A joint task force that includes members of the General Assembly and the Wolf Administration was empaneled and is expected to help the state streamline how it communicates vaccine information and issues.
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Comcast offers $10K grants to small businesses owned by people of color
To be eligible for the grants, a business has to have been in operation for at least three years with up to 25 employees. The owner or majority stakeholder has to be a person of color who makes day-to-day decisions in the business.
Read More »U.S. job openings edge up in December, hiring declines
U.S. job openings increased marginally in December while hiring declined, pointing to a labor market that was treading water amid a raging COVID-19 pandemic.
Read More »Biden and Yellen to meet with CEOs of JPMorgan, Walmart, Gap to talk stimulus
President Joe Biden will on Tuesday meet with the chief executives of some of the country’s largest business in the Oval Office to discuss his $1.9 trillion stimulus plan and the outlook for the American economy.
Read More »How southwestern Pennsylvania is rethinking transportation
The coronavirus pandemic has impacted nearly every aspect of daily life, and it may mean a significant shift in how southwestern Pennsylvania’s planning agency approaches its work.
Read More »Around the globe, virus cancels spring travel for millions
They are the annual journeys of late winter and early spring: Factory workers in China heading home for the Lunar New Year; American college students going on road trips and hitting the beach over spring break; Germans and Britons fleeing drab skies for some Mediterranean sun over Easter.
Read More »Raising minimum wage to $15 would cost 1.4 million jobs, CBO says
Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, as President Joe Biden has proposed, would cost 1.4 million jobs over the next four years while lifting 900,000 people out of poverty, according to a Congressional Budget Office report Monday.
Read More »Pa. company to be purchased for nearly $1.9 billion
A company based in Sweden plans to acquire a Pennsylvania real estate investment firm with a presence in the midstate.
Read More »Yellen: Biden’s plan could restore full employment by 2022
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday the country was still in a “deep hole” with millions of lost jobs but that President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief plan could generate enough growth to restore full employment by next year.
Read More »Flat Matt, falling lemons and digital Dolly: The 2021 Super Bowl Ads
If you saw Bud Light's "Legends" ad during the Super Bowl — the one featuring everyone from Cedric the Entertainer to Post Malone in an Avengers: Endgame-style gathering of the brand's biggest stars — this element stood out like the Bud Knight at a square dance.
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