Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate remained steady at 3.4% in October, a record low (records date back to January 1976). The U.S. unemployment rate was up one-tenth of a percentage point to 3.9%. The commonwealth’s unemployment rate was 1 full percentage point below its October…

Do you know young people in your township who are doing great things? Recognize them with a PSATS Youth Award! PSATS’ 2024 Youth Awards recognizes youth groups that make valuable and lasting contributions to townships of the second class. All…

Each year, the commonwealth presents the annual Governor’s Awards for Local Government Excellence to recognize local officials for their successes in undertaking innovative initiatives to improve the quality of life in their communities. Awardees are recognized during Local Government Week…

On Thursday evening. President Joe Biden signed another stopgap measure into law that extends federal Fiscal Year 2023 funding levels from November 18 to January 19, 2024 for some federal agencies and programs and to February 2, 2024 for most…

The state Department of Community and Economic Development is accepting applications for Local Share Account Grants until November 30. Townships, municipal authorities, and councils of governments are eligible to apply. DCED has a presentation available to help applicants walk through the applications,…

During yesterday’s video on taxes, the audio should have stated that the earned income tax must be shared with the school district, not the county, if the school district also levies the tax. We apologize for the misstatement and will…

A federal judge ruled this week in Pennsylvania State Lodge Fraternal Order of Police v. Twp. of Springfield, 2023 WL 7547494 (E.D.Pa. Nov. 13, 2023), that a resolution by a township of the first class prohibiting the display of the…

A new report by the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee compares Pennsylvania’s transportation funding and expenditures to several peer states. The report found that while Pennsylvania spends more for state-administered highways than peer states, Pennsylvania has more total lane miles…

The Consumer Price Index was unchanged in October after a .4 increase in September, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Over the last 12 months, the-all items index increased 3.2% before seasonal adjustment. That is half of the…

Last week, in Coleman v. Parkland School District, ___ A.3d ___, 2023 WL 7171857 (Pa.Cmwlth. Nov. 8, 2023), a divided panel with a 2-1 vote of the nine-member Commonwealth Court ruled that local agencies may not add non-emergency and non-de minimis items to…