Over the past few months, a bold new wave of the worker solidarity movement, led by low-wage frontline service persons and retail employees who kept cities like Philadelphia running throughout the pandemic, has spread across the region. | From: Metro Philadelphia (Read more.)
A new federal law intended to ban surprise medical billing is set to take effect in the beginning of January. In Pennsylvania, it’ll be overseen by the state Insurance Department — and Gov. Tom Wolf says officials are getting ready to roll out the changes. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Philadelphia business owners in 2021 have experienced a drip in staffing, loss of annual income, and inconsistent masking requirements. Even so, many have powered through and are starting to see signs of hope. | From AL DÍA (Read more.)
The agency took in nearly $5 million in children’s Social Security benefits between fiscal years 2016 and 2020 that belonged to hundreds of youth in foster care, according to records obtained by Resolve Philly and The Inquirer through a Right to Know request. Then DHS swept the money into the city’s $5 billion general fund. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Philadelphians — along with residents of seven other Pennsylvania counties — are eligible for FEMA’s Individual Assistance program because of a federal disaster declaration. The remnants of Ida brought at least seven tornadoes to the Philly area, killed several people in the region, devastated businesses in Manayunk and filled Center City’s Vine Street Expressway like a bathtub with brown floodwaters. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
Amid an economic recovery that’s slowed after a summer boom, prices have been rising rapidly. The Consumer Price Index, a measure of the average change in prices, showed the cost of goods rising by 6.2% between October 2020 to October 2021, with energy and used car prices going up most. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
El supermercado Juniata se inauguró el 1 de diciembre en el norte de Filadelfia. La nueva instalación en el bloque 900 de la calle East Luzerne solía ser una bodega abandonada. | From: Philatinos Radio (Read more.)
A Philadelphia neighborhood once considered a food desert has a new supermarket, and the owner did it without government assistance. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Members of Unite Here Local 274 working as housekeepers, cooks, laundry attendants and lobby staff at the Wyndham Philadelphia Historic District Hotel began the strike early Sunday morning. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
With Johnny Doc’s conviction and subsequent resignation from the Building Trades Council, Boyer offers a glimmer of hope for more diversity. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
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