PSATS submitted comments to the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records (OOR) urging it to allow municipalities to charge additional fees when fulfilling requests for commercial requests, including staff time when providing online responses. OOR is reviewing the Right-to-Know Law fee schedule that […]

The state Department of Transportation has extended expiration dates for commercial driver’s licenses and commercial learner’s permits through December 31, 2020. This applies to CDL licenses and learner’s permits that were scheduled to expire from March 16, 2020, through December 31, 2020. Please note […]

Yesterday, Gov. Tom Wolf was joined by state Sen. Anthony H. Williams (D-Philadelphia/Delaware) and House Democratic Leader Joanna McClinton (D-Philadelphia/Delaware) at the virtual press conference where he unveiled his plan to address flood hazard mitigation by requiring the State Planning […]

The state Department of Labor and Industry said that the pandemic unemployment assistance program experienced extensive fraudulent claims. Of the 400,000 applications reviewed in October, 88% were believed fraudulent when the Department private contractor attempted to verify identities. Only 12% […]

The Independent Fiscal Office and state Department of Revenue have released November revenue reports. For the month of November, state General Fund collections totaled $2.3 billion and were $90.9 million higher than anticipated. The increase was largely due to the sales and use tax and corporate net income tax, which offset lower than […]

The commonwealth has awarded Emergency Solutions Grant funding from the CARES Act to entities that provide services across 20 counties. The funds will be used to provide emergency shelter in preparation for the winter months. Assistance is also available until […]

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission is offering Boating Facility Grants to help communities capitalize on the increase in new boating activity. Townships and other municipalities may apply for these grants, as well as certain nonprofits, by December 30, 2020.    The […]

The state Independent Fiscal Office (IFO) has released a natural gas production report for the third quarter of 2020 that includes natural gas production volume and the number of new wells drilled in the prior quarters. The counties with the highest number of new wells in 2020 are Susquehanna, Washington, […]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for its Community Facilities Direct Loan & Grant Program. Townships with populations of 20,000 or less are eligible for the program. Funds may be used to purchase essential community facilities, equipment, […]

The state Department of Transportation has said it will run out of funds and have to stop or delay many current projects unless it receives emergency approval to borrow $600 million by December 1. The department claims that this is primarily due to less revenue from gasoline taxes […]