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L&I launching Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) website soon

Pennsylvania’s new Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) website for self-employed, independent contractors, gig workers, and others not eligible for regular unemployment compensation (UC) will begin accepting applications within the next few days. PUA is included in the new federal unemployment compensation benefits provided by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) will announce when the PUA website is ready to accept applications. In the meantime, Pennsylvanians who meet eligibility requirements are strongly ...

Ask the WGH medical team

The Times Observer asked the Warren General Hospital medical team to help us get information out to our readers through the COVID-19 FAQ-3. Twice a week, or more, we will pose our questions, and your questions, to the experts. If you would like the Times Observer to submit a question to the ...

PA’s largest cities side with Gov.’s closure order in briefs

Pennsylvania’s two largest cities have made their positions known in the ongoing case of five businesses — two from Warren County — that are seeking to have Gov. Tom Wolf’s business closure order overturned. Both the City of Philadelphia and the City of Pittsburgh have filed amicus briefs with Pa. Supreme Court to express their views on the challenge to the order that closed non-life sustaining businesses in the Commonwealth. In short, an amicus brief is a legal filing from a party — not one of those directly involved in the litigation — with a particular interest in a ...

Ask the WGH medical team

The Times Observer asked the Warren General Hospital medical team to help us get information out to our readers through the COVID-19 FAQ-3. Twice a week, or more, we will pose our questions, and your questions, to the experts. If you would like the Times Observer to submit a question to the ...

Blueberry files for relief, cites that NY, Ohio courses can remain open

Citing that New York and Ohio have permitted golf courses to remain open during the COVID-19 crisis, Blueberry Golf Course has filed a supplemental application for relief. That application was filed with the Pa. Supreme Court as part of a broader challenge of Gov. Tom Wolf’s order to close non-life sustaining businesses. “Neighboring and other governors have issued Stay-At-Home orders that permit golf courses to remain open,” the application states, “provided they put into place COVID-19 prevention and mitigation protocol, thus recognizing the importance of golfing to help ...

State: Golf courses, non-essential businesses ‘heavily outweighed’ by virus

State officials acknowledge that outdoor exercise — albeit with proper social distancing — is encouraged during the COVID-19 crisis. Should that include golf courses? That’s the subject of a lawsuit filed with the state Supreme Court by several businesses across the Commonwealth including two in Warren County — Blueberry Hill Golf Course and Caledonia Land Company. Governor Tom Wolf and Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine have filed a brief via Attorney General Josh Shapiro and several deputy attorneys, in support of Wolf’s order to close non-life sustaining businesses as ...