Friday PA Capitol & Coronavirus NewsClips 4.10.20

Spotlight PA: Senate Defends Legislative Privilege Claim To Hide How It Spends Taxpayer Money

Spotlight PA: Times Of Extraordinary Government Power Require More Transparency, Not Less

PA Senate Majority Leader Fields Questions On COVID-19, Pushes Back On Parts Of Wolf’s Response

Editorial: Lawmakers Shouldn’t Override Public Health Concerns In Rush To Reopen Businesses

Applications For Mail-In Ballots Surge As Lockdown Continues

Op-Ed: Lessons For PA Elections So We Don’t Repeat Wisconsin’s Political Disgrace - David Thornburgh

Op-Ed: I’m Running For Public Office, COVID-19 Changed Everything

PA State Democratic Party Pushes Summer Meeting Back To July 18

Get A Job Helping PA’s Jobless, Expediting Unemployment Payments

Coronavirus

Dept. Of Health Reports 29 New Deaths Due To COVID-19 [PaCN]

Dept. Of Health To Provide County EMS Agencies More Details On COVID-19 Cases

County Officials Say They Must Know More About Patients To Help First Responders

Gov. Wolf Extends School Closure For Remainder Of Academic Year [PaCN]

AP-Mark Scolforo, Michael Rubinkam: PA Schools Ordered To Remain Closed Until End Of Academic Year

Impact Of COVID-19 On School Property Tax Bills Remains A Lingering Question

With Schools Closed, Educators, Parents Work Out Best Ways To Finish School Year
With Schools Out For The Year, Philly Schools Come Up With Distance Learning Plan

PIAA Cancels Winter Championships, Spring Sports Due To COVID-19

Paul Muschick: Schools Are Closed, But Graduations, Proms Shouldn’t Be Canceled

Op-Ed: Wolf Should Call A Remote Learning Task Force To Help Schools During Shutdown

Op-Ed: Wherever Educators Are, We’re There For Our Students

Editorial: See You On The Other Side Of Summer

Penn State To Announce Soon What Form Summer Session Will Take

Colleges Buffeted By COVID-19 Grow Wary About Fall Admissions

Haverford College Scraps Standardized Test Requirement Amid Pandemic

Finding Employment During A Pandemic, Glimmer Of Hope For College Seniors

Micek: How County Governments Across PA Are Dealing With COVID-19 Pandemic

Zoom, Video, Phones: Municipalities Find Ways To Meet, Conduct Business

State Police Issue Total Of 224 Warnings To Businesses Not Complying With Shutdown

Laura Olson: Lehigh Valley Small Businesses Play Waiting Game On Federal Assistance

PA Hospitals Need Financial Help To Survive COVID-19 Pandemic

UPMC launches Trials Of COVID-19 Drugs, Including Hydroxychloroquine

Montgomery County Testing Site Relocating After Being Damaged In Storm

Mercyhurst Donates Medical Equipment

Most PA Hospitals Expect To Burn Through Mask Supplies Within A Week

Hazleton Meat-Packing Plant Closes Temporarily With 130 Workers Testing Positive For COVID-19

State Reps Demand Enforcement Of COVID-19 Protocols In Hazleton Area Businesses

COVID-19 Found In Wabtec, Channellock Employees In Erie [Following CDC Rules]

Western PA Grocers Try To Keep Customers, Workers Safe

Record-Breaking Narcan Shipments To Prevent PA COVID-19 Overdose Spike

Editorial: New Heroes Arise In Pandemic

Dept. Of Corrections Extends Visit Suspension, Enhanced Employee Screenings Indefinitely

AP-Mark Scolforo: Death Row Inmates’ Deal For Better Conditions Gets Approved

Feds Considering Using Lewisburg Prison As Quarantine Stop For Inmates Being Moved

Dept. Of State Issues 30 Licensing Waivers To Allow Professionals To Respond To COVID-19 Emergency

Editorial: Pandemic Has Spawned A New Wave Of Schemes

Jan Murphy: Combine Beer, Wine Purchases With Other Groceries? LCB: No Deal

Liquor Control Board Struggles Amid High Demand For Booze

PA Wine Retailers Can’t Get Liquor Control Board to Replenish Their Best Bottles

Restaurant, Bar Owners Petition LCB For More Access To Wine

John Baer: Why Can’t PA Liquor Stores Be Open?

How COVID-19 Pandemic Has Compounded Erie’s Industrial Decline

Erie Insurance Cuts Personnel, Commercial Auto Insurance Rates

Rivers Casino Plans To Furlough Most Employees
How COVID-19 Pandemic Has Compounded Erie’s Industrial Decline

Businesses Turn Off Illegal ‘Skill’ Gambling Machines In Lycoming

How COVID-19 Has Given A Boost To PA’s Marijuana Industry

Financially Stressed Utility Customers Can Get Help With Bills

KDKA Radio Host Asks If It’s Worth Bankrupting The Economy To Save Less Than 1% Of Our 

Population Many Of Whom Are Old And Sick

Op-Ed: Philadelphia’s Spirit Will Survive COVID-19 - Philly Mayor

Marcus Schneck: Wildfire Worries In A Time Of Coronavirus

Editorial: Early Trout Season Boost Mood, Economy

National

Casey, Toomey Push To Protect Residents In Nursing Homes From COVID-19

Every Day A Fresh Hell For Undocumented Domestic Workers

Will Bunch: Trump’s Utter Lack Of Grief, Empathy Is The COVID-19 Dog That Didn’t Bark

AP: U.S. Economy Unlikely To Recover As Rapidly As It Collapsed

AP: Mexican Standoff Imperils Proposed 10M Barrel OPEC Oil Cut

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[Posted: April 10, 2020]