State lawmakers are pushing to expand a program giving tax breaks to companies that donate to nonprofit educational and scholarship organizations, including private schools, but the governor is pushing back. This month he vetoed a bill that would have expanded the popular program, known as the Educational Improvement Tax Credit program.

A lot has changed since 1998, the year that Pennsylvania and 45 states stood up to big tobacco and helped create the Tobacco Settlement Fund, or TSF. Since Pennsylvania hospitals first began receiving money from the fund, it has been used to bolster health care in that state in a variety of ways. Gov. Tom Wolf’s budget plan kept the TSF whole, but The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania is concerned that this year some lawmakers want to use TSF funds to instead pay state debt.

The Wolf administration on Monday announced that 24 projects, including five in Central Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley, will receive $3 million in historic preservation tax credits.

The Gratz Bank will pick up a branch office from Riverview Bank in Northumberland County to extend its footprint.

Even during favorable economic conditions, certain companies will falter. While some of these companies may prove beyond repair, others can be turned around under proper leadership. But there is a process that needs to be followed for companies interested in purchasing these distressed companies, as outlined here>

Springettsbury Township will be holding a series of public meetings, beginning next week, to talk about a proposed stormwater management fee coming to the York County municipality in 2020.

CREDC recently facilitated state loans for a multi-tenant industrial development in Cumberland County and a new daycare center in Dauphin County.

The Wolf administration continues to stump for a severance tax on natural gas to pay for a proposed $4.5 billion state infrastructure plan, dubbed Restore PA. But Republican leaders and business groups oppose the tax and say they want to wait until after the state budget to discuss the governor's proposal.

Scranton-based Peoples Security Bank & Trust is venturing into Central Pennsylvania for the first time with an office opening in North Cornwall Township, Lebanon County.

As the trade war continues with China, observers in Central Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley hope the latest stalemate might budge if and when President Donald Trump meets with Chinese leaders at the international G-20 conference in late June and agree that both countries can resolve their disputes sooner rather than later.

JPMorgan Chase has opened a commercial banking office in East Pennsboro Township to serve Central Pennsylvania.

If yours is like many of the small businesses I’ve studied, the price you quote for your products or services is determined by a simple formula, based on your estimated costs. Feed in your costs and your desired gross margin and presto, out comes the price. There’s just one problem: price has nothing to do with cost.

Members 1st Federal Credit Union has proposed a three-story, 172,000-square-foot headquarters in Hampden Township. The Cumberland County credit union has hired Greenfield Architects and Mowery to design and oversee construction of the proposed project, which needs township approval.

In his budget address, Gov. Tom Wolf stated to applause, “This proposal asks for no new taxes. Not one dime. Not one penny.” Yet, as the General Assembly combs through the governor’s proposal, we find that there are, in fact, tax increases. One specific tax being proposed by the administration is a “double tax” on ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) like the ones in my district. 

A PeoplesBank branch will replace a former PNC Bank office at a senior-living community in Cumberland County.