Talk of raising minimum wage worries restaurants still reeling from COVID-19

Betsy PriceBusiness, Food & Dining, Government, Headlines, Scene About Town

    Restaurateurs are listening with great alarm to state and national talk about raising minimum wage to $15 an hour. Carl Georigi, CEO of the Platinum Dining Group, says that raising minimum wage from $9.25 an hour to $11 by next year — the first hike a state bill proposes on the way to $15 by 2026 —  would …

More than 30 pop-up COVID-19 testing sites planned for week of Jan. 11

Betsy PriceGovernment, Headlines, Health

  As statistics show the number of Delaware COVID-19 hospitalization high and positive cases rising in the wake of December holidays, “We all need to do our part and flatten this curve again,” said Gov. John Carney in a press release. “Testing is the best way to track the spread of COVID-19 and monitor for potential outbreaks. But it’s not …