Business
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What do data centers do and why PA politicians keep talking about them?
Data centers have become a flashpoint in the state’s political debate as candidates argue over their potential effects on electric bills, water supplies, jobs and local communities.
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Skill games become illegal in Pa. Oct. 14. Here’s what happens next.
Skill games will be illegal in Pennsylvania Oct. 14 after the state Supreme Court denied several lawmakers’ request for an extension to pass a law regulating the machines popular in social clubs, bars, restaurants and gas stations.
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What to know about Pennsylvania’s new law regulating vapes, e-cigs
Act 57, a bipartisan state law signed in 2025, prohibits sales in Pennsylvania of electronic nicotine devices that are not on the state’s ENDS directory.
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Pennsylvania lawmakers ask court to delay skill games ban
With a week to go before more than 70,000 skill games become illegal, legislators have asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court for a four-month extension to determine how to regulate the machines.
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Wawa set to open second Franklin County store
Wawa invites local people to come out bright and early Friday, Oct. 2, to celebrate the opening of its second Franklin County store.
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AI companies are benefiting from new tax breaks. Here’s how Pennsylvania lawmakers voted
The ‘One Big Beautiful Bill expanded tax breaks for business investments heavily used by the AI industry. Here’s how Pennsylvania protected state revenue from some of those provisions and how lawmakers voted on the legislation.
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Federal safety agency issues final report into 2025 blast that killed 2 at Pennsylvania steel plant
A federal safety agency recommended the development of written policies and procedures for flushing gas valves a year after a blast at a U.S. Steel plant near Pittsburgh.
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York County landfill operator ordered to pay $9.2M for water pollution
U.S. District Judge Jennifer P. Wilson found the company committed 419 permit violations between 2019 and 2023 involving boron and osmotic pressure, pollutants linked to wastewater from the landfill.
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Giant Eagle lowers prices on popular grocery items for summer 2026
Giant Eagle Inc. is not letting its impending sale to Kroger stop it from celebrating the summer.
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Kroger buying regional grocer and pharmacy retailer Giant Eagle in deal valued at $1.65 billion
Giant Eagle, which is privately held, has 197 supermarkets and 11 standalone pharmacies across northern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland and Indiana.
