While nationally gas prices took an upturn, in Pennsylvania they continued to retreat from their record highs earlier this year. 

The Pennsylvania Association of Realtors said August home sales dropped 4.7% from July, the first over month drop since February. 

Curaleaf Holdings Inc., an international provider of consumer cannabis products, has opened a dispensary at 1801 Airport Road, Allentown.

Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate was down one-tenth of a percentage point in August to 4.2%, the lowest rate since June 2000.  

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) has approved a joint settlement with UGI Utilities’ Gas Division that will phase in a rate increase over two steps and at a substantially smaller rate than the company originally requested. 

Beginning Thursday, Sept. 22, Wegmans will remove single-use plastic grocery bags from its 18 stores in Pennsylvania including those in the Lehigh Valley.  

Gas prices in Pennsylvania have finally dropped below $4 per gallon after reaching record highs earlier this year. 

Pennsylvania Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor released a performance audit of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, which found it continues to face significant challenges to meet its financial obligations putting the burden on travelers.

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) today issued an invitation for bids to award 21 expired restaurant licenses in the 11th license auction since Act 39 became effective in August 2016 – and the first such auction since the COVID-19 pandemic paused the practice in June 2020. 

Pennsylvania collected $2.9 billion in general fund revenue last month, which was $63.8 million - or 2.3% - more than anticipated, the Department of Revenue reported Thursday.