May 11, 2021
2399 new cases of COVID-19 were reported Monday by the state Department of Health. Those numbers are over a two-day period. Monday s report showed only 1023 new cases, the lowest daily number since last October. 18 new COVID-related deaths were reported over the same two-day period. Statewide percent positivity for the seven days ending May 6 stood at 6.6-percent.
21 Pennsylvania senators are asking Gov. Tom Wolf to move up the removal of of most coronavirus restrictions. 20 of those senators are Republican. The lone Democrat is the Lehigh Valley s Lisa Boscola. The governor plans to remove all but the mask mandate on May 31st, Memorial Day. The 21 senators are pushing him to move that up to the Friday before Memorial Day, May 28th. The governor s office responds by saying those 21 senators would be better served by pushing residents to get vaccinated.
May 10, 2021
A domestic dispute prompted drama in Coplay late Sunday afternoon. Police say they were called to a home on Saylor Drive around 5:45 p.m. for a report of a man and woman getting into an argument. Police say the woman said she was afraid to leave because there was a gun in the house. The woman was able to walk out of the house on her own, and the man surrendered shortly before 7 pm. The man faces domestic-related charges.
A Carbon County man is behind bars after police say he had bomb-making materials and explosive devices inside his home. Over the weekend, Weatherly police and the Pennsylvania State Police s Hazardous Device and Explosives Section found homemade explosives and bomb-making materials at a home in the 300 block of First Street. Police say random and unexplainable explosions prompted them to execute a search warrant at the home of 28-year-old Anthony Petrone, who is now in custody. Weatherly police say Petrone also had a homemade explosive device in
A major upgrade is coming to Pennsylvania s Unemployment Compensation system. But first it could cause more delays
To launch the new unemployment compensation system Pennsylvania s Department of Labor and Industry must shut down the old system for several days. Author: Jamie Bittner (FOX43) Updated: 6:55 PM EDT May 10, 2021
PENNSYLVANIA, USA Following complaints of delayed response times and slow claims, Pennsylvania s 40-year-old unemployment compensation system is about to undergo a major renovation. But, the upgrade is expected to result in even more delays for people waiting on checks and answers as it will force the system to shut down in order to transition from old to new.
90.5 WESA Cornell Brunson describes the difficulties he had trying to collect Unemployment Compensation benefits. He was speaking May 6, 2021 at a rally outside of Gov. Tom Wolf s regional office in Pittsburgh.
Protesters, including a number of Democratic state lawmakers, called on Gov. Tom Wolf Thursday to pay unemployment benefits to hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians who have been left without support for months as their claims languish in a growing backlog.
The protests – in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia – came a day after other advocates called on the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry to postpone its upcoming plans to modernize the computer system that handles unemployment claims until later in the year, when fewer people are collecting unemployment, for a smoother transition.
Neil Strebig, York Daily Record
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12:31 pm UTC May. 3, 2021
Neil Strebig, York Daily Record
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12:31 pm UTC May. 3, 2021
When it comes to increasing the minimum wage, the restaurant industry finds itself at a crossroads.
Some believe the proposed $15 per hour increase could shutter some restaurants, while other advocates believe the increase will benefit the industry and the local communities restaurants serve as a whole. Why do restaurants get to be the only industry in the whole country that has to let the customers directly compensate for employee wages? Every other industry has to find a way to pay a minimum wage, said Mikey Knab, director of RAISE High Road Restaurant Network, a restaurant advocacy group.