Saturday PA Capitol & Coronavirus NewsClips 4.4.20

IMPORTANT: PA Land Trust Assn: Federal COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program For Nonprofits, Small Businesses
AP/Ford Turner: Sen. Browne: Effects Of COVID-19 Could Mean $4 Billion State Budget Deficit

Spotlight PA: State Won't Pay 9,000 Employees After April 10 To Reduce State Spending [PaCN]

State Treasurer Torsella Extends $2 Billion Line Of Credit To State General Fund To June 2

State Employees Pension Fund To Allow COVID-19-Related Distributions From Deferred Compensation Plan Accounts

Stephen Caruso: More Than 1 Million Pennsylvanians Have Applied For Unemployment

Spotlight PA: PA Banks Inundated With Requests For Federal Small Business Loans Intended To Prevent Layoffs

Gaming Control Board Approves 4 Central PA Truck Stops For Video Gaming Terminals

Editorial: Founders Were Right To Let States Make Decisions

Editorial: Pandemic Upends 2020 Census, But We Must Do Our Part

Coronavirus

Dept. Of Health Reports 12 New Deaths Due To COVID-19; Total Cases 8,420; Live Update 2:00 [PaCN]

Gov. Wolf Calls For Pennsylvanians To Wear A Mask Any Time They Leave Home [PaCN]

AP-Michael Rubinkam, Marc Levy: Pennsylvania Residents Told To Wear Masks In Public

Lancaster Farming: Amish Are Sewing 13,000 Cloth Masks To Donate In Lancaster County

PA’s COVID-19 Testing Rate Was Below National Average, Does It Matter?

Stephen Caruso: More Than 1 Million Pennsylvanians Have Applied For Unemployment

Spotlight PA: PA Closes Waiver Process For Businesses Affected By Shutdown, Calls For Transparency Mount

Anya Litvak: Shell’s Ethane Plant, Other Construction Projects Await State’s Verdict On Resuming Work

Perry County Dairy Farmers Told To Dump Milk Due To Falling Demand

Empty Shelves, Dumped Milk, Unpredictable Demand: Virus Roils PA Dairy Industry

Lancaster Farming: Wild Markets Prompt Some Milk Dumping

State Police Issue Total Of 163 Warnings To Businesses Not Complying With Shutdown

Coronavirus Shutdown Prompts Record Spike In PA Liquor Sales

Delaware Police Pulling Over PA Drivers As They Cross the Border To Buy Alcohol

PA Supreme Court Doesn’t Take Up Prisoner Release, But Urges Action On Virus Fears Behind Bars

PA Supreme Court Refuses To Order Blanket Release Of Prison Inmates Due To COVID-19

Draft Plan To Reduce Prison Population Includes Limited Eligibility, Gives Veto To Prosecutors

Doylestown Hospital Begins Sterilizing N95 Masks For Reuse

Lehigh Valley Colleges Opening Dorms For Doctors, Nurses On Frontlines Of COVID-19 Fight

NE Legislators Ask Health To Release Detailed Information On COVID-19 Cases

Luzerne County Manager Asks Wolf To Call In National Guard To Help Fight COVID-19

PA National Guard Members Provide Support To Pittsburgh Food Bank

Philly-Area Hospitals Furlough Employees As COVID-19 Prep Depletes Revenue

Dept. Of Human Services Opens Helpline For Behavioral Health Resources, Referrals

Op-Ed: Parents Are Doing Alright: Reflections On Remote Learning And COVID-19

Other States/National

AP: Face Coverings Recommended, But Trump Says He Won’t Wear One

AP: Trump Tries To Narrow Federal Stockpile’s Role For States

AP: New York Governor To Seize Ventilators, Protective Gear From Private Hospitals, Companies To Relieve Shortages

AP: New Jersey State Police Commandeering Health Supplies To Address Outbreak

AP: Some States Receives Masks With Dry Rot, Broken Ventilators From Feds

AP: Competition For Supplies Sharpening As Pandemic Worsens

AP: U.S. Attorney General Orders Increase In Home Confinement As Virus Surges

FT: Global Economy In Shaprest Reversal Since Great Depression

The Guardian: U.S. Unemployment Rose To 4.4% [Before March 14]

WSJ: March Job Losses Signal Bigger Collapse

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[Posted: April 4, 2020]