Businesses across the state, especially in the restaurant industry, are unhappy with news of another COVID-19 shutdown.

If we can't change the curve fairly quickly, then our healthcare system is going to be overwhelmed and that's gonna be bad for everyone."

While no statewide lockdowns or stay-at-home orders have been implemented, Levine said she and other health officials are monitoring hospital capacity closely, and once again encouraging residents to avoid traveling for the holidays. 

Gov. Tom Wolf extended the state’s Proclamation of Disaster Emergency for the COVID-19 pandemic for another 90-days.

With COVID-19 cases on the rise -- the state health department reported 44,502 positive cases over the past seven days -- Pennsylvania is issuing what it called targeted safety measures to slow the transmission rate.

"It could take a significant amount of time to immunize everyone in Pennsylvania. I anticipate that we’re going to be wearing masks in 2021, well into — maybe until the end of — 2021," she said.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health is urging residents to keep up the mitigation efforts as the fall wave of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to pick up speed and break record case counts in the commonwealth.

Less than a week after Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed a bill that would have eased COVID-19 mitigation restrictions at the state’s restaurants, he is offering a financial olive branch to the hard-hit industry.

Now is the time of year when companies start their tax planning, but as with just about everything, the COVID-19 pandemic has created obstacles to normal tax-planning efforts.

Bethlehem’s OraSure has gotten the approval it needs for its saliva-based sample collection device.

The program is the brainchild of state representative and former Harrisburg City Councilwoman, Patty Kim. Kim said she remembers being a young mother looking for child care and realizing it would cost most of her yearly salary.

The bill mostly reverts to rules that were in place before stricter rules were enacted July 15 in the wake of a spike in COVID-19 cases as well as well as new regulations that were enacted Monday.

Restaurants may increase their dining capacity from the current 25% restriction to 50% if they certify online that they are adhering to all COVID-19 preventative measures.

An extra $300 a week will soon be going out to Pennsylvania residents who are out of work because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

  The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically reduced the number of people travelling both for business and leisure, and as Labor Day approaches hotel operators are saying it’s been a cruel summer. The American Hotel & Lodging Association reports that 65% of hotels in the country have been operating below the breakeven point even the traditional ...