Tag: Governor Tom Wolf

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D.C. Publication Sees Possible ‘Republican Renaissance’ in Current Commissioners’ Race Candidate

Montgomery County Board of Commissioners candidate Liz Ferry is front-and-center with her Republican outlook. Christopher Tremoglie profiled her platform for the Washington Examiner…

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Tipped Wage Floor Rose Jan. 1 for Montco Servers, Affecting Hourly Pay in Pa.

Pennsylvania restaurant workers are dissatisfied with a recent change to their pay, which enables employers to pay them less per hour, based on the tipped…

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Gov. Wolf Calls for $2,000 Payments to Pennsylvanians

Gov. Tom Wolf called on Pennsylvania’s General Assembly to support Pennsylvanians by passing legislation for the American Rescue Plan Act-funded $500 million PA…

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Thousands of Pennsylvanians to Lose Federal Unemployment Aid After This Week

Federal unemployment aid, with its COVID-19 supplementary support, ends next week. Its exit from the household budgets of hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians will…

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TODAY: Pennsylvania’s Mask Mandate Lifted

It’s the time we have all been waiting for: the PA mask mandate is finally lifted today. Approximately 60% of the state’s residents…

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Pennsylvania Further Eases COVID-19 Restrictions, Two Weeks Before Full Lift

Pennsylvania further relaxed state COVID-19 restrictions this week. In another ten days, most coronavirus-related mitigation measures, except for masking, will also go, write…

Healthcare

Bipartisan Bill Requires PA Department of Health to Retool Its Vaccine Rollout in Montgomery County

Pennsylvania House of Representatives had passed a bill requiring the Department of Health to retool its rollout of COVID-19 vaccine to let Philadelphia’s…

Healthcare

One Year Since First COVID-19 Case in Pennsylvania, Gov. Wolf Looking Toward ‘Brighter Future’

On March 6, a year since Pennsylvania recorded its first confirmed case of the coronavirus, Governor Tom Wolf honored the loss of over 24,000…

Economic Development

Governor Wolf Ready to Get Pennsylvania Back to Work with New Workforce and Economic Development Plan

Governor Tom Wolf released his new “Back to Work PA” workforce and economic development plan aimed at bolstering economic recovery efforts and positioning the commonwealth…

Government & Politics

Montco prepared for voting machine upgrade

With a good portion of the state scrambling after a federal court agreement to update voting machines within the next two years, Montco has taken…

Transportation

Montgomery County on List of Governor Wolf’s Infrastructure Help Requests for New Administration

A $1.1 billion Montgomery County infrastructure project is on the list of requests that Governor Wolf has submitted to the new administration for funding…

Healthcare

Accolade Bringing 250 New Jobs to Plymouth Meeting

Governor Wolf had some good news for Plymouth Meeting on Thursday as he announced that Accolade will be bringing 250 new jobs to Montgomery County…

Community

These Fine Wine & Good Spirits Stores Now Open on Sundays

The Fine Wine & Good Spirits stores located in the Hillcrest Shopping Center in Lansdale and on Shelly Road in Harleysville are now open on…