More than $5 million in state funding will go to dozens of community revitalization projects across Pennsylvania to upgrade business facades, build accessible housing and make infrastructure improvements, the Wolf administration announced.

Lebanon County Commissioners approved a program that will allow businesses in the county to apply for as much as 100% financing on loans for clean energy and water efficiency projects through a one-year-old state program.

Employees at TE Connectivity’s Lebanon County manufacturing plant helped lay the foundation for the company’s global initiative to decrease its energy consumption over the last decade.

While banned for decades, passage of the 2018 Farm Bill allowed farmers to return an historic crop to their fields – hemp. More importantly, it made it legal for banking institutions to loan money to hemp-related businesses. But few have chosen to do so.

Annville Township-based web push notification company PushPROS purchased Aimtell, which was founded by entrepreneur D.J. Swanepoel in California in 2015.

Iron Valley Real Estate has grown to 11 offices over the last three years. The Lebanon County-based real estate company recently turned to franchising, hoping to expand its footprint across the Mid-Atlantic region.

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.

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 remains the fastest-growing county in the commonwealth, but Lebanon and Lancaster counties are not far behind.

Like many small Pennsylvanian boroughs, Myerstown is making a bid to revitalize its main street and bring more visitors to town. The borough is hedging that effort on a new nonprofit approved by council this week.

After failing to crack $200,000 in the last state liquor license auction, buyer interest and winning bid prices picked back up in the latest round.