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5 things to know about the minimum wage debate in Pa.
While Republican support for raising the minimum wage was already low, the pandemic makes it even less likely to change.
4 years ago
Wolf pessimistic about his stimulus spending hopes for Pa.
Gov. Tom Wolf is already resigned to the GOP-controlled legislature blocking his plan for $7 billion in federal stimulus money.
4 years ago
A business owner’s guide to Pa.’s next wave of COVID-19 relief grants
The aid is targeted at businesses with fewer than 300 employees that have lost at least 25% of their sales as a result of the pandemic.
4 years ago
Glitches in Pa. unemployment program ‘a disaster’ for vulnerable residents
Amid surging job loss due to COVID-19, a no-bid contract led to bungled unemployment payments to people who weren’t given timely information about errors.
4 years ago
Listen 4:42New coronavirus grants for small Pa. businesses aim for inclusivity, but can’t track success
Applications open next month for $145 million in grants for small businesses, with a significant change by lawmakers intended to make it more accessible to people of color.
4 years ago
Parliamentarian: COVID-19 bill must lose minimum wage hike
It will force Democrats to make politically painful choices about what to do next on the federal minimum wage, which has long caused internal party rifts.
4 years ago
N.J. entices developers with loans, tax credits to remake brownfield sites
Money is designed to recycle industrial locations for new uses.
4 years ago
Federal budget deficit expected to hit second largest since World War II
Congressional forecasters expect the federal deficit will hit the second largest in decades, even without factoring in President Biden's proposed $1.9 trillion relief plan.
4 years ago
Biden doesn’t think $15 federal minimum wage hike will survive COVID-19 relief bill
Biden has called to more than double the federal minimum wage as part of his economic relief plan.
4 years ago
Beware of fraudsters: How to spot utility power shutoff scams this winter
Before picking up a phone call from an unfamiliar number — here are some tips on spotting scammers pretending to be PECO.
4 years ago
US employers add just 49K jobs as unemployment falls to 6.3%
Friday's figures reflect a faltering job market, slowed by a pandemic that is still causing consumers to avoid traveling, shopping and dining out.
4 years ago
John Legend, tech tycoons and aggrieved cops: Who’s funding the Philly DA race
While progressive donors and PACs came out for Krasner, police unions, former prosecutors and Sean Schellenger’s mother have supported Vega.
4 years ago
Who gets paid more than $200,000 at a part-time job? Some former SEPTA managers
The positions are just a sliver of SEPTA’s 9,400-strong workforce, but the handful of part-timers collectively cost the agency about $1 million a year.
4 years ago
Pennsylvania Senate OKs $912M pandemic recovery aid bill
Most of the $912 million being directed by the bill is federal aid approved by Congress in last month's coronavirus recovery package.
4 years ago
Delays and glitches with latest stimulus have slowed relief to Pa.’s unemployed
Some problems stem from a lag between when the first pandemic stimulus funds expired and the time it took to get the second relief package up and running.
4 years ago