Eight nonprofits in York County were awarded part of an $186,000 pool of grant funding through a new fund focused on supporting nonprofit organizations helping the county through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Carlisle-based The Giant Company plans to increase its workforce by 3,000 people in the coming weeks.

A letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, signed by Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro and 19 other state attorneys general, asks the agency to lift its ban preventing gay and bi-sexual men from giving blood.

The postal industry continues to operate amidst the COVID-19 pandemic but a Postal Connections franchisee has found it’s taken a suite of services, from sending and receiving packages to copying and faxing documents, to remain open.

A series of changes in Medicare over the last month allowing health care providers to receive reimbursements for telemedicine services was something providers thought would take years.

Three Mile Island’s Unit 1 reactor closed last year, but Pennsylvania remains the second largest generator of nuclear energy in the country. Only Illinois produces more.

Angry over the closure of businesses deemed “non-life sustaining,” hundreds of protesters, many carrying signs and hats supporting President Donald Trump, took the streets of Harrisburg to protest the actions of Gov. Tom Wolf to protect public health during the coronavirus pandemic.

Dentsply Sirona announced furloughed 383 employees at its York County manufacturing facilities in response to a drop in demand for dental supplies across the country, according to a WARN notice filed with the state Department of Labor & Industry.

A statewide order compelling employers to require all employees and customers to wear masks in their facilities will not be postponed despite a lack of available supplies.

Rite Aid opened two self-swab testing sites in the midstate this week with locations in Dauphin and York counties.

Starting Sunday, employers must require all employees and customers to wear masks at work, under an order issued today by state Health Secretary Rachel Levine. The order also requires companies to provide masks for workers, and deny entry to customers who are not wearing one.

Recently laid off workers are subject to special periods that allow them to enroll in new or different health insurance plan through the Affordable Care Act.

Tait Towers Manufacturing laid off 257 employees from its corporate headquarters in Lititz at the end of March.

When Erin Zakin got the message that she’d be working from home for the foreseeable future, she wasn’t worried.

Pennsylvania hospitals can now apply for loans through a $450 million aid package from the state to help facilities stay above water during the COVID-19 pandemic.