Friday PA Capitol NewsClips 2.28.20

Sen. Scarnati, Who Does Not Represent Erie, Wants To Usurp Erie’s Time At Community College Hearing

Spotlight PA: Senate, House Members Black Out Details Of How They Spend Taxpayer Money, Claiming Legislative Privilege

AP: Senate, House Members Want To Shield Reasons For Spending Taxpayer Money

Editorial: State Lawmakers Use Nonexistent Privilege To Avoid Telling Taxpayers How They Use Public Money

AP-Mark Scolforo: State Sued Over Counting Inmates In Rural Legislative Districts Where They Are Incarcerated, Not Where They Live

Op-Ed: 2020 Politicians, Stop Pandering To Black Voters And Come To Our Neighborhoods - Sen. Williams
Laura Olson/Ford Turner: Morning Call/Muhlenberg College Poll Finds Fewer PA Voters Concerned About Foreign Interference, Voting Problems A Bigger Worry

Laura Olson/Ford Turner: Morning Call/Muhlenberg College Poll Finds PA Voters Split On Fracking Ban - 42% Oppose Ban, 38% Support

Why You Won’t Know Who Won The Election On Election Day

20,000+ Voters Sign Up Online For Mail-In Ballot In First 2 Weeks

What 50 Years Of PA Voting Data Tells Us

Erie County To Show How New Voting Machines Work

Poor People’s Campaign Reminds Lawmakers About Eliminating General Assistance
Skill-Based, Other Illegal Gambling Devices Seized Statewide By State Police

House Hearing On Prescription Drug Costs Goes Nowhere

Drug Injection Site Plans Hit Pause In Philadelphia

Lehigh County To Open Drug Court To Avoid Incarcerating People
Allegheny County Judge Who Called Black Juror Aunt Jemima Made Other Racial Comments

Juvenile Killer Doesn’t Like New 30-Year-to-Life Sentence, Court Tells Him To Live With It

Op-Ed: If Stop-And-Frisk Can Save Black Lives, Shouldn’t We Keep It?
Op-Ed: Chester County Clean Slate Program Gives Youth Fresh Start
Philly’s Soda Tax Didn’t Lead To People Drinking Less Soda, Study Says

Nonprofit UPMC Revenue Tops $20 Billion For 2019, Dominates Western PA Insurance Market

AP: Regulators Challenge Merger Of Philadelphia Health Networks

Philadelphia To Try Ambulance Medicare Program That Diverts Patients To Non-Hospitals
Micek: Sen. Costa: House Needs To Pass Public Health Emergency Bill

Experts Warn Trump’s Misinformation On Coronavirus Is Dangerous

Pittsburgh Infectious Disease Expert On Coronavirus: No Country Is Going To Escape It

Pittsburgh Lab Working To Create Vaccine For Coronavirus

York County Couples’ Diary Gives Perspective On Cruise Ship Coronavirus Quarantine

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Airport Takes Steps To Deal With Coronavirus

Penn State Community Feels Global Effect Of Coronavirus

Luzerne Area Schools Prepare For Coronavirus

Who Really Needs Face Masks?

A Guide: How To Prepare Your Home For Coronavirus
Editorial: American Will Need Best Medical Minds To Fight Coronavirus, Regardless Of Their Politics

Penn Hikes Tuition, Room and Board Fees To Nearly $77,000

Rachel McDevitt: Fmr Midstate Business Owner Sentenced For Defrauding State-Owned College Faculty Union

Editorial: Edinboro U. Confronts New Reality
PLS Reporter: Despite Litany Of Barriers, Legislators, PDE Take Aim At Tackling Mental Health In Schools

Op-Ed: Why PA Needs To Rein In Taxpayer Funded Private Charter School Costs

Mayor: Facebook Symbolizes Pittsburgh’s Changing Economy

Logistics Park Could Bring 4,500 Jobs To Northampton County

Anya Litvak: Wabtec Agrees To Pay $37 Million In No-Poach Class Action

AP: Owner Of Shuttered Franklin County Dairy Pleads Guilty To $60 Million Fraud

Montgomery County Lawyer Gets 5 Years In Prison For Running $3.4 Million Fraud

New $330K Street Hockey Rink Coming To Wilkes-Barre Courtesy Of $250,000 DCED Tourism Grant

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Other States/National/International

Laura Olson: Republican Drops Out Of Running For Cong. Wild Seat After Invalid Petition Signatures Found

Franklin County Trump Voter With Buyer’s Remorse Seeks Conversations Of Grace And Mercy

How Health Care Proposals Divide Voters In Western PA

John Baer: Super Tuesday Could Be Super Bad For Democrats

Coca-Cola Says Coronavirus Could Affect Diet Coke Supply

FDA: U.S. Has First Coronavirus-Related Drug Shortage; 20 Drugs Source Ingredients From China

2-Year-Old Boy Getting Cancer Treatment In Philly; His Parents May Be Deported

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[Posted: February 28, 2020]