Pennsylvania To Resume Work-Search Rule For Jobless Benefits In July
Pennsylvania will resume work search requirements in July for people receiving unemployment compensation, a top Wolf administration official said Monday.
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Pennsylvania will resume work search requirements in July for people receiving unemployment compensation, a top Wolf administration official said Monday.
Republican lawmakers want to limit the governor's powers, saying Wolf did not include them in pandemic-related decisions.
The press conference will be held at 2 p.m. and streamed on CBSN Philly.
The Republican-backed Fairness in Women's Sports Act would bar anyone assigned male at birth from competing with female players.
The bill bars anyone designated "male" at birth from competing with female players.
The governor didn't give any specifics about when or where those new sites will open.
Wolf ordered a commission to deliver recommendations by Aug. 1 of funding alternatives to foot the extra billions of dollars necessary.
Wolf, speaking at a news conference outside a Rite Aid pharmacy in Steelton where people with appointments were waiting to be vaccinated, announced on March 6, 2020, that Pennsylvania had confirmed its first two cases of the new coronavirus.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf is expected to unveil a workforce development plan to get Pennsylvanians back to work Monday morning.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf wants to see the commonwealth begin the process to legalize adult-use of marijuana in 2021.
The governor said supply is ultimately the limiting factor.
He said the current minimum wage of $7.25 is leaving essential workers in poverty.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and other state officials will hold a virtual briefing Thursday afternoon to discuss the governor's proposal to fund school districts across the commonwealth.
Wolf is proposing raising personal income taxes on higher earners, but the taxes would be lowering for working families and individuals.
Under the plan for the fiscal year beginning July 1, Wolf, a Democrat, will ask the Republican-controlled Legislature for what could approach $2 billion extra for public schools.
The push is underway in such states as Arizona, Michigan, Ohio, Maryland, Kentucky, Indiana and Pennsylvania, where legislators are seeking a constitutional amendment to strip the governor of many of his emergency powers.
On Tuesday, health officials announced an additional 4,628 cases of COVID-19.
Another shutdown of indoor dining across Pennsylvania is looming.
Wolf tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19 on Tuesday.
First Lady Frances Wolf says she will still continue to quarantine at home after the governor tested positive for the coronavirus on Tuesday.
Wolf said he received the positive test Tuesday and is in isolation at home.
The number of COVID-19 cases in the commonwealth are on a steep climb and now jeopardizing hospitals.
The City of Philadelphia is seeing rising cases of COVID-19 everyday and Tuesday's latest numbers are no exception.
Wolf's veto message argued that with the pandemic spreading, it is not a good idea to be providing legal protections "for noncompliance or carelessness."
A stay-at-home advisory is now in place in Pennsylvania.
