Indonesian Lantern’s Indah Nuritasari and Generocity contributor Sabrina Emms talk to three restaurateurs about COVID’s ongoing impact on a sector that’s a key part of the community. | From: Generocity (Read more.)
Some commercial eviction proceedings are underway, while other developers are negotiating. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Keystone Crossroads reporters Miles Bryan and Katie Meyer walk us through why things shook out the way they did, and why politicians on both sides of the aisle are pointing the finger at the federal government. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
More than half a million Pennsylvania residents are relying on additional federal unemployment benefits created as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. But those benefits are slated to expire this month unless Congress acts. Now, the commonwealth’s Department of Labor and Industry Secretary Jerry Oleksiak is asking the U.S. Senate to extend the benefits. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Other retail businesses are still looking for relief, as landlords demand rent payments. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Philabundance, which during the pandemic is seeing greater need for its services than ever before, was the victim of an elaborate and large cybertheft. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Research quantifies what most of us probably have assumed: unemployment does nothing positive for mental health. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Mayor Jim Kenney and his top finance officials announced three new rules aimed at providing some help to businesses ailing from the COVID-19 pandemic economic downtown. | From: NBC10/Telemundo62 (Read more.)
A City Council bill designed to prevent unscrupulous contractors from receiving construction tax benefits sparked a debate about whether it could also open the door for a crackdown on undocumented workers in an unusually contentious committee hearing on Monday. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
The funds are aimed at equipping Black and brown Philadelphians with tech skills that employers are increasingly seeking. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
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