Saturday PA Capitol & Coronavirus NewsClips 4.25.20

House is scheduled to be in voting session April 27, 28 and 29. 

Senate expected to return to session at some point next week

SATURDAY Live Briefing: Secretary Of Health Provides Coronavirus Update at Noon.  Watch Live:  https://www.governor.pa.gov/live/ or facebook.com/governorwolf/  or pacast.com/live/doh

Infection Protection Kits Promise Safer Voting In PA As Mail-In Ballots Surge

Allegheny County To Drastically Cut In-Person Voting To Limit Spread Of COVID-19

Editorial: Is Cutting Number Of Polling Places Smart In Pandemic?

Paul Muschick: COVID-19 Report Card: Grading Gov. Wolf - C+

Analysis: Pat Toomey For Governor? As He Weighs On PA COVID-19 Plans

Best Selling Liquors Pennsylvanians Are Buying During The Pandemic

Even A Pandemic Can’t Slow Philly’s Gun Violence

Lancaster County Prison Sees New Inmates Drop 66% Compared To Last Year

York County DA: Crime Rates Down, But Harassment, Overdoses Spike

York County DA: Reports Of Malware Attacks At Unprecedented Level During Pandemic

Editorial: Education Policy Should Consider Virtual Homework

Coronavirus

Dept. Of Health Reports Total Of 1,492 COVID-19 Deaths In PA, Up From 1,394 Yesterday [PaCN] 4.24.20

AP: Geography, Population Complicate Pennsylvania’s Reopening

State Website Sends Mixed Messages About When Counties May Be Eligible To Reopen

What Do PA’s Reopening Phases Mean For Philly Amid Pandemic?

Blair County Maps Plan To Resume Business, Grouping With Other Counties May Hold Them Back

AP: Wolf Pushed To Let Garden Centers Open As Planting Begins

Spotlight PA: PA Slashed Ranks Of Contact Tracing Nurses, Now They Are Pivotal To Reopening

Efforts To Reboot Economy Rely On Testing, But Path Forward Is Unclear

Numbers Show COVID-19 Testing In Rural Counties Lags Substantially

COVID-19 Absent At State Facilities For Those With Intellectual Disabilities

Will PA Run Out Of Unemployment Money? 1.6 Million Have Now Applied

Health Dept. Receives 1,200 Complaints From Workers Saying Businesses Are Not Following Worker Protection Guidelines [PaCN]

Health Dept. Receives 1,200 Complaints From Workers Saying Businesses Are Not Following Worker Protection Guidelines

Bumsted: Health Dept. Draws Fire For Opening Portal To Allow Workers To Report COVID-19 Violations Online

Workers At Philly Nursing Home Ravaged By COVID-19 Vote To Strike

First Citation Issued For Nonessential Business Violation In PA In Lebanon County

Health Officials Warn Not To Ingest Disinfectants For Any Reason

Some Employers Tying Working Bonuses To Attendance, Is That A Good Idea?

Gov. Wolf: Mental Health Support Is Vital, Available Amid Strain Of Pandemic

DCED: New Federal COVID-19 Funding Available For Housing, Transportation

State Fire Commissioner: Volunteer Fire Company Loan Payments Temporarily Deferred

Liquor Control Board to Expand Curbside Delivery Program Monday

Jan Murphy: More State Liquor Stores Begin Offering Curbside Delivery Monday

U.S. Army Medical Task Force Joins Battle Against COVID-19 In PA

PA National Guard Soldiers Produce Masks For COVID-19 Response

Editorial: Unnecessary Dispute: Coroners, Health Officials Should Work Together

PLS Reporter: Direct Federal Aid Trickles In For States, Counties, But Restrictions Confound Officials

Pitt Chancellor, Top Deputies Take Pay Cut Over Pandemic

Misericordia Furloughs 60 Employees, Cuts 20 Positions

Nancy Eshelman: COVID-19 Found Plenty Of Ways To Divide Us, But Shouldn’t

Op-Ed: Coronavirus Shows We Are All Connected Across The Planet

National

AP: Trump Signs $484 Billion Measure To Aid Employers, Hospitals

AP: Trump: Postal Service Must Charge Amazon More, Or No COVID-19 Loan

AP: Pelosi: No More Virus Bailouts Without State And Local Aid

AP: COVID-19 Relief Pushing U.S. Deficits To Staggering Heights

NPR: FDA Warns Against Wide Use Of The Drugs Trump Hailed As Game Changers

AP: No, Don’t Inject Disinfectant: Outcry Over Trump’s Musings

The Guardian: Please Don’t Inject Bleach: Trump’s Wild COVID-19 Claims Prompt Disbelief

AP: Disinfectant Riff Is Latest Of Many Trump Science Clashes

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[Posted: April 25, 2020]