Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture today issued guidance for the commonwealth’s essential grocery stores to ensure continuation of services to Pennsylvanians while maintaining a healthy workforce. “In our current COVID-19 pandemic, retail food workers are among the heroes,” said Secretary Redding. “We need their workforce to remain healthy – physically and mentally – […]
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Harrisburg, PA – The Wolf Administration today reminded Pennsylvanians of food assistance resources available and what actions it is taking to ensure access to food does not stop in spite of the COVID-19 mitigation efforts. “Life has slowed and it has changed, but it has not stopped for the millions of Pennsylvanians who depend on food […]
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By: Christian McLaughlin Whether it’s a back road country market, roadside store, grocery chain, vending machine or big box store price gouging is occurring in Pennsylvania amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Pennsylvania wants you to know, they’re on your side and ready to take action to protect consumers. No matter how small or big the retailer, […]
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Enforcement action begins at 8:00 a.m., Monday, March 23 Harrisburg, PA – Colonel Robert Evanchick, commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP), issued the following statement today on the agency’s enforcement of Governor Tom Wolf’s order closing physical locations of non-life-sustaining businesses: “The priority of the Pennsylvania State Police is protecting lives and maintaining order in the commonwealth. […]
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Harrisburg, PA – In recognition of the critical role boarding kennels, doggie daycares, shelters, sanctuaries, and rescues play in ensuring essential workers and at-risk individuals have a safe place to house dogs and the need for continued care for Pennsylvania’s strays, the Department of Agriculture today issued guidance for protecting staff and volunteers of such facilities. […]
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U.S. Senate passes a bipartisan plan to expand paid leave and unemployment benefits; and as COVID-19 expands in U.S., Latino kids are in the crosshairs. Download QR 🡻
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By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. — An independent policy research project has released a brief outlining steps to guard against the burdens of the COVID-19 pandemic falling disproportionately on the poor. The Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center says the Keystone State should embrace the moral equivalent of wartime equality in its response to the pandemic. State spending […]
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Harrisburg, PA – Major Gary Dance, director of the Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Records and Identification, released the following statement today on the Pennsylvania Instant Check System (PICS). “Technology challenges and a surge in requests resulted in PICS twice going offline on March 17, 2020. An isolated server issue was responsible for the morning outage […]
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