Governor Tom Wolf is continuing his push for a higher minimum wage in Pennsylvania.
Governor Wolf says the pandemic has made raising the state’s minimum wage more important given that many of the jobs which have kept society going are done by minimum wage workers.
And despite what many say, Wolf believes businesses stand to benefit from an increase in the minimum wage. The governor is calling for increasing the state’s minimum wage to $12 an hour July 1st with 50 cent annual increases after that until it reaches $15 an hour on July 1st, 2027.
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The Wolf Administration has announced help for the state’s hospitality industry which has struggled under coronavirus-related restrictions.
Department of Community and Economic Development Secretary Dennis Davin says the COVID-19 Hospitality Industry Recovery Program will provide $145 million to be distributed to all of the state’s 67 counties to support the hospitality industry in the form of grants. The grants will range from $5,000 to $50,000.
Sec. Davin says the state wants to make sure this funding is utilized as quickly as possible with organizations applying no later than March 15th. He says the states wants to have the funds allocated by July 15th.
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State police liquor control enforcement agencies have filed another round of charges against license holders that violated the COVID-19 restrictions set in place by Gov. Wolf in December.
The Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement independent of the Liquor Control Board reported 70 violation notices have been filed in the surrounding region including Indiana County. Some are for infractions of long-standing liquor code provisions while others are for violation of the COVID-19 restrictions set by Gov. Wolf in December. Five area license holders were cited including, the Black Bull Saloon in Rural Valley and the Rossiter Veterans Club in Canoe Township.
Both establishments were cited for COVID-19 related violations.
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