The State Transportation Commission adopted the 2025 12-Year Plan yesterday, August 14, 2024. View the plan to see the transportation projects that are planned in Pennsylvania over the next 12 years. You can view the 12 Year Plan here: https://talkpatransportation.com/how-it-works/typ. The…

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced the Chesapeake Bay states’ progress toward the two-year milestones. While most Bay states are behind, they are catching up to meet 2025 quality restoration goals. The partnership has implemented practices to achieve 100%…

In 2022, the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act created the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program to provide funding to address cybersecurity risks, strengthen critical cyber infrastructure, and ensure resilience against cyber threats to services governments provide. Eighty percent…

USDA Rural Development is accepting applications for the Broadband Technical Assistance program to promote broadband expansion in rural areas. Townships with a population under 20,000 can apply through August 20, 2024, via grants.gov, and no match is required!   Examples of…

Township budget season is here, and with new federal overtime requirements impacting some employees, townships should participate in the PSATS Salary Survey Plus now to find out how other townships most like theirs are compensating employees. We need you to…

The state Department of Environmental Protection has announced that it will introduce two new programs to modernize permit processes and reduce permit backlogs. This is in addition to the pilot program launched earlier this year in 10 counties for Chapter…

The Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority is accepting applications for the new Digital Connectivity Technology Program through August 19, 2024. Townships are eligible to apply for publicly accessible laptops to facilitate broadband access and literacy training programs to township residents. Grant…

On Friday, Gov. Josh Shapiro declared a disaster emergency for 21 counties (Adams, Bedford, Berks, Bradford, Carbon, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Fulton, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Lycoming, Monroe, Pike, Potter, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union, Wayne, and Wyoming) in response to severe storms and…

Many townships have recently received calls regarding their websites’ or social media pages’ compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Earlier this summer, the Department of Justice announced a new rule with specific requirements to ensure that web content…

PennDOT has announced program details for the Electric Vehicle Charger Reliability and Accessibility Accelerator (EVC-RAA) program created by the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to improve the reliability of existing EV charging infrastructure across the state.   Townships in one of the…