Pennsylvania State Police Liquor Control Officers are starting to issue more violations in their COVID-19 safety checks of businesses with liquor licenses in the state.

The U.S. added 1.8 million jobs in July as payroll growth slowed amid a split-screen economy that had employers stepping up hiring in parts of the country that continued to let businesses reopen.

OraSure Technologies of Bethlehem said it expects to launch its COVID-19 rapid antigen in-home self-test by the fourth quarter of this year.

After a late opening because of the COVID-19 shutdown, Dorney Park will also be closing down earlier than normal. In a statement on its website, the park said it will close for the season on Labor Day, Sept. 7.

A coalition of 59 industry trade groups are calling on the commonwealth’s Congressional delegation to pass safe harbor liability protections against “unwarranted lawsuits” resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic for businesses that comply with health and safety guidelines.

Two Eastern Pennsylvania medical equipment suppliers have been charged with price gouging for selling N95 face masks for more than $25 each.

With people still eating at home because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Weis Markets is reporting that dramatically higher sales are ongoing.

Pennsylvania State Police Liquor Control Officers have now issued four notices of violation to businesses that failed to comply with COVID-19 mitigation efforts, one of which was in the Lehigh Valley.

The state health department unveiled a nearly $23 million federally funded contract with the Atlanta, Georgia-based staffing firm Insight Global to recruit and train remote 1,000 contract tracers in addition to the 654 currently monitoring the spread of the COVID-19 in Pennsylvania.

The theft of more than $44 million in federal funds meant for unemployed Pennsylvanians was thwarted by government agencies and banking institutions, the U.S. Attorney’s office of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced on Tuesday.