PennDOT said that it will now waive the requirement of a Commercial Driver’s License Knowledge Test for Pennsylvania residents who are current or former military members who already have at least two years of experience driving such vehicles as part of their military duties.

The credits are part of $15 million in KIZ tax credits that the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development awarded across the state and represents the fourth highest total in the program’s history.

The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry announced that the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program of the federal CARES Act extension, or PUA, is now accepting claims for those who don’t meet the requirements for traditional unemployment compensation, but have lost work because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate dipped to 6.7% in December, down 0.1 percentage points from November, and matching the national rate.

COVID-19 meant no sports to wager on and no casinos to gamble in for most of 2020, leading to a large drop in gaming revenue in Pennsylvania last year.

Lenders with less than $1 billion in assets can now submit applications for the second round of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) starting today, but borrowers looking to use the program a second time will have more hoops to jump through than they did last year.

Two rail projects in Berks County are receiving funds from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf today appointed Liz Gerloff Wagenseller to lead the office of Open Records.

The Next Generation Industry Partnership grants work to bring together multiple employers in the same industry to collectively provide targeted job training so that students, workers and job seekers get the skills to work in those industries.

“What’s different about Born Creative is the overall thought process. We’re more of a collaborative agency—we value people’s opinions,” said Randi Dean, Born Creative managing partner and creative director.