Southcentral Pa. chambers and economic development organizations have become instant resources in light of COVID-19 information. We have links to those resources.

Businesses will not be penalized for failing to meet the March 20 Accelerated Sales Tax (AST) deadline, officials from the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue confirmed to the Central Penn Business Journal.

Ultimately, good questions posed with poise and good timing reveal information that help us more forward. So, before you refrain from posing any questions, regardless of the business setting, ask yourself this: “What’s the worst response I could get?”

Websites are just as susceptible to a lawsuit as an entrance to a business without a ramp for a wheelchair-bound customer. A site can be coded in a manner that confuses audiation software that reads the elements of a site to a blind user or has elements that make it difficult for someone to zoom in on a page.

Pennsylvania now has 268 confirmed cases of COVID-19. That’s a jump of 83 cases from yesterday. The state has had one death so far and 2,574 people who have tested negative.

Just Born, which manufactures PEEPS and Mike & Ikes in Bethlehem said it will continue operations, while adjusting to extra precautions because of the coronavirus.

Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry is seeking modification and clarification of Gov. Tom Wolf’s order closing all “non-life sustaining businesses” in the state.

The institutional asset management team at PNC Bank has a new senior business development officer in Mark Yasenchak, with roots in the central Pennsylvania markets he’s been recruited to serve, PNC Bank officials announced this week.

To slow the spread of COVID-19, Gov. Tom Wolf ordered all non-life-sustaining businesses in Pennsylvania to close their physical locations late yesterday, and offered a comprehensive list of those types of businesses affected.

Community banks have been working around the clock for weeks to implement pandemic protocols, which address not only hygiene and cleanliness, testing procedures and sick leave compensation, but also ensure customers maintain access to vital banking services.

“This virus is an invisible danger that could be present everywhere. We need to act with the strength we use against any other severe threat. And, we need to act now before the illness spreads more widely.”

President Trump signed legislation that requires employers to provide paid sick leave and expand the scope of the Family Medical Leave Act during the COVID-19 pandemic, drawing split reactions from business leaders.

As the owner of three businesses in diverse industries, I have firsthand experience with how the global pandemic will challenge every leader in our community in ways we cannot even comprehend.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has asked the U.S. Small Business Administration to implement an SBA disaster declaration so businesses and nonprofits in the state can access SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans in all 67 counties.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health has given the state’s hospitals until midnight Thursday to implement their COVID-19 emergency plans, including limits on elective surgeries.