Cece Linder was living in a 770-square-foot apartment outside Washington, D.C., last spring when the area went into lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic. In May 2020, after a few months of both living and working in the small space, Linder decided to leave the capital area and ...
HARRISBURG — Republicans in Pennsylvania’s GOP-controlled Legislature are advancing legislation to reinstate work-search requirements for people claiming unemployment benefits, with one survey showing that workers aren’t taking open jobs at a record rate. The bill cleared the House ...
Amid fresh signs of sagging statewide demand for the COVID-19 vaccine, Pennsylvania officials on Wednesday encouraged hundreds of thousands of college students to get their shots before they go home for summer. Gov. Tom Wolf appeared in State College with the president and head football ...
The Wolf administration’s announcement Tuesday that coronavirus “mitigations” — except for masking — will end Memorial Day prompted satisfaction and optimism, as well as surprise and a bit of caution from local stakeholders. “It’s a step in the right direction,” said Mike Luciano, owner of Mike’s Court, who has been seeing more customers lately, especially older ones who’ve been vaccinated and are feeling a new confidence. “People are ready to socialize,” Luciano said. “They feel a little freer.” “Any step toward life before the pandemic is a good ...
Pennsylvania will lift nearly all COVID-19 restrictions on Memorial Day, the Wolf administration announced Tuesday, promising to restore something approaching normalcy to the state more than a year into the pandemic and just in time for summer. Capacity restrictions on bars, restaurants and other businesses, as well as indoor and outdoor event gathering limits, will go away on May 31, meaning concert halls, sports stadiums and wedding venues could soon be packed for the first time since early 2020. The state’s mask mandate will remain in place, but even that could be dropped — if ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — Blair County’s director of public safety is continuing to encourage people to get their COVID-19 vaccinations to counter health threats presented by the potentially deadly virus. As of Tuesday, 42,539 Blair County residents were fully or partially vaccinated against COVID-19. “Sadly, that’s only 41 percent of Blair County citizens, so we have a long way to go,” Director of Public Safety Mark Taylor told commissioners Tuesday in his weekly update. His percentage would have been calculated on the county’s 2020 population of 120,481, minus those less than 16 ...
