The possibility of an upcoming recession has been a hotly debated topic as economists try to pinpoint when the country’s robust economy could take a downturn, but consumer confidence in the market could point to another year in the green.

Harrisburg University professors are hoping to work with a variety of businesses as the school’s new User Experience Center takes shape in downtown Harrisburg.

Gov. Tom Wolf called for Pennsylvania to raise its minimum wage from $7.25 to $12 by the beginning of July.

Former Harrisburg Mayor Stephen Reed, who died on Saturday following a 14 year fight with prostate cancer, was remembered as a driving force of economic development in Harrisburg and a friend of the city’s business community.

Nonprofits like Harrisburg-based Joshua House and Caitlin’s Smiles were two of 481 organizations nationally to receive funding in The Rite Aid Foundation’s 2020 KidCents class.

Harrisburg’s local movie theater boasts eclectic films and a nostalgic concessions space, but potential customers passing by Midtown Cinema, with its “Reily Midtown Center” sign atop an unassuming building, may not know what they are missing.

'I always select the path that there is something to be learned from each experience and seize the opportunity to grow.'

Cofounder of a Harrisburg-based corporate and securities law firm, Brandt Bowman took a risk to jumpstart his own business and now advises other startups on how to do the same.

Ernie Choquette has been named chairman of Stevens & Lee and Stevens & Lee/Griffin.

Penn State Health will acquire a pulmonary practice that will allow it to expand its lung disease and sleep disorder care to more of its facilities across the midstate.

While economic indicators remain high for the U.S. economy as a whole, central and southeastern Pennsylvania have been beset by tumultuous global trade and a weak manufacturing sector for the last year and a half, according to a recently published study by analysts at RKL, a business consulting firm based in Lancaster.

Plouse Precision Manufacturing refinanced its Highspire, Dauphin County-based headquarters with the help of a $1.9 million Small Business Administration loan.

Christopher Cassel, 37, has spent more than 15 years in wealth management and public accounting, with experience in financial planning, investment management, corporate retirement plan consulting and business succession planning. He joined Harrisburg-based Sevenbridge Financial Group earlier this year as a senior wealth adviser.

Harrisburg’s concert scene had room to grow when Harrisburg University decided to launch its own concert series—now a year into the program, the university is offering students an entry point into the live entertainment industry with a new course.

Despite an increasing drug death rate and high levels of air pollution, Pennsylvania kept the same ranking for the third year in the row in United Health Foundation’s 2019 America Health Rankings.