Eight emerging tech-startups from across the state, including four from the midstate, will compete for $50,000 as part of Ben Franklin’s Big Idea contest. 

Businesses with over 100 employees will need to either require their workforce to be fully vaccinated or require unvaccinated employees to take weekly COVID-19 tests as part of a new country-wide vaccination effort. 

York County’s small businesses and nonprofits, as well as businesses in the tourism and hospitality industry, will receive a portion of the county’s remaining American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds.

When Lindsay Zoeller found out she was pregnant with her first child in February 2020, visions of a maternity leave spent in mommy-and-me yoga classes danced in her head. Nine months later, she and her husband, Alex Leininger, who both work at Booz Allen Hamilton, welcomed a son. 

Ryan Unger, Harrisburg Regional Chamber and CREDC’s new president and CEO, proudly displays a Ronald Reagan quote on his desk at his North Front St., Harrisburg, headquarters: “There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.”

Coworking spaces in the midstate began the difficult process of reopening their work early last summer and found that while it would take well into 2021 before daily visits returned to pre-pandemic levels, many members came back immediately.

Tevis Energy, a Westminster, Maryland fuel provider, plans to open its first Pennsylvania headquarters after growing its customer base in the midstate.

Gov. Tom Wolf is expected to sign a $40.8 billion general fund budget that includes the largest education funding increase in state history and allocates millions of dollars from Pennsylvania’s share of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) for rental assistance, child care, nursing home and long-term care recovery and more, before its Wednesday deadline.

In an effort to drive long-term economic growth throughout the state, the Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce plans to create what it calls a “guide post for policymakers and elected officials.”

The business owner needs to have a great relationship with two or more financial sources so they get to evaluate various options and aren’t limited to just one solution which may not be the best solution for their current situation.

Twelve businesses have won grants of up to $5,000 each through a program that supports five communities adjacent to the York County Heritage Rail Trail: City of York, Seven Valleys, Glen Rock, Railroad and New Freedom.

Four businesses in Lancaster and York counties will receive low-interest loans through the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA).

The biggest challenges for Pennsylvania businesses include continued declines in customer volume, financial concerns and limitations from Gov. Tom Wolf’s mitigation orders, according to a recent survey of 921 businesses.

Lancaster Airport will offer daily flights to Washington Dulles International Airport beginning in June and will no longer offer direct flights to Baltimore.

Businesses large and small put a pause on making large changes to their health plans, adopting a wait-and-see approach before switching plans.