State lawmakers are taking another run at creating a state-backed retirement program for private-sector workers.Similar legislation cleared the Democratic-controlled House in 2023 but failed to
Citing federal pullbacks in the area of consumer protection, the Shapiro administation yesterday unveiled a new hotline, website and email address for complaining about banks, insurers, student lenders and other financial services providers. State residents can now call 1-866-PACOMPLAINT, visit pa.gov/consumer or email [email protected] to report their concerns.Pennsylvania has its own set of laws designed to protect […]
Federal regulators this week ratified a deal between Gov. Josh Shapiro and the operator of Pennsylvania’s electric grid to soften looming spikes in the cost of power.Rates already are set to jump this summer, largely due to growing demand and a dearth of new power plants.In the absence of the agreement, prices could have risen […]
The federal government has canceled contracts with organizations that assist small and midsized manufacturers in 10 states, cutting off a major source of funding.Pennsylvania is not one of the 10. Nonetheless, the cancellations raise questions about the fate of similar organizations in the Keystone State, including York-based Mantec. The nonprofit receives federal funding via a statewide entity […]
Federal authorities are leveling pollution-related charges against Pro Diesel Werks, a vehicle service business with operations in Lebanon and Reading, as well the company’s owner and a service manager.They allegedy violated the federal Clean Air Act by disabling pollution control systems on diesel vehicles and tampering with their diagnostic systems, which are supposed to warn […]
The state is pouring more than $1.3 million into a pair of renovation projects in York and Lancaster counties as part of a program to fund downtown revitalization.Lancaster-based nonprofit Community Basics Inc. landed $823,917 to rehab a 23-unit affordable-housing complex in Maytown called Three Center Square.The York County Industrial Development Authority is getting $504,050 to advance its plans […]
Harrisburg’s planning commission unanimously approved a plan last week to subdivide the former Polyclinic Hospital campus last week, clearing the way for a developer to begin the first phase of a $45 million mixed-use project in the city’s Uptown neighborhood.The commission also approved a change to the property’s zoning from institutional to commercial neighborhood. However, the […]
Due to recordkeeping lapses by UPMC Health Plan, a state agency reimbursed the health insurer for Medicaid recipients who were not eligible for the program, including some who had died, according to an audit released yesterday by the office of Pennsylvania Auditor General Tim DeFoor. The resulting overpayments to UPMC totaled $357,048 in 2022, according to the audit, […]
Pennsylvania’s top court has backed the right of injured workers to reimbursement for CBD oil as long as it’s included in a doctor’s plan for treating their injuries.The unanimous ruling from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court comes in a case that has been winding through administrative and legal processes since 2019.Among the issues was whether CBD […]
Just over a month after a deadly attack at UPMC Memorial hospital in York County, state lawmakers are poised to take up legislation addressing violence in the healthcare workplace.The legislation, House Bill 926, is scheduled for a vote March 25 in the House Labor & Industry Committee.Advocates note that healthcare workers are more likely than others to experience […]
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