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Celebrate Your Township’s Youth with the 2024 PSATS Youth Awards!
Do you know young people in your township who are doing great things? Recognize them with a PSATS Youth Award! PSATS’ 2024 Youth Awards recognizes youth groups that make valuable and lasting contributions to townships of the second class. All…
Nominations Are Open for 2024 Governor’s Award forLocal Government Excellence!
Each year, the commonwealth presents the annual Governor’s Awards for Local Government Excellence to recognize local officials for their successes in undertaking innovative initiatives to improve the quality of life in their communities. Awardees are recognized during Local Government Week…
Biden Signs Stopgap Funding Bill, Averts Government Shutdown
On Thursday evening. President Joe Biden signed another stopgap measure into law that extends federal Fiscal Year 2023 funding levels from November 18 to January 19, 2024 for some federal agencies and programs and to February 2, 2024 for most…
Reminder: Presentation Available on Local Share Account Grant Application Process
The state Department of Community and Economic Development is accepting applications for Local Share Account Grants until November 30. Townships, municipal authorities, and councils of governments are eligible to apply. DCED has a presentation available to help applicants walk through the applications,…
Question of the Week Correction
During yesterday’s video on taxes, the audio should have stated that the earned income tax must be shared with the school district, not the county, if the school district also levies the tax. We apologize for the misstatement and will…
Township Resolution Barring Display of “Thin Blue Line” American Flag on Township Property Struck Down
A federal judge ruled this week in Pennsylvania State Lodge Fraternal Order of Police v. Twp. of Springfield, 2023 WL 7547494 (E.D.Pa. Nov. 13, 2023), that a resolution by a township of the first class prohibiting the display of the…
Report Compares PA Transportation Funding, Spending with Peer States
A new report by the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee compares Pennsylvania’s transportation funding and expenditures to several peer states. The report found that while Pennsylvania spends more for state-administered highways than peer states, Pennsylvania has more total lane miles…
Inflation Rate Slows
The Consumer Price Index was unchanged in October after a .4 increase in September, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Over the last 12 months, the-all items index increased 3.2% before seasonal adjustment. That is half of the…
Commonwealth Court: Local Agencies Prohibited from Adding Non-Emergency/Non-De Minimis Items to Agendas During Meetings
Last week, in Coleman v. Parkland School District, ___ A.3d ___, 2023 WL 7171857 (Pa.Cmwlth. Nov. 8, 2023), a divided panel with a 2-1 vote of the nine-member Commonwealth Court ruled that local agencies may not add non-emergency and non-de minimis items to…
Reminder: PSATS Service Recognition Certificates Available, Request by 11/21
As 2023 draws to a close, we know that many townships have supervisors who are retiring or departing effective December 31, 2023, and that you may want to recognize them for their years of service to the township and your…
