Miles Bryan

For the first time in decades, the new year dawned in Philadelphia without a formal Mummers Parade. Instead, there was a festive “protest.”

“There is nothing political with me whatsoever,” said one restaurant owner in the Philadelphia suburbs. “I’m just trying to survive.”

Each nominee is Black and has an intimate connection to Philadelphia’s school district. But their biographies are starkly different.

The stimulus earmarks $15 billion for independent venues. It’s a lifeline for roughly 225 businesses in Pa. — many of which have been in a coma since spring.

Now that President Trump has signed the new $900 billion package into law, how long will taxpayers have to wait for the extra money and bonus boost?

Conceived as a short-term program, the 30 Day Fund has proven invaluable to those with limited access to other programs.

How customers can make shopping smooth and stress-free during the pandemic as COVID-19 cases remain high and businesses adapt to restrictions.

Those results were consistent across the state, in urban and rural areas alike. And they remained evident in the second half of kindergarten.

For K-12 students this year, even with powder still coating parts of the region Thursday morning, the snow days of yore seem to be slipping into a tale from time’s past.

Providers are struggling as they navigate how to stay afloat financially while keeping the children they serve and their staffs safe.

Pa. and N.J. Governors Wolf and Murphy said that more aid is crucial not only for the economies of their states, but to be able to distribute the COVID vaccine effectively.

The move comes as a surge of coronavirus cases have forced schools in the region to stay virtual or suspend in-person learning.