The Lebanon County District Attorney has filed charges against Kelly Whitman-Bower, the former executive officer of the Lebanon County Association of Realtors, for allegedly embezzling nearly $256,000 over a two-year period.

Susan Oh is responsible for managing $13 billion for Pennsylvania’s Public School Employees’ Retirement System.

Will and Darmayne Robertson are the couple behind Sweet Confections Cakes in Lower Paxton Township. Business is growing.

Lebanon County recently banned the use of project labor agreements for county public works projects. Opponents of PLAs hope more counties will do the same, looking to reignite debate over statewide legislation. But union leaders and proponents of PLAs don't see a trend emerging.

Cumberland County accounting and business consulting firm Brown Schultz Sheridan & Fritz has acquired RLH CPAs & Business Advisors in Hanover, expanding its office footprint in Central Pennsylvania and into Maryland.

A Cambria County lawmaker wants to put a stop to the state liquor license auctions authorized under Act 39. His argument is that the auction process is undercutting private transfers and hurting prices in rural areas.

A Cumberland County auto dealer has agreed to settle a civil lawsuit with the Office of Attorney General's Bureau of Consumer Protection. New Kingstown Auto will pay nearly $51,000, including more than $25,000 in restitution to victims of its illegal business practices.

For nearly a year, craft brewers have railed against a plan by the state Department of Revenue that would require breweries to start charging a 6 percent sales tax on all their taproom products, including draft beers served on site and six-packs and growlers to go. The state is scheduled to begin enforcing the taproom tax in July, but a legislative fix is in the works.

Gettysburg-based ACNB Bank is testing the waters of the Lancaster County market with a new loan office opening next week in Manheim Township.

Orrstown Bank has expanded its leadership team in the Harrisburg area, naming Zack Khuri to the new position of market president for the capital region.

After filing for bankruptcy in January, Maryland-based Rubber Soul Brewing has a new ownership group that plans to reopen the brewery in Dauphin County.

Ben Ried, 43, joined Eckert Seamans in 2018 and recently traveled to Peru to work with firms there seeking to enter or increase their presence in U.S. markets.

A nearly $2.3 million state loan has been awarded to help fund a new business park plan in Paradise Township, Lancaster County.

Sounds too good to be true, right? Over the past nine months, I have received calls from a number of my clients asking about a new investment opportunity being pitched to them. Whether it was a downtown York restaurant or an apartment complex in Baltimore, a primary draw of these investment opportunities was the potential tax savings. Many of these clients I would label “sophisticated investors,” so they are all well aware of various investment and tax-deferral strategies, such as 1031 like-kind exchanges. But permanent tax abatement? That almost seems too good to be true.

Citing an increase in bank consolidation over the past five years thinning out competition, Camp Hill-based Linkbank saw an opportunity to open two branches in the region.