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The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced that $1 million in 2021 Small Business Advantage Grant funding will be available for small businesses and farmers who want to improve their operations through energy efficiency, pollution reduction and natural resource protection. Small businesses or farmers with 100 or fewer full-time employees can receive grant funding for HVAC and boiler upgrades, high-efficiency LED lighting, solvent recovery and waste recycling systems, auxiliary power units that eliminate truck engine...
During their quarterly business review, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission gave preliminary approval for a proposed single opening day for trout season, to begin in 2022. The proposal would create a standard single, statewide opening day of trout season on the first Saturday of April each year, resulting in an earlier and longer trout season for most anglers. The new rule would require amendments to several sections of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Code and several regulations that reference opening day dates. “The past two seasons, m...
Legislation introduced by Rep. Kate Klunk, R-Hanover, to combat elder abuse was approved by the Senate late last month and later signed by the governor. Under Klunk’s bill, House Bill 1431, posting pictures of care dependent individuals without permission will be graded as a third-degree misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and/or a fine up to $2,500. Now named as Act 49 of 2021, it was part of a package of four bills aimed at protecting seniors from scams, neglect, or being taken advantage of. “Over the past few years, there hav...
To boost the Pennsylvania dairy industry, legislation allowing milk processors more flexibility with dating products was recently passed by lawmakers and signed by Gov. Tom Wolf. Act 62 of 2021, introduced as Senate Bill 434, will allow milk processors to use a “best by” date instead of “sell by” date, as recommended by the Dairy Future Commission. For Pennsylvania milk to compete with milk processed in other states, producers can request a “best by” or “sell by” date later than the current 17-day milk code. The change in milk date coding was...
Pennsylvania state Rep. Frank Burns has introduced legislation to create a new lottery for two elk hunting licenses per year for 100 percent disabled veterans. Burns, D-East Taylor Township, created the idea for House Bill 937 in response to contact from Timothy Seymore of Cresson, a disabled veteran who loves to hunt. Seymore entered Pennsylvania’s elk hunting license drawing for 12 straight years but was never selected. “My bill would earmark one bull and one cow elk tag for this dedicated drawing – and there would be no cost for the tags...
Far fewer Pennsylvanians took to the state’s highways during the pandemic in 2020 than the prior year – but fatal accidents increased from 2019, puzzling highway officials. In 2020, statewide traffic deaths increased to 1,129 from the record low of 1,059 in 2019, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced this week. Despite a 20 percent reduction in traffic counts due to the COVID-19 pandemic, fatalities were up 6 percent in 2020. “We cannot definitively say why fatalities increased during the COVID-19 pandemic even though it certa...
– PA NEWS DIGEST – Committee approves bill to offer paper application process for business licenses A bill from state Rep. Clint Owlett intended to make it easier for people to do business in Pennsylvania has been approved by the House Professional Licensure Committee. House Bill 855 would require the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs (BPOA) to provide a paper application option to become licensed for business in Pennsylvania. Currently, all applicants use the online PALS licensing system. The BPOA only offers exemptions for relig...
The Pa. Department of Agriculture has launched a grant program to help the state’s farmers with projects. “Pennsylvania’s more than 53,000 farms are the backbone of our reliable food system,” Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding said. “They are the heart of Pennsylvania, just like this $1 million Farm Vitality Grant Program is the heart of the Pennsylvania Farm Bill. Pennsylvania’s farm families need sound business plans, because their success is success for all of Pennsylvania.” The 2020-21 Farm Vitality Grant Program will help farmers fund...
