra-based specialty distributor DAS Companies Inc. has sold an Elizabethtown-area warehouse where it laid off workers at the end of

Millions in state grants land on local projects
After a hiatus of about 20 months, Pennsylvania is back in the RACP business. That would be the Redevelopment Assistance

Harrisburg greenlights residential rehab project
Harrisburg city council this week unanimously approved acompany’s plans to convert a long-vacant building at 100 N. 13th St. into

Defense contractor builds on York-area footprint
A defense contractor with two plants in the York area has added a third. San Diego-based Kratos Defense & Security

Feds OK fuel purchases for Crane nuclear plant
Federal regulators have cleared energy company Constellation to buy fuel for the Crane Clean Energy Center, the mothballed nuclear reactor

Lawmakers topple barrier to Penn State campus sales
Soon after Penn State announced last year that it would close seven branch campuses across Pennsylvania, questions swirled about what

Supply deal bolsters wood-to-gas startup
As it finalizes plans for its first refinery, a Pennsylvania startup aiming to make vehicle gasoline from wood has forged

The cost of consensus
Column by Brandon Rogers There is a curious point in every leader’s journey when the room slowly becomes louder than

Township hits pause on data centers
At a meeting this week, supervisors in a York County township passed an ordinance saying they will not accept any

Townhomes coming to former hospital site
Miami-based homebuilding giant Lennar is ramping up construction of new townhomes on the site of a former Lancaster city hospital.

Doc drops retaliation case against UPMC
A lawsuit brought against UPMC by a cardiologist who alleged he was fired after reporting alleged conflicts of interest involving

Carlisle-area cannabis biz sold to workers
Nearly a decade after co-founding one of Pennsylvania’s first medical marijuana businesses, Mark Toigo has handed the keys to employees.

Dunkin’ franchisee buys former bank office
Machines will soon be dispensing coffee instead of cash at a former Fulton Bank branch in eastern York County. A

AI meets executive coaching
As leadership coach Chad Harvey came to grips with the potential for AI to change everything, he started learning as

Court upholds rejection of West Shore warehouse expansion
Officials in Silver Spring Township were justified in denying plans to expand a warehouse on a former IBM campus between

York firm sold to nuclear tech biz supported by AI pioneer
A company backed by AI mogul Sam Altman is gaining a footprint in York County. Nuclear technology developer Oklo Inc.,

Controversial power line plans resurface
An Ohio-based energy company is reviving plans for a high-voltage power line in Franklin County following a years-long legal battle

Developer buys scrapyard at center of environmental dispute
A York-area scrapyard at the center of an environmental dispute is under new ownership. An affiliate of York-based developer Inch

State authority wrestles with fraud in ACA marketplace
A wave of fraud has been hitting Pennsylvania’s Obamacare marketplace amid an upsurge in suspicious activity in marketplaces nationwide. The

Feds allege engineer parlayed inside scoop on TMI restart into stock gains
Federal authorities charged a former Constellation engineer with using inside knowledge of plans to restart an idled nuclear reactor on

Data center plans roil Dauphin County township
For nearly two years, officials and residents in South Hanover Township, Dauphin County, have been debating ground rules for data

Rehab company’s go-private deal under fire from shareholders
Several disgruntled shareholders are pushing back against the roughly $3.9 billion transaction that will make Select Medical Corp. a privately

Exec alleges retaliation after questioning newspaper gift to WITF
The parent of public media station WITF retaliated against an executive who raised concerns about the financial fallout related to

Ruling clarifies ban on doctor self-referrals in work comp
In 1993, state lawmakers passed workers’ comp reforms barring doctors from referring injured workers to a menu of services in

Can microgrants help fuel Harrisburg rebirth?
Plenty of people are willing to debate what it will take to rejuvenate downtown Harrisburg. Others may want to pick

Data center standards squeeze through House panel
State lawmakers moved yesterday to give some teeth to standards that Gov. Josh Shapiro proposed last month for data centers,

Clock ticks on state budget, gaming regulation
Thanks to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, state lawmakers now face two deadlines: one to pass a budget and one to