>>Restaurants Continue To Struggle Amid Pandemic
(Harrisburg, PA) -- Restaurants across the state are still having a hard time getting back on their feet. Pennsylvania Restaurant and Lodging Association officials say establishments are struggling to hire workers, suffering from debt incurred during the crisis and facing rising food prices and shortages. They added that operators have expressed to them that the current workforce challenge is ten times worse than it was even before the pandemic. Many have attributed the shortage to people being lazy or taking advantage of unemployment benefits, but some lawmakers say it's due to wage shortages, lack of benefits, transportation shortages and childcare shortages.