Tuesday PA Capitol & Coronavirus NewsClips 3.31.20

Editorial: State Budgets Will Be Reeling From Coronavirus

Hunt For Polling Locations On In Luzerne County For Later Primary

PA AFL-CIO Encourages Vote By Mail Following Primary Election Date Move

COVID-19 Forces Census Officials To Get Creative

Villanova Taps First Female Engineering Dean

PA Marijuana Grower With Ties To John Hanger Sold To Controversial Arizona Weed Giant

Wilkes-Barre Times Leader To Cease Saturday, Monday, Tuesday Print Publication

Koch Brothers PAC Pledges Support For Cong. Perry Campaign

Coronavirus

President Approves Pennsylvania Major Disaster Declaration For State, Local Governments, Certain Nonprofits

Gov. Wolf Expands Stay At Home Order To Carbon, Cumberland, Dauphin, Schuylkill Counties; Extends School Closures Indefinitely [PaCN]

Jan Murphy: PA School Closure Order Extended Indefinitely

Editorial: 30 More Days Of Pandemic Distance

Poll: PA Voters Support Wolf’s COVID-19 Response (69.4%), Split On Trump (52.2%)

Senate Republicans [Home Builders] Ask Wolf To Reopen All Residential Construction Statewide [JPG]

Op-Ed: President Trump’s Goal Of Getting America Back To Work By Easter Welcome News - Rep. Rothman (Republican, Cumberland County)

Note: Senate/House Republican Leadership Have $172 Million Surplus In Their Own Operating Accounts, Why Don’t They Use It?

Note: March 29: The Guardian: Trump Says Keeping COVID-19 Deaths To 100,000 Would Be Very Good Job

Note: AP: Trump Defends Extending Virus Guidelines As Spread Continues

Dept. Of Health Reports 11 More Deaths Due To COVID-19; Total Cases - 4,087 [PaCN]

Gov. Wolf Issues Statement On Fair, Equitable Treatment Of All Pennsylvanians During Pandemic

Surge In Monroe County Strains Hospitals, Army Corps Planning For Possible Temporary Hospital Sites

Coronavirus Shutdown Squeezing PA’s Most Vulnerable Residents

What The PA National Guard Does When The Governor Calls

PA State Police Hands Out 96 Total Warnings To Businesses Not Complying With Shut Down

Spotlight PA: Wolf’s Former Business Keeps Operating Despite Losing State Shutdown Waiver

Spotlight PA: Syringe Exchanges Deemed Life-Sustaining During Shutdown

NJ Liquor Store Reopens After Being Overrun By PA Shoppers During Shutdown

Erie Man Faces Criminal Charges For Trying To Sell 59 Bottles Of Liquor Online

Dept. Of Corrections Quarantines State Prison System

AP: PA Supreme Court Asked To Reduce Jail Populations To Combat COVID-19

Feds Transfer 9 More Inmates To Allenwood Federal Prison During Pandemic

Dept. of Human Services Receives Waiver For Flexibility On Medicaid, CHIP Programs During COVID-19 Emergency

State-Owned Universities Continue Ban On In-Person Classes, Internships Thru Summer

Dept. Of Education Receives USDA Waiver To Allow All Children To Qualify For Free Meals

Deb Erdley: Western PA Schools Collaborate To Deliver Services During Shutdown

With Schools Closed, PIAA Keeps Winter Championships, Spring Sports In Limbo

Philly’s Day-Care System On Verge Of COVID-19 Collapse, Will Emergency Cash Be Enough?

Dept. Of Insurance Warns Against In-Person Sales After Governor’s Shutdown Order

Sen. Scavello Calls For Crackdown On Airbnb Rentals In Poconos

Self-Quarantine Of New Yorkers Exposes Deep Divide In Poconos

AG Shapiro Launches PA CARE Package Consumer Protection Relief Initiative

Stephen Caruso: Expert: No Sector Of PA Economy Left Untouched By COVID-19

PA Unemployment Claims Soar To 835,000, Strain Resources

Hundreds Of Cars Line Up For Help From Pittsburgh Food Bank

PA Housing Finance Agency Assists Renters, Homeowners Impacted By COVID-19

Self-Driving Convoy Trucks Starting To Move Cargo On Nation’s Highways

Emotions Run High As Wabtec Locomotive Plant Ramps Up Production In Erie

Gasoline Prices Sink Like A Rock As People Stay Home

Erie Catholic Diocese Aims To Encourage Giving During Pandemic

Erie Catholic Diocese Suspends Payments To Victims Of Clergy Child Sexual Abuse

Editorial: We Can Be The Helpers With Acts Of Kindness, Charity

Other States/National/International

AP: Trump Defends Extending Virus Guidelines As Spread Continues

AP: NY Governor Begs For Help Amid Staggering Death Toll

AP: Macy’s, Kohl’s, Gap To Furlough Majority Of Their Workers

The Guardian: Trump Accused Of Using COVID-19 Briefing As Corporate Advertising Spot After Introducing My Pillow Maker For Campaign-Style Speech

AP: Asian Stocks Mixed After Wall Street Healthcare-Led Rally

FT: Global Stocks Rise As Chinese Factory Activity Picks Up

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[Posted: March 31, 2020]