A federal appeals court stayed a district court’s Sept. 14 order that declared Gov. Tom Wolf’s COVID-19 gathering limits unconstitutional, allowing the Wolf administration to enforce crowd gathering restrictions while the Sept. 14 order is being appealed.

Gov. Wolf said Monday 5,373 additional small businesses are set to receive $96 million in state grants to weather the economic conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic through the second round of the commonwealth’s statewide COVID-19 grant program, announced in July.

Mechanicsburg managed IT and cybersecurity provider Appalachia Technologies has acquired Stronghold Cyber Security, a Gettysburg-based company specializing in compliance consulting services for defense contractors.

Reflexion, an athletic training tech venture with headquarters in Lancaster, secured more than $1 million from its latest round of seed financing, which the company is using to promote itself as a leader in visual-cognitive athletic training to its target customer base: performance training centers.

Lancaster-based financial services company Fulton Financial Services has agreed to pay a $1.5 million penalty to the Securities and Exchange Commission after regulators alleged it inaccurately reported financial performance from late 2016 through mid-2017.

Developers at the New Jersey-based Heidenberg Properties say they’re confident in the long-term success of Hershey Square Shopping Center, which they have unofficially re-named “Hershey Square 2.0” after a string of successful lease agreements with big-name retailers. 

Having established itself earlier this month as an independent nonprofit organization, the Enola-based Partnership for Career Development last week appointed board members and CEO Lynda Morris.

Lancaster-based supportive housing developer HDC MidAtlantic has secured the first sale for its homeownership program, which provides resources to residents of modest incomes to purchase Larkspur Crossing residences at a price significantly below market value.

Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday followed through with his promise to veto legislation that would have stripped the state’s top environmental regulatory agency from implementing a carbon-reduction initiative without approval from the General Assembly.

Orrstown Financial Services said Thursday it plans to close six branch locations — three in Pennsylvania and three in Maryland — by the end of the first quarter of 2021 in response to shifting consumer habits that have been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In his memorandum filed on Tuesday, Stickman reaffirmed his contention that Wolf and Health Secretary Rachel Levine violated citizens’ First Amendment’s right of assembly and the due process and equal protection clauses of the 14th Amendment.

The state’s top law enforcement agent charged 18 inmates and two accomplices with fraudulently obtaining $300,000 in unemployment benefits reserved for employees who lost their job as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

State government officials on Tuesday launched a smartphone app that will alert users when they have come in close contact with someone carrying COVID-19.

State environmental regulators collected a civil penalty of $736,294.11 from the Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company (Transco) for violations associated with the construction of the Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline in Lancaster, Lebanon and seven other counties.

Mid Penn Bancorp, the parent company of Mid Penn Bank, announced it will close three branches in the bank’s retail network by the end of the year as part of a consolidation strategy.