Thursday PA Capitol NewsClips 2.27.20

Senate & House Agency-By-Agency Budget Hearings Continue At 10:00 a.m.:

House: 10:00- OPEN. 

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Senate: 10:00- Education 3:00- DCED

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Complete Hearing Schedule.   

Fair Districts PA Packs Meeting In Wellsboro From Tioga, Potter Counties
Why Fmr Prisoners Are Suing Pennsylvania Over Prison Gerrymandering
Spotlight PA: Lawmakers Black Out Details Of How They Spend $360 Million In Taxpayers Money Claiming Legislative Privilege

Republicans Are Spreading Fake Census Forms Throughout Philly Suburbs

Emily Previti: $90 Million Bond Issue To Pay For Voting Machines Clears State Financing Agency

Op-Ed: I’m Worried My First Ever Vote In PA Primary Won’t Be Safe

Op-Ed: I Covered Sen. Scarnati For 20 Years, Here’s What I Learned
Ex-State Senator Mike Folmer Pleads Guilty In Child Porn Case

PA Will Fall Behind Economically Without Targeted Investment, Officials Say

Ed Mahon: Ag Secretary Confronted With Past Opposition To Cutting Horse Racing Subsidies

Wolf Touts State Universities College  Scholarship Plan In Bucks County

Katie Meyer: Only A Fraction Of PA Residents Have A REAL ID, But PennDOT Says That’s OK

Stephen Caruso: PennDOT Wants To Try Rush-Hour Driving Charges To Pay For Infrastructure

Human Services Makes $3 Million Pitch For Funding Planned Parenthood

Pennsylvania Prepares For Spread Of Coronavirus, Or COVID-19 [PaCN]

AP: Health Outlines Plans For Possible Pennsylvania Coronavirus Spread

PA Is Preparing For Coronavirus As CDC Warns Spread In U.S. May Be Inevitable

PSECU Taking Precautions After Possible Coronavirus Exposure To Employee In Dauphin County

No Cases, But Erie Colleges, Universities Deal With Coronavirus

Diocese of Scranton Offers Advice To Parishioners Amid Coronavirus Fears

Commonwealth Medical School, Geisinger Issue Coronavirus Statements

Proactive Approach: Wilkes-Barre Agencies Prepare For Spread of Coronavirus

Villanova Cancels Italy Study-Abroad Program As Coronavirus Spreads
Editorial: Readiness Best Remedy For Coronavirus Outbreak

MAP: Influenza Is Widespread In PA With New Cases In Every County

More Than Half Of PA Schools Stock Naloxone, Penn Study Finds

Pittsburgh Schools Call For Private Charter School Funding Reform “They Have Slowed Poisoned The Public School System”

Op-Ed: Waiting For Prior Authorization Hurts People Who Need Speedy Treatment

Rendell Touts Tremendous Upside Of Philly Drug Injection Site

U.S. Attorney To Ask Court To Halt Philly Drug Injection Site To Avoid A Literal Street Fight

Op-Ed: Drug Injections Site News Blindsided South Philly Neighbors
Attorney For Clergy Child Sex Abuse Victims: Catholic Bishops Often Hide Assets In Bankruptcy Cases

Federal Judge: Philly Courts Must Record Bail Hearings

Parents Seek $1 Million Over Dauphin County Prison Beating Death

Montgomery County Fires Top 2 Public Defenders

Judge: Drunken York College Student Who Fell From Balcony Can’t Keep Suting College, Greek Groups
Editorial: Stop Grandstanding: Local Governments Cannot Ignore State Gun Law

WITF Smart Talk: Roadtrip To HACC To Discuss Career, Technical Education

Google’s Takeover Of A Philly Firm Helped It Dominate Online Adds, Now FTC Is Reviewing It

Wharton Business School Names Erika James First Female Dean

Video Of Family Nearly Hit By Speeding Train In Franklin County Goes Viral

Editorial: Cell Phones Becoming Increasingly Addictive

Editorial: Black History Month Celebrates Great African Americans Past, Present

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Other States/National/International

Micek: New Ad Campaign His Cong. Perry Over His Vote Against Gun Background Checks

Cong. Evans: U.S. House Votes to Make Synching A Federal Hate Crime

Casey Votes For Anti-Abortion Bills Rejected By U.S. Senate

Mom Arrested By ICE Outside Philly School Facing Deportation

One In 10 People In Chambersburg, Franklin County Were Born Outside The U.S.

One Republican Accuses Another Republican Of Forging Petition Signatures To Run Against Cong. Cartwright
Ford Turner: Morning Call/Muhlenberg College Poll: Trump  Closes Gap On All Democratic Presidential Rivals, Except Sanders

Laura Olson: Bloomberg Has Early Start And Is Spending Big In PA, Will His Bet Pay Off?

Democratic SuperPAC Hits Trump In First PA TV Ads

Trump May Visit Scranton For Town Hall Event

AP: Trump Campaign Community Centres To Woo Black Voters In Philadelphia, Pittsburgh

AP: SEIU Union Unveils $150 Million Campaign To Help Defeat Trump
Philly-Area Jews Ponder Complicated Jewishness Of Bernie Sanders

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[Posted: February 27, 2020]