Thursday PA Capitol & Coronavirus NewsClips 4.9.20

Independent Fiscal Office Projects $2.7 Billion To $3.9 Billion Reduction In Revenues Over Current, Next Fiscal Year [PaCN]

Stephen Caruso: PA’s 2020 Budget Could Be Up To $1.8 Billion Short Due To COVID-19 Closings

Spotlight PA: PA Facing Up To $4 Billion Shortfall As COVID-19 Shutdown Upends State Budget

Zoom Hackers Target Candidates For Auditor General With Racial Slurs, Threats

Jan Murphy: Has Closing State Liquor Stores Reopened Interest In Liquor Privatization?

PA’s Online Liquor Store Remains Difficult To Access

Op-Ed: Amid COVID-19 Crisis, Liquor Control Board Leaves Behind Income For State

How Has COVID-19 Pandemic Affected Crime Rates In Pennsylvania?

Penn State Football Player Denies Sexual Hazing Allegations Brought In Lawsuit

Other States/National/International

With Sanders Dropping Out, PA Democrats Signal Reconciliation Of Liberal, Moderate Factions

AP: Biden vs. Trump General Election Battle Is Now Set

The Guardian: Trump Urges Republicans To Fight Very Hard Against Voting By Mail - ‘You’d Never Have A Republican Elected In This Country Again’ If You Make Voting Easier

Micek: Trump’s Attacks On Independent Watch Dogs Tell You All You Need to Know About His Priorities

Coronavirus

Dept. Of Health Reports 70 New Deaths Due To COVID-19

Wolf Warns We Do Not Have This Virus Under Control, Rate Of Spread Is Growing

Gov. Wolf Signs Order To Provide Targeted Distribution Of COVID-19 Protection Equipment, Supplies To Hospitals [PaCN]

AP-Michael Rubinkam, Mark Scolforo, Marc Levy: PA To Seize Medical Supplies For COVID-19 Fight

Spotlight PA: Wolf Authorized PA To Commandeer Needed Medical Supplies For COVID-19 Care

Editorial: COVID-19 Could Require Rationing Of Lifesaving Resources

5 COVID-19 Cases Confirmed At Limerick Nuclear Plant; 38 Employees Quarantined

Andrew Maykuth: More Limerick Nuclear Plant Workers Test Positive For COVID-19, Refueling To Continue

Ford Turner: Hard-Hit Lehigh Valley Region May Get Mass Testing Facility

Northeast PA Could Get Mass Testing Site

Few COVID-19 Cases Reported In Black Pittsburgh Neighborhoods

COVID-19 Fallout Prompts Highmark To Distribute Bonus Money To Doctors Early

Editorial: Data Restrictions: All Counties Should Have Access To Outbreak Details

PA National Guard Issues Operation COVID-19 Update

National Guard Taking Its Mission To Aid In COVID-19 Fight To All Parts Of The State

National Guard Delivers Meals To Erie Senior Citizens

Spotlight PA: Feds Promised Fast Cash For Small Businesses, They Haven’t Seen A Dime

Ford Turner: Shutdown Of PA Businesses Comes Into Crosshairs Of Republican Lawmakers Who Want Them Reopened [After 148 People Died Of COVID-19 The Last 2 Days]

Katie Meyer: After Early Bipartisanship, PA Lawmakers Splinter Over Next COVID-19 Steps

AG Shapiro, Restaurant, Gig Workers Discuss Unemployment Payment Disparities

Group Pushes For Universal Minimum Wage To Help Tipped Workers

AP: PA Says Short-Term Rental Owners Ignoring Shutdown

State Police Issue 208 Warnings To Businesses For Not Complying With Shutdown

‘Outlaw’ PA Businesses Make COVID-19 Masks Without State Approval

McNickle: COVID-19 Economic Damage Real And Enormous

York County DA Drops Citation Against Woman Ticketed For Violating Stay At Home Order

Why Is Fishing OK, But Golf Isn’t During Pandemic?

PA Eyes Segregating Elderly COVID-19 Patients

Luzerne, Lackawanna Nursing Home Workers Plan Protest For Protective Equipment

Who Gets COVID-19 Treatment?  Disabled People In PA Fear A Point System Could Count Them Out

2 More COVID-19 Cases At SCI-Retreat

AG Shapiro, Sixers Partner Donate 5,000 Masks To Philly Police Dept.

Dauphin, York Counties Release Hundreds Of Nonviolent Inmates

3 Allegheny County Jail Inmates Sue county Amid First Positive COVID-19 Tests

Philly Corrections Officers Say Jails Aren’t Doing Enough To Protect Them

Family Members Say Franklin County Jail Inmates Staging Hunger Strike Over COVID-19 Concerns

Op-Ed: Why We Need To Release More Prison Inmates Now

PUC Urges Consumers To Seek Out Needed Resources To Keep Utility Bills Affordable

Midstate Volunteers Keep Meals On Wheels Rolling During Pandemic

Be Patient Central PA Food Suppliers, Retailers Tell Consumers Frustrated By Empty Shelves

Op-Ed: PA Gun Owner: I Want Gun Stores Closed During COVID-19 Crisis

Painful Cuts To Services Anticipated As Philly Faces Staggering COVID-19 Costs

Heinz Endowments Joins Foundations Shifting Millions To Emergency Needs

How To Cut Your Hair At Home: Central PA Barbers Offer Tips To Avoid Disaster

Op-Ed: Remote Learning Is Unequal, COVID-19 Changed That For Now

Op-Ed: System-Focused Bureaucracy Is Tying Teachers’ Hands

Column: Reluctant COVID-19 Homeschool Lessons

Other States/National/International

AP: As Pandemic Deepens, Trump Cycles Through Targets To Blame

AP: Feds Loosen Virus Rules To Let Essential Workers Return To Work

TNS: $1,200 Stimulus Checks Won’t Go to College Students, Parents Won’t Get $500/Child Payment

TNS: Federal Student Loan Payments Suspended Thru Early Fall

AP: Wall Street Ticks Up Amid Unsettled Trading Around The World

AP: Asian Shares Mostly Higher, Lockdown Feud Drags Tokyo Lower

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[Posted: April 9, 2020]