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Reminder: Townships Urged to Complete Critical Lawsuit Survey
Township officials are urged to complete a critical survey that could help provide the data necessary to keep lawsuits and liability insurance from getting even more expensive for all townships. Due to a Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision, the state legislature…
Clarification on Links to Treasury Portal
Some townships have reported issues with the links to the U.S. Treasury Department’s American Rescue Plan Reporting and Compliance Portal that was provided in yesterday’s Morning News. If you have issues, we recommend accessing Treasury’s Login.gov User’s Guide by clicking…
Townships Need to Log into Treasury Portal
The U.S. Treasury Department is asking all local governments to log into the American Rescue Plan Reporting and Compliance Portal, confirm roles, and provide required information if they have not yet done so. You can access Treasury’s portal using your…
Large-Scale Solar Webinar Offered Tomorrow
Penn State Extension is offering a free webinar for local officials to discuss concerns and answer questions related to utility-scale solar energy systems and local ordinances dealing with solar energy. The webinar will be held tomorrow, February 15, at noon.…
UCC Regulation Change Takes Effect
The Independent Regulatory Review Commission recently approved a regulatory update to the Uniform Construction Code that adopted most provisions of the 2018 International Code Council codes, as directed by the UCC Review and Advisory Council. The new regulation was advertised…
COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations Slow for Fourth Consecutive Week
New case rates of COVID-19 dropped for the fourth week in a row to 24,766 or a 49% drop compared to the prior week. Pennsylvania’s statewide percent-positivity rate also dropped for the fourth week from 18.4% to 12.7%. In addition,…
Capital Commonsense Campaign?
The delay in finalizing the new legislative and Congressional maps have also delayed the beginning of petition circulating season previously set in law for next week. The Courts will make announcements soon and the 2022 primary election may get delayed.…
NATaT Says “No” to EPA Overreach on Proposed “WOTUS” Definition
The National Association of Towns and Townships has submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency with concerns regarding the agency’s revised definitions of “Waters of the United States” in the Clean Water Act. Townships are impacted by CWA regulations for…
Wolf Budget Calls for 9.5% Spending Increase
Gov. Tom Wolf gave his final 2022-23 budget address yesterday. Where previous budgets called for a package of new taxes, including a municipal tax for the Pennsylvania State Police and a natural gas severance tax, this budget does not ask…
Townships Urged to Complete Critical Lawsuit Survey
Township officials are urged to complete a critical survey that could help provide the data necessary to keep lawsuits and liability insurance from getting even more expensive for all townships. Due to a Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision, the state legislature…
