The changes arrive as many employers near the end of their eight-week coverage period during which they are required use their disbursements to bring back their full-time employee counts to pre-pandemic levels to qualify for SBA forgiveness. The new bill would triple that covered period to 24 weeks.

“Our primary focus from the beginning of this pandemic was being an engineering resource for organizations needing to adopt virtual and cloud technologies to enable safe and secure remote work capabilities,”

“As phased reopening continues and all 67 counties are either in the yellow or green phase by Friday, we will no longer have a stay-at-home order in effect,” Wolf said on Wednesday.

Gov. Tom Wolf announced today that 16 counties will move to the green phase next week.

Lebanon City Mayor Sherry Capello said it plans to partner with the Community First Fund of Lancaster, a non-profit corporation, in making loans available to the small businesses in the city. 

Gov. Tom Wolf will move the remaining 18 currently red-phase counties situated in the south-central and southeast of the state into yellow on June 5, according to an announcement by Lancaster County Commissioner Josh Parsons, referencing a call with the governor’s office on Twitter.

Memorial Day weekend should mean the official opening of the summer season for Pennsylvania’s amusement parks, but this year the festivities are at a standstill. Those who run the parks don’t know when or if they can open for the year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr. Roxanna Gapstur, president and CEO of WellSpan Health, spoke to the Central Penn Business Journal last week about the system's COVID-19 efforts and how the pandemic has effected its facilities and patients.

CVS Health is expanding its self-swab COVID-19 testing to 27 pharmacies across the state starting Friday, including Harrisburg and Bethlehem.

A coalition of local engineering firms, the “Health Spaces Initiative,” established to outfit workspaces with infection-resistant features, has won its first contract with Lemoyne’s Gunn-Mowery Insurance.

In a letter sent to Gov. Tom Wolf on Tuesday, more than 40 state House and 16 Senate members requested all retail stores be allowed to reopen for curbside pickup while parts of the state remain closed during a stay-at-home order.

Executive coaches Claudia Williams and Chad Harvey share insight into what they have been relaying to business owners during the past few months.

The York County Economic Alliance launched a new page on its PreparedYork.com website with resources to support businesses and the community as the county moves to the “yellow” phase of reopening on May 22.

Moving out of the red phase next Friday are Adams, Beaver, Carbon, Columbia, Cumberland, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry, Susquehanna, Wyoming, Wayne and York counties.

Hospitals are the front line for providing health care during the COVID-19 pandemic, yet there is a lack of partnership with the Pennsylvania state government to protect hospitals, health care workers and the communities they serve. Throughout this pandemic, The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania has worked in partnership with the Department of Health ...