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Pennsylvania Regulator Has Nixed $200M in P/C Insurance Rate Hikes in First 6 Months
Jul 17 2025 // The Pennsylvania Insurance Department (PID) reported that its actuaries denied $210.1 million in requested property/casualty (P/C) insurance premium increases in the first six months of 2025, which is more than was saved...
Pennsylvania Digital Forgery Law Targets AI Scams and Financial Exploitation
Jul 16 2025 // A new Pennsylvania law intended to crack down on AI-powered fraud and financial crimes makes it a felony to use artificial intelligence to produce non-consensual “forged digital likenesses” like deepfakes or...
Pennsylvania Senior Citizens Warned of Financial Scam
Jun 26 2025 // State officials in Pennsylvania are warning consumers after a scam was reported involving someone posing as a Commonwealth employee. The reported scam uses a fake email to target older citizens and request money through...
Cyclists Blocking Traffic Do Not Always Have to Pull Off Road: Pennsylvania High Court
Jun 24 2025 // While cyclists on Pennsylvania roads must make “reasonable efforts” to not impede the flow of traffic, the law does not mandate that they always and immediately pull off the road to let faster traffic pass, the...
Pennsylvania House Advances Bills on Child Sex Abuse Lawsuits
Jun 10 2025 // Proposals that would let survivors of childhood sexual abuse file lawsuits in Pennsylvania beyond the state’s current statute of limitations passed the state House on Monday, the latest development in a yearslong...
Pennsylvania AG Reaches Settlement With AI-Based Property Management Platform
Jun 3 2025 // Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced a settlement with Home365, LLC, regarding the Las Vegas-based property management company’s alleged failures to timely address Pennsylvania tenants’...
By 1 Vote, Pennsylvania House Passes Measure to Legalize Recreational Marijuana
May 9 2025 // The Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Wednesday narrowly passed a measure to legalize recreational use of marijuana with purchases permitted only through shops run by the state. The vote, 102-101, was largely along...
Pennsylvania Governor’s Residence to Get an ‘Anti-Climb’ Fence to Boost Security
May 8 2025 // A barrier described as an “anti-climb fence” is in the works for the Pennsylvania governor’s official residence, the state police chief said Tuesday, less than a month after a late-night intruder jumped...
Severe Storms Take 4 Lives, Cause Power Outages, Close Roads in Pennsylvania
May 1 2025 // Officials and first responders in Pennsylvanians are assessing and cleaning up the damage caused after severe storms swept across western and central parts of the state Tuesday.. Officials reported four deaths linked to...
Pennsylvania Approves Workers’ Compensation Loss Costs Drop of 8.67%
Apr 11 2025 // The Pennsylvania Insurance Department (PID) has approved a workers’ compensation filing with an 8.67% reduction in loss costs. New or renewal policies issued on or after April 1, 2025 will be subject to the new loss...
Marsh McLennan Agency Acquires Pennsylvania’s Arthur Hall
Apr 10 2025 // Marsh McLennan Agency (MMA), a business of Marsh, announced the acquisition of Arthur Hall Insurance, a West Chester, Pennsylvania-based insurance agency. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founded in 1966,...
Staffers Face Allegations Related to Abuse of Pennsylvania Charter School Students
Apr 7 2025 // Twenty staffers at a suburban Philadelphia charter school are facing charges related to the alleged physical abuse of students using painful, unapproved techniques to restrain and punish youths in a program meant to help...
Pennsylvania Woman Charged With Filing Claim on Barn Pulled Down by TV Show
Apr 4 2025 // A Pennsylvania woman who sold part of her barn for use in a barn-rebuilding TV reality show now faces charges after investigators said she filed a fraudulent wind claim on the structure. Tracey Jeffreys, 63, of the Milton...
Huge AI Data Center Planned for Pennsylvania Coal Plant Site
Apr 3 2025 // A huge natural gas-powered data center that will serve the growing demands of artificial intelligence is being planned for the site of a former coal-fired power plant in Pennsylvania. The 3,200-acre (1,295-hectare) data...
Pennsylvania’s Union County Suffers Ransomware Attack
Mar 25 2025 // Pennsylvania’s Union County is dealing with a ransomware attack that has likely exposed personally identifiable information, mostly related to individuals involved with the county’s law enforcement, courts, and...
Lawsuit Aims to End LGBTQ Antidiscrimination Protections in Pennsylvania
Mar 11 2025 // Two public school districts and several parents have sued Pennsylvania in a bid to undo antidiscrimination protections for gay and transgender people, saying the state’s two-year-old regulation is illegal because it...
Energy Transfer Fuel Leak in Pennsylvania Lasted 16 Months, PHMSA Says
Feb 28 2025 // A pipeline operated by Energy Transfer LP leaked jet fuel for at least 16 months, contaminating residential water wells in Pennsylvania, and the conduit may be at risk for further incidents, according to a preliminary...
Pennsylvania Shootout Highlights Rising Violence Against US Hospital Workers
Feb 25 2025 // A man who took hostages in a Pennsylvania hospital during a shooting that killed a police officer and wounded five other people highlights the rising violence against U.S. healthcare workers and the challenge of protecting...
Pennsylvania’s NSM to Sell Commercial Insurance Division to Investment Firm
Feb 25 2025 // New Mountain Capital, an investment firm, has agreed to buy the commercial insurance division of Pennsylvania-based NSM Insurance Group. The firms said in a news release that the deal is expected to close in the next 45...
Massive Fire at Pennsylvania Aerospace Plant Prompts Evacuations
Feb 20 2025 // Schools were closed and residents were ordered to shelter-in-place Tuesday after a large fire broke out at an aerospace manufacturer’s facility in a town north of Philadelphia, officials said. The fire broke out at...
