Wednesday PA Capitol Coronavirus NewsClips 4.29.20

House is scheduled to be in voting session April 29. 

Senate is scheduled to return April 29

Spotlight PA: Wolf Says He Won’t Abandoned Ambitious Spending Plan As Massive Budget Deficit Looms

AP: PA Unemployment System Still Stressed By Claims

COVID-19 Unemployment Benefits Putting Workers, Employers At Odds

Lehigh Valley Jobless Rate Hit 5.8% In March At Outset Of Pandemic

Luzerne County To Use Paper Ballots For Primary Due To Virus Concerns

ACLU: New Stop And Frisk Numbers Not What People Of Philadelphia Deserve

Fmr Speaker DeWeese Must Pay $100,000+ Restoration On Corruption Conviction 

Penn State Will Announce Plans For Fall Semester By June 15

Coronavirus

Wolf Administration Plans May 1 Announcement Of Areas To Move From Red To Yellow On May 8

Dept. Of Health Reports Total Of 1,716 COVID-19 Deaths In PA, Up From 1,597 Yesterday [PaCN] 4.28.20

Ford Turner: Wolf Says Common Sense Will Drive Reopening Plan, Regional Metrics Won’t Dominate

In Media Update Wolf Talks About Reopening, Nursing Homes, Going Outdoors

Dept. of State Issues COVID-19 Guidance To Real Estate-Related Professionals On Finishing Transactions

AP-Marc Levy: PA Preps Reopening Without Mass Testing Capacity

How Regulatory, Price Obstacles Frustrate 2 Counties’ COVID-19 Test Goals

Wolf More Flexible On Lifting Restrictions Than His Plan Suggests

PennLive.com Readers Split On Whether They Would Feel Comfortable Returning To Businesses If Stay At Home Restrictions Lifted

Republican House Candidate Appeals Challenge To Wolf’s Shutdown To PA Supreme Court

PA May Have Passed COVID-19 Peak, But Surges Still Possible

Pandemic Has Consumers Making An Extraordinary Number Of Price Gouging Complaints - 4,500

Editorial: Reopening Requires Care And Planning

Editorial: Health Department Complaint Page Isn’t About Snitching, It’s About Ensuring The Health Of Workers In A Pandemic

AP: PA Unemployment System Still Stressed By Claims

COVID-19 Unemployment Benefits Putting Workers, Employers At Odds

Lehigh Valley Jobless Rate Hit 5.8% In March At Outset Of Pandemic

Jan Murphy: Will Schools Reopen To Students In The Fall? We’re Preparing For The Worst

AP-Marc Levy: PA Schools Could See $1 Billion/5% Revenue Loss, Group Says

Lottery Numbers Down Amidst Pandemic

Dept. Of Education To Provide Districts With No-Cost Support Programs

Allegheny County Jail Reports 11 New Cases Of COVID-19 In A 12-Hour Period

Pandemic Can Be Alarming For Western PA Allergy Sufferers

Governor’s Commission On Latino Affairs Encourages Latino Community To Keep Safe

PA Hospitals, Health Care Providers Receive Another $459 Million In Federal Aid

Lt. Governor Announces Board Of Pardons Schedule Change Due To Pandemic

Commutation Applications On Indefinite Hold As Reformers Press For Action

PA Supreme Court Directs Local Courts To Restore More Operations

Statewide Moratorium On Evictions, Foreclosures Extended Until May 11

PA Courts Must Prepare To Operate On A Much Broader Basis As COVID-19 Crisis Wanes

Micek: PA Supreme Court Orders Lower Court To Resume More Operations Starting May 4

PA Superior Court To Hear Oral Arguments Via Telephone Conference

AP: PA Unemployment System Still Stressed By Claims

Gov. Wolf: Congress, USDA Must Take Action To Help Food Security During Pandemic

Pittsburgh Food Bank Hosting Distributions In Beaver, Greene Counties

Changes Made To DEP Food Infrastructure Grant Program To Help Charitable Food System; Deadline Moved To May 8 [PaEN]
Central PA Grocers Brace For Limited Meat Supplies, Price Hikes

Cocktails To Go May Be Coming To Pennsylvania

Will State-Owned Universities Have A Regular Fall Semester Despite COVID-19?

Carnegie Mellon Weights Fall Options, Including Delayed Start

Mennonites, York County Hospital Team Up To Produce 50,000 Face Masks

National

Cong. Lamb Urges More COVID-19 Safety Supplies, Contact Tracers

AP: Trump To Sign Order Keeping Meat Processing Plants Open

AP: Trump Guidance Puts Burden On States To Reach COVID-19 Testing Targets

NPR: Contact Tracing Capacity In All 50 States

U.S. Treasury Plans To Reclaim Stimulus Payments Sent To Deceased

AP: Anti-Vaccination Groups Sow Doubt About COVID-19 Vaccine Before One Even Exists

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[Posted: April 29, 2020]