The Emergency Broadband Benefit provides a discount of up to $50 per month towards broadband service for eligible households and up to $75 per month for those on Tribal lands. Eligible households can also receive a one-time discount of up…

Pennsylvanians can review ratings of the state’s efforts in transportation safety, mobility, system preservation, and accountability in the state Department of Transportation’s 2021 Transportation Performance Report, available here. A public forum will be held March 23 at 6:30 p.m. on…

The Independent Fiscal Office (IFO) has released a natural gas production report for October to December 2020 that is based on data that operators reported to the state Department of Environmental Protection. The report found a small increase in production…

The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has entered into a consent order and agreement with ETC Northeast Pipeline, LLC, which owns and operates the Revolution Pipeline, a natural gas gathering pipeline that crosses Butler, Beaver, Allegheny, and Washington counties….

The Independent Fiscal Office and state Department of Revenue have released February 2021    revenue reports. State General Fund collections totaled $2.7 billion and were $509.7 million above the IFO’s revised estimates. The overage was the result of a temporary shift in personal income tax collections. Collection for the fiscal-year-to-date are…

The state Department of Transportation announced that the total liquid fuels payments for municipalities in 2021 is $452.7 million. This is 7% less than 2020, due to reduced gas tax revenues resulting from Covid-19 driving restrictions. Note that the distributions…

Yesterday, you learned that the PSATS Executive Board had to cancel the 2021 Conference due to current COVID-19 restrictions and the sluggish rollout of vaccines in Pennsylvania. This isn’t the first time PSATS has faced a challenge during the pandemic,…

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved an Emergency Broadband Benefit program that will help make broadband more affordable by providing a discount of up to $50 per month towards broadband service for eligible households and a one-time discount of…

The Congress voted to approve the Biden 1.9 Trillion dollar spending package 219-212 largely along party lines (with 2 Democrats joining unanimous GOP opposition to the spending plan).  More than half the funding in the bill is for non-covid expenses,…

The state Department of Environmental Protection has ordered Sunoco Pipeline L.P. to pay $497,000 for violating the Clean Streams Law, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Code, and the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act. The violations occurred in Lebanon County due…