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A new event called LGBTQ Inclusivity in the Workplace taught local businesses how to better include and support LGBTQ people.

Workers at a Starbucks store at Northampton Crossings are the latest to join a strike timed to Pride month, alleging unfair labor practices and disputes with the company over LGBTQ+ displays in stores. While striking, workers say they were kicked off of Starbucks property, with police involved.

Zoners approved variances for lighting and signage as the Raising Cane's project heads again to the township's planning commission in July.

Lehigh Valley International Airport Executive Director Thomas R. Stoudt said Tuesday he is not opposed to additional hotels being built at the airport. A Courtyard by Marriott is slated to open there late in 2025.

One hookah lounge owner said he bought a metal detector and is doing all he can to ensure customers are safe, but he wants help from police.

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'After-hours' establishments could face huge fines — and potential closure — for violating nuisance-abatement ordinances, under a resolution introduced by the city council. Council was critical of the Tuerk administration's response to violence.

WLVR's Megan Frank talks with Julian Abraham and Jay Bradley.

The Parkland School Board renewed a sports medicine and school health needs agreement with St. Luke's after state Sen. Jarrett Coleman urged them not to. He suggested the health network should find better ways to spend the money.

Pennsylvania's Democratic-controlled House of Representatives approved a measure that would raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2026 in a close vote Tuesday. It has an uncertain future in the Republican-controlled Senate.

The American Trucker Association estimates a shortage of 80,000 drivers nationwide.

Two years after the start of the pandemic, they're ready for a full return of visitors.

Figures released this week show another 4.4 million workers quit their jobs in February.

The funds must be spent by 2026.

The company has gained jobs as its IntelliSwab COVID rapid test kits have entered the market.

The Lehigh Valley has nearly made a full recovery from the pandemic, Cunningham said.

Borrowing money for a home or auto loan could also cost more.

A billboard company, Adams Outdoor, is using the sunflower as a symbol for peace.

Two Pa. legislators would like to see them, but not cocktails in cans, return.

Republican primary candidates are focusing on rising gas and fossil fuel prices.

A business incubator in South Bethlehem is urging other businesses to join in the effort.

It will be the company's first manufacturing facility in the United States.