Newtown Square-based AmeriHealth Caritas has boosted its political giving and lobbying. “That’s money that’s supposed to be going out to our hospitals,” said one Pennsylvania Republican lawmaker.
PhilaPort said the cost of building the terminal has increased 50% to more than $60 million. It cited weeks of subfreezing temperatures this winter, among other factors.
The acquisition of Isdaner & Co. by Aprio adds to a wave of deals in an industry that in recent years has seen a boom in investment from private equity and other sources of outside capital.
Emails show the Shapiro administration fast-tracked a proposal backed by drugmaker Merck to ease water pollution reporting regulations. The idea ran into opposition from environmentalists and others.
A fight over a coal mining project offers a window into how Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat who is seeking reelection this fall, is navigating energy politics in a major fossil fuel-producing state.