WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose last week from the lowest point of the pandemic, even as the job market appears to be rebounding on the strength of a reopened economy. The Labor Department said Thursday that jobless claims increased last week to ...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf's administration on Wednesday said it wants to require nursing homes to boost staffing levels, announcing the first in what officials describe as a series of updates to outdated long-term care regulations that have been in place for more than 20 years. More than a year after Pennsylvania's skilled nursing facilities were hit hard by COVID-19, the Wolf administration said the state's current minimum staffing requirements fall short of what is needed to ensure adequate care for more than 72,000 residents. Under the proposed regulation, nursing ...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's unemployment rate and labor force shrank slightly in June as payrolls crept up, according to state figures released Friday. Pennsylvania's unemployment rate dropped one-tenth of a percentage point to 6.9% from May's adjusted rate, the state Department of Labor and Industry said. May's initial rate had been 6.9% before being revised upward to 7%. The national rate was 5.9% in June, a whole point below Pennsylvania's. The figures come out as employers are still struggling to find workers to hire, particularly in the hospitality industry. In a ...
When a fellow archer passed away in 2016, Doug Hert was at the heart of an effort to put on an archery tournament in memory of his friend and to raise funds as a benefit for the family. When Hert died in January after a five-week battle with COVID-19, the local archery community knew what it ...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal freeze on most evictions enacted last year is scheduled to expire July 31, after the Biden administration extended the date by a month. The moratorium, put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, was the only tool keeping ...
Visitor numbers are starting to approach pre-pandemic levels for the Warren County Visitors Bureau. And they’re engaging in different ways. Executive Director Dave Sherman said the agency saw 161 visitors at the physical building in June 2020. June 2021? That number doubled. He explained that it’s still not as high “as it has been in years gone by” with “some months over 400” but internet traffic appears to be making up the difference - they initially printed 30,000 visitors guides but had to go back out and order 10,000 more. “They don’t need us to the level they ...
