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January 27 “State of the County” Address

January 20th, 2011

The Huntingdon County Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Coffee Connection featuring the “State of the County” Address on Thursday, January 27, 2011 from 7:45-9:00 a.m. at the Huntingdon Country Club.

Huntingdon County Commissioners Connie Kough Pittenger and William Hoover will update attendees on Huntingdon County activities and plans. Commissioner Dean Fluke has not confirmed his participation. A brief question and answer period will follow the Commissioners’ remarks.

This Coffee Connection is sponsored by Penn Highlands Community College. PHCC President, Dr. Walter Asonevich will give a brief update on the Huntingdon County Campus.

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Posted in Chamber Events, Government Affairs

Tags: coffee connection Commissionser huntingdon county

County Survey Seeks Citizen Responses

November 5th, 2010

Residents of Huntingdon County are being provided an opportunity to participate in the identification of community development priorities through participation in the

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Posted in Community Improvement, Government Affairs

Tags: citizen huntingdon county plan planning survey

August 12th, 2010

The Huntingdon County Chamber of Commerce and JC Blair Memorial Hospital are hosting the event

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Posted in Education, Government Affairs

Tags: health care reform human resources legislation

Key points missing from current unemployment compensation debate

August 2nd, 2010

The attention given to the ongoing back and forth over unemployment compensation, while making good fodder for election year pundits and newspaper headlines, is not directed at the real issue: how to restore solvency to a system woefully in debt and make improvements so that it can meet the needs of recipients truly in need.

Pennsylvania

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Posted in Business News, Government Affairs

Tags: UC Comp Uunemployment Compensation

General Assembly adopts 2010-11 state budget without broad-based tax increases; but unfinished business remains

July 1st, 2010

Last evening, the General Assembly adopted a state budget for the 2010-11 fiscal year, the first time since Gov. Ed Rendell took office that the budget was approved by the June 30 deadline.

The $28.05 billion budget was adopted without broad-based tax increases, as lawmakers rejected new taxes on smokeless tobacco and cigars, as well as the implementation of combined reporting, which would have been a tax increase for many Pennsylvania businesses. The governor

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Posted in Business News, Government Affairs

Tags: Business News state budget taxes

New study reveals economic impact of Marcellus Shale Industry

May 27th, 2010

A Penn State study concluded that the Marcellus Shale industry is expected to create 212,000 new jobs by 2020. The Marcellus Shale Coalition announced the study’s findings at a press event in the Capitol Rotunda this week. Those jobs are on top of thousands already being generated in the state. Additionally, over the next 18 months, drilling activity is slated to create more than $1.8 billion in state and local tax revenues.

The study also noted that for every $1 invested in the state by Marcellus Shale producers, $1.90 of total economic output is generated as a result.