WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The state of California. New York City. Hospitals and nursing homes. Colleges and universities. Employers are putting COVID-19 vaccine requirements into place and it's getting attention. But what happens if workers refuse? Federal ...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf said Tuesday that he is not considering a statewide mask mandate as coronavirus cases surge in Pennsylvania and across the country, while his administration said it is not requiring masks in schools. Wolf, speaking on KDKA-AM in Pittsburgh, said his strategy to fight the spread of COVID-19 has been the vaccine, and will continue to be. The masking mandate was for when there was no vaccine, Wolf said. "People have the ability, each individual to make the decision to get a vaccine," Wolf said. "If they do, that's the protection." Wolf's comments ...
The world shut down quickly in March 2020. Entire sectors of the economy were shuttered in a matter of days. The economic impact of the pandemic will probably be felt for years. But one federal program brought millions into Warren County and is projected to have preserved, at a minimum, 3,881 jobs - the Paycheck Protection Programs. In short, it allowed businesses to secure SBA-backed loans to keep their workforces on the books during the COVID-19 pandemic. Loans would be forgiven if all employee retention criteria are met and the funds are used for eligible expenses. The Paycheck ...
For now, the Warren County School District plans to open up with a "masks optional" policy. However, the district may not have the ability to allow students not to wear masks while they are on buses or vans on their way to and from school. At Monday night's special meeting of the school ...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Justice Department told Gov. Tom Wolf’s office on Thursday that it has decided not to open an investigation into whether Pennsylvania violated federal law by ordering nursing homes to accept residents who had been treated for COVID-19 in a hospital. The letter comes 11 months after the department told the governors of Pennsylvania, Michigan, New Jersey and New York that it wanted information to determine whether orders there “may have resulted in the deaths of thousands of elderly nursing home residents.” The one-page letter, from Steven H. Rosenbaum, ...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The backlog of people in Pennsylvania waiting for a decision on whether they can receive unemployment compensation benefits has ballooned following the introduction of a new online portal for the system, advocates for the unemployed say. The Mon Valley Unemployed Committee and other advocates say that, following the system upgrade in June, the backlog surged to about 315,000 people waiting to receive a determination on whether or not they are eligible. The state Department of Labor and Industry had promised the new system, introduced last month, would process ...
