Wednesday PA Capitol & Coronavirus NewsClips 4.1.20

PA Expecting $14.1 Million In Election Assistance From Federal Stimulus Package

Luzerne County Pushes Vote-By-Mail Option For Primary

Jan Murphy: Republican Lawmakers Press Wolf To Let Construction Industry Back To Work [In The Face Of Mounting PA Death Toll]

Op-Ed: Turzai Put Political Advantage Ahead Of Public Health With House Special Elections 

Editorial: Time To Fill Out The 2020 Census

NJ Lawsuit Claims Allentown Catholic Diocese Failed To Protect Victim From Decades Of Abuse

Luzerne Community College Will Offer Students Other Grading Options

College Degrees Are An Investment, Here’s How To Determine Which Ones Actually Pay Off

Allegheny Technologies Steel Plant To Close In Beaver County Citing Trump’s Tariffs

Grounded Planes Crowd Pittsburgh Airport

Marriott Says New Data Breach Affects 5.2 Million Guests

Baldwin Wallace Poll: Trump Leads Biden By 2 In PA

Coronavirus

Gov. Wolf Extends Stay At Home Order To Cameron, Crawford, Forest, Franklin, Lawrence, Lebanon, Somerset Counties [PaCN]

Gov. Wolf: Part Of Request For Major Federal Disaster Declaration Approved [PaCN]

Dept. Of Health Reports 14 More Pennsylvanians Died From COVID-19; Total Cases 4,843 [PaCN]

Lehigh Valley Man Who Served In NJ Army National Guard First Service Member To Die Of COVID-19

Man Who Killed Himself In Attempted Murder-Suicide Lost His Job, Was Upset About COVID-19 Pandemic

Penn State Epidemiologist On Importance Of Community During Pandemic

Monroe County Lawmakers Try To Persuade Wolf To Prohibit Short-Term Rentals From New York

Penn State’s Mental Health Services Changed, Some Students Feel Abandoned

Op-Ed: Why It’s Critical We Keep Our Eyes On PA’s Kids During The Pandemic

State Police Issue Total Of 107 Warnings For Failing To Comply With Shutdown

Stephen Caruso: Citing Closed Offices, Wolf Administration Says It Can’t Fulfill Right-To-Know Request For List Of Business Waivers

Dept. of Transportation Continues Emergency, Critical Highway, Bridge Projects

Jan Murphy: Republican Lawmakers [Home Builders] Press Wolf To Let Construction Industry Back To Work [In The Face Of Mounting Death Toll In PA]

Report: COVID-19 Could Kill 1,574 People In Pennsylvania

Weis Market Employee In York County Tests Positive For COVID-19

Erie Industry Teams With Penn State Behrend To Fight COVID-19

No Need To Panic, Pharmacists Caution

Dept. Of Education Offers Resources To Schools To Continue Instruction During Shutdown

Jan Murphy: PA Schools Offered Resources To Education Students During Shutdown

Erie Advocates Fear Domestic Abuse Hidden Amid Outbreak

Charles Thompson: Laid-Off? A How-To Guide To Getting Public Assistance Being Made Available

Spotlight PA: PA Unemployment System Buckles Under Deluge

Editorial: Understaffed Agency Faces Record Unemployment Claims

Spotlight PA: Hundreds Could Be Released From State Prisons Under Draft Plans

State Police Grant 6 Month Extension For Lethal Weapons Training For Private Security Agents

Shots Fired At Johnstown Sheetz After Man Coughs, Doesn’t Cover Mouth

Washington County Woman Who Coughed On State Trooper Charged With Terroristic Threats

600+ Inmates Released From Allegheny County Jail To Slow Pandemic

Dept. Of Human Services Directs Prescription Managers To Allow Early Refills Of Medicaid Prescriptions

UPMC: Employees Will Be Paid At Current Rate Thru May 9

Pittsburgh Convention Center Assessed As Alternative Site For Patients

Dept. Of Insurance Issues Notice To Auto Insurers Highlight PennDOT Extensions, Urge Flexibility During Outbreak

State Employees Retirement Board: Payments Continue Uninterrupted, Other Member Services Up And Running

Calls To Western PA Police Decline By 27% In Some Areas

National

AP: White House Projects 100,000 To 240,000 U.S. Deaths From COVID-19

AP: U.S. Death Toll Eclipses China’s As Reinforcement Head To NYC

PA Federal Judge Rules ICE Must Release People At High Risk For COVID-19

AP: Stocks Fall Tuesday, Capping Wall Street’s Worst Quarter Since 2008

AP: Asian Shares Skid On Virus Worries Wednesday, Bleak Bank Of Japan Survey

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[Posted: April 1, 2020]