The bill, introduced by freshman Councilmember Kendra Brooks in May, requires employers to provide two weeks of paid sick leave to their workers until the end of the year. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
The Public Utility Commission slapped a moratorium on shutoffs in March as Gov. Tom Wolf was in the midst of a cascade of shutdown orders to help stop the spread of the virus. | From: NBC10 (Read more.)
Addressing these issues and offering young people paths to success that don’t involve a gun, explained Solomon, are the only way to curb the violence in the city long term. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
It’s called Red Alert, and it’s not just Philadelphia. People who work in theaters, convention centers, and live events around the world have been out of work for nearly six months due to the coronavirus. Red Alert is an international effort to push for awareness and legislation to help millions of people not able to earn a paycheck. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Real estate investor Ani Sanyal and his partners are offering gallery space to local artists — for free — as part of a three-and-a-half-month artist-in-residence program. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
Crust Vegan Bakery owners Shannon Roche and Meagan Benz didn’t want to lay off their staff in response to the coronavirus. So they didn’t. | From: Philadelphia Magazine (Read more.)
Some parts of life look almost normal right now. Hair is being cut. Restaurant sidewalks are bustling. The stock market is soaring. But in the five months since the coronavirus outbreak in the United States, safety concerns and business shut down orders have triggered a steep recession. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
In the years after the Great Recession, Philadelphia’s small and mid-size companies made up a shrinking share of the local economy’s total sales, taxes, and workers, as these crucial growth engines underperformed those in other big cities, according to a new report. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Through a temporary federal program, called Lost Wages Assistance, unemployed Pennsylvania and New Jersey residents can get extra money through the Federal Emergency Management Agency, known as FEMA. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Administration after administration, their plans have solved nothing. This is what having a front-row seat to decades of political futility looks like. | From: Philadelphia Magazine (Read more.)
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