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Harmony approves authority's sewage plan

Harmony Borough Council on Tuesday became the second member municipality to approve Western Butler County Authority's proposed Act 537 plan.

3/4/2021 Business Features 0 comments

Dems tighten relief benefits, firm support for $1.9T bill

Minimum wage increase is out

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Democrats agreed to tighten eligibility limits for stimulus checks Wednesday, bowing to party moderates as leaders prepared to move their $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill through the Senate.

3/4/2021 Business Features 0 comments

Branches closing

PNC Bank announced that four of its branches will close in the region May 21, including its branch in Slippery Rock University.

3/3/2021 Business Features 0 comments

Senate Dems sorting final details of $1.9T relief bill

Bill may be on floor Wednesday

WASHINGTON — Democrats sorted through lingering disagreements over emergency jobless benefits and other issues Tuesday and prepared to commence Senate debate on a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan that would deliver a major victory to President Joe Biden.

3/3/2021 Business Features 0 comments

COVID relief bill reaches Senate

Dems may abandon hourly $15-pay push

Activists appeal for a $15 minimum wage near the Capitol in Washington, Thursday. The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, which has passed in the House, is now being debated in the Senate.

WASHINGTON — Democrats’ efforts to include a minimum wage increase in their $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill seemed all but dead Monday as Senate leaders prepared to begin debate on their own version of the House-passed aid package.

3/2/2021 Business Features 0 comments

Highmark finalizes deal with N.Y.-based health care system

Highmark has absorbed a Buffalo-based health care company.

3/2/2021 Business Features 0 comments

NEVER TOO LATE

Pandemic propels older shoppers online

Lynnette White uses her tablet Feb. 16 in San Francisco. The pandemic has sparked a surge of online shopping across all ages as people stay away from physical stores. But the biggest growth has come from consumers 65 and older.

NEW YORK — In November, Paula Mont did something new: The 86-year-old, who hasn’t left her New Jersey senior living community in nearly a year, went shopping — online.

2/27/2021 Business Features 0 comments

Leaving a lasting legacy is not always about money

T.J. McCance is a vice president and financial adviser with Hefren-Tillotson.

For better or worse, everyone will leave a legacy and accumulating wealth is not a requirement to do so.

2/27/2021 Business Features 0 comments

Zelie company, others blamed for 'Burgh snow-removal issues

A small business based out of Zelienople found itself in the crossfire between Pittsburgh's city controller and the city's mayoral office after recent snow storms hit the region.

2/26/2021 Business Features 0 comments

GOP rallies against Dems’ relief package

Parliamentarian ruling awaited

WASHINGTON — Republicans rallied solidly against Democrats’ proposed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill as lawmakers awaited a decision by the Senate’s parliamentarian that could bolster or potentially kill a pivotal provision hiking the federal minimum wage.

2/26/2021 Business Features 0 comments

Biden orders review of supply chains

Manufacturing jobs promised

President Joe Biden closes the folder after signing an executive order relating to U.S. supply chains in the the White House Wednesday in Washington.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday intended to boost manufacturing jobs by strengthening U.S. supply chains for advanced batteries, pharmaceuticals, critical minerals and semiconductors.