I’m flying with a kid, and I’m kind of nervous about it. We are heading off to sunny California this fall to visit my in-laws, and I am freaking out. A little. Not a lot, but definitely a little. 

After awarding over $10 billion in economic relief to nearly 12,000 theaters, live venues and other entertainment hubs across the country, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced a new round of “supplemental” grants for venues that continued to suffer revenue loss into 2021. 

There is a childcare shortage in Pennsylvania and across the nation. The COVID pandemic caused childcare centers to shutter, many permanently. The extra unemployment benefits kept some caregivers from returning to work. Wages for childcare workers are low, pushing many to change careers. All of this is causing an economic squeeze on businesses here and across the country as workers who can’t find childcare stay home with their children.

Pfizer said Monday its COVID-19 vaccine works for children ages 5 to 11 and that it will seek U.S. authorization for this age group soon -- a key step toward beginning vaccinations for youngsters.

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. 

The Harrisburg Regional Chamber & CREDC’s first in-person event following quarantine centered on a message of workplace civility and creating a culture where people can come together.

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.

Hair care professionals across the state that have yet to receive pandemic aid will have the chance to do so with a new $20 million relief package announced by Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Responding to the ravages of COVID-19 in nursing homes, senior Democratic senators Tuesday introduced legislation to increase nurse staffing, improve infection control and bolster inspections.

Masks on. Masks off. Masks on ... again.

NEW YORK (AP) — Quintin Sweat and Renée Harrison live only 15 minutes apart by car, with the U.S.-Canada border between them.

Lancaster County businesses received over $6 million through Pennsylvania’s $145 million COVID-19 Hospitality Industry Recovery Program (CHIRP).

The Press & Journal, a weekly paper covering Middletown, a small town near Pennsylvania’s capital, folded in July 2020 because its ad revenue collapsed in the pandemic. Its publishers, Joe and Louise Sukle, decided there was no future for the paper, even after getting a $146,000 emergency small-business loan from the government and donations from the community while seeing its site traffic zoom up.

Lehigh Valley received $1.6 million from the state to entice workers to finish their education and return to the workforce after COVID 19 shut down most of the economy for more than a year.

Kendra Auker is president and CEO of the Evangelical Community Hospital in Lewisburg. She oversees 2,000 employees, 1,600 of them women, and many of them in their child rearing years.