A new home insurance app called Openly designed to enhance the offerings of independent insurers to homeowners is now live in Pennsylvania, company executives told the Central Penn Business Journal.

York Traditions Bank, a locally owned community bank operating in York and Hanover, has added a new director position to advance the organization’s Her Traditions initiative, a program to support women to become financially independent and successful.

Victoria Connor was named this year’s York ATHENA Leadership Award recipient by the York County Economic Alliance for her impact on the local community in her role as CEO of the York County Bar Association.

Twenty schools in south central Pennsylvania are collaborating with regional manufacturing companies on a short video contest to answer the question, What’s So Cool About Manufacturing?

A Lancaster-area auction of Pennsylvania’s unique historical artifacts — from Revolutionary War firearms to Renaissance armor — totaled $2.3 million in sales last week.

State environmental regulators agreed Tuesday to impose a $12,500 fee to apply for an unconventional well permit, citing revenue shortfalls from current fee levels.

Through reference-based pricing, employers set prices for a self-funded insurance plan using Medicare prices as a benchmarking tool. Employers agree to pay providers a certain percentage on top of the average Medicare rate — usually in the range of 125%-200%. For many employers, this means leaving behind their carrier and networks.

Technical schools are collaborating with state agencies to “rebrand” skilled trade programs as lucrative career paths that streamline students into the 21st century workforce.

Pennsylvania became one of 15 states to oppose the shipping of liquefied natural gas by train when state Attorney General Josh Shapiro co-signed a letter calling the practice potentially catastrophic.

Commonwealth Court judges are standing by the state Public Utility Commission’s October 2018 approval of UGI’s rate increase of 3.6% for its electric division that was disputed by consumer advocates alleging the utility company would overcollect.

Penn Waste, the waste disposal company owned by former Republican state Senator and gubernatorial candidate, Scott Wagner, has been acquired by Ontario-based Waste Connections, company officials confirmed on Friday.

“Pharmaceutical companies should not be allowed to set their own prices without any oversight,” Rep. Dan Frankel, the bill’s sponsor, said.

Natural gas impact fee revenues are expected to decrease by 21% in the 2019 calendar year, prompting a lower effective tax rate for companies, according to the latest report from the Independent Fiscal Office.

Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in Grantville, Dauphin County was fined $20,000 this week for allegedly conducting poker tournaments in 2019 that were not approved by the state Gaming Control Board.

Barry A. Solodky has been named a senior counsel of Saxton & Stump’s newly formed bankruptcy and creditors’ rights practice, part of the Manheim Township-based legal and consulting firm’s strategy to grow service offerings to clients.