The PA Farm Show is back as a live event in 2022 after a Covid Cancellation last year. However, there will not be a municipal officials’ event at the Farm Show this year. Events start Thursday, January 6 with Opening…

Fire departments interested in applying for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grant (SAFER) should take advantage of a series of webinars being held this week and next week to help you develop your…

Gov. Tom Wolf announced the approval of 11 projects to receive grants through the Municipal Assistance Program to help with planning for zoning and updating of comprehensive plans. Click here for details, including a list of the winning projects.  

The U.S. Census Bureau is accepting requests by local officials to review their official 2020 Census housing counts for potential processing errors in its 2020 Census Count Question Resolution Operation. Through the formal review process, the bureau ensures that housing…

Some unemployment fraud victims may get a 1099G form from the Commonwealth to pay taxes on unemployment assistance. The state Department of Labor and Industry wants to prevent any income that you did not receive, or file for, from being reported as…

The Independent Fiscal Office (IFO) and state Department of Revenue have released December 2021 revenue reports. State General Fund collections totaled $3.8 billion in December and were 17.2% higher than estimates. The overage was primarily due to stronger-than-anticipated collections for the corporate net…

Welcome new supervisors. Your term of office officially began at 12:01AM! 

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is now accepting Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grant (SAFER) applications until February 4, 2022. This program provides funding directly to fire departments and volunteer firefighter organizations to help them increase or maintain…