Regional transportation authority Capital Area Transit (CAT) and rabbittransit announced this week that it will reduce transportation services, citing recent staff shortages. 

The shortage of affordable housing is acute nationwide, and central Pennsylvania is no exception. 

John Giambalvo, president and CEO of Jack Giambalvo Family Dealerships, has seen autoparts shortages before but nothing like what is happening now. From auto parts to the sale of new and used cars, everything is being impacted because of the semiconductor shortage, shipping backlogs and a decrease in supplies.    

The nursing shortage in Pennsylvania -- and across the country -- isn’t new, it’s just been exacerbated by the pandemic, according to the head of the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association in Harrisburg.  

A recent survey of 18 Pennsylvania-based nursing homes, assisted living communities and personal care homes showed that respondents lost 18% of their workforce as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Miami-based medical marijuana dispensary Fluent operates 28 storefronts throughout Florida, Pennsylvania, Texas and Michigan, but its highest revenue generating store has been its only Pennsylvanian location in Hanover. 

In an effort to tackle a nationwide nurse educator shortage, PA College of Health Sciences announced a new Post-Master’s Certificate in Nursing Education starting this fall.