Saturday PA Capitol & Coronavirus 5.9.20

House is scheduled to be in voting session May 18, 19, 20, 26 & 27 [Call Of House Speaker]

Changed Again: Senate added May 11, 12, and 13 to voting session schedule. [Call Of President Pro Tempore]

Note: Both the House and Senate Are Operating Under Remote Voting Rules That Limit Debate and Public Access To Legislators

No Live COVID-19 Briefings Saturday Or Sunday Scheduled At This Time.

Note To Senate, House Members: You Can’t Negotiate With A Virus, They Have No Brain

Republican Groups, Nonprofits In Fight Over Mail-In Ballot Deadline For Primary

Philly Wants To Cut A Lot Of Polling Places, Or Have The State Send In The National Guard

Editorial: Counting The Ballots, Election Officials Need Time To Count Mail-In Votes

Editorial: Legislators Should Forgo Summer Plans

Editorial: Affront By Republican House Member Should Draw Censure

PennDOT Says It Expects To Cover Operating Expenses For Transit Agencies

Governor’s Office Updates List Of Regulations In Development By State Agencies [PaEN]

Penn State Students Urged Not To Return To Campus On What Would Have Been Graduation Weekend

Western PA Colleges Making Plans For Online, Face-To-Face Learning In Fall Semester

College Seniors Face Challenging Job Market

Paterno-Supporter Elected To Penn State Board Of Trustees

Editorial: Harrisburg Should Not Freeze School Boards Out Of Local Tax Decisions

Editorial: Prison Call-Monitoring System Exploits Virus Panic

Pittsburgh Pitcher Heads To Mount In Korea League

Other States/National/International

AP: Virus Reaches Into The Lives Of Members Of Congress, Including In PA

E&E News: How Will Biden’s Shifting Views On Fracking Play In PA?

Coronavirus

Gov. Wolf Announces 13 Additional Counties Will Move To Yellow Phase Of Reopening May 15 [PaCN]

AP: Shutdown To Lift Across Much Of Western Pennsylvania

Spotlight PA: PA Officials Will Allow Pittsburgh Region To Relax COVID-19 Restrictions

Businesses In Northwest PA Proceed With Caution As They Begin To Reopen

PA Business Owners Worry About Ability To Bounce Back From COVID-19 Lockdown

Business Owners Have Mixed Emotions As Centre County Begins To Reopen

Experiences With Reopening Run Gamut Of Emotions In Lycoming County

A Slice Of Normal Returns As Cranberry Mall Reopens

Customers Turn Out For Newly Reopened Shopping Experience

Tioga County Shoppers Turn Out For Socks, Toasters, Toys, Some Catching Up

Erie Residents Take Tentative, First Steps Out Of Quarantine

Erie Gets Back To Business

Erie Realty Industry Reopens With New Protocols

Editorial: Following Rules The Key To Lifting Lockdown

Western PA Leaders Respond As Region Set To Move To Yellow

Beaver County Officials Blast Wolf’s Decision To Keep County Under Heavy Restrictions, Will Move Themselves To Yellow Phase

Jan Murphy: Lawmakers’ Reaction To Reopening Depends On What Areas They Represent

Lebanon County Officials Tell Wolf They Are Moving Themselves To Yellow Phase

DAs In Beaver, Lebanon Counties Say They’re Not Going to Enforce Stay At Home Orders

Charles Thompson: Lebanon, Dauphin Counties Say They Plan To Reopen Ahead Of Wolf’s Schedule

Dauphin County Commissioner To Wolf: Allow Our Businesses To Reopen

Lawmakers Call For Lehigh Valley To Reopen Soon

Lawmakers Demand Wolf Reevaluate Mifflin, Juniata Counties For Reopening

Lawmakers Demand Wolf Reevaluate Huntingdon County For Reopening

Lawmakers, Local Officials Say Schuylkill County Ready For Reopening

Lawmakers Implore Governor To Reopen Perry County Businesses, Services

Cumberland, Perry County Sheriffs Denounce Wolf’s Shutdown Order As Unconstitutional, Say They Won’t Enforce It  

[CBS: U.S. Supreme Court [Already] Declines To Lift Gov. Wolf’s Stay At Home Order

Lancaster Leaders Increasingly Frustrated With Wolf’s Shut Down Order

Central PA Beginning To Mutiny Against Wolf’s Shutdown Order

Study: 30% Of York County Businesses Could Fail In Virus Fallout

House Republican Leaders Call For Lifting Of Restrictions

Protesters Pressing For Reopening Encircle Philly City Hall

Stay At Home Order Extension, Soaring Jobless Numbers Create Difficult Situation

DCED Releases List Of Businesses That Receive A Waiver From Shutdown Order [PaCN]

Spotlight PA: Wolf Reject Republican Subpoena For Business Waiver Records, But Releases Some Information Online

Crayons, Flowers, Taxidermy: Wolf Releases List Of Life-Sustaining Business Waivers

Wolf: More Than 6,000 Businesses Granted Shutdown Waivers, Nearly 13,000 Denied

Dept. Of Labor & Industry Provides Update On Appeal Process For Certain Unemployment Claimants

Paul Muschick: PA Keeps Us In Dark About COVID-19 Actions, That’s Reprehensible

Editorial: Wolf Has Pledged Transparency In Pandemic, Time For Him to Show It

Dept. Of Health Reports 200 Additional Deaths From COVID-19 In PA [PaCN] 5.8.20

PA Sees 20% Surge In Total Deaths Reported During COVID-19 Pandemic

PA Nursing Home Deaths Spike 550% In One Month As State Faces Federal Lawsuit

UPMC, State Give Conflicting Social Distancing Advice On Mother’s Day Visits

NE PA Nurses Express Concerns About Hospital Working Conditions

Op-Ed: Thank You For Helping Save Lives In Coronavirus Pandemic - Gov. Wolf

PA National Guard Provides An Update On Operation COVID-19 Actions

PA National Guard Soldier A Nurse For COVID-19 Patients

State Will Impose A Temporary Manager At Troubled Beaver County Nursing Home

PA Group Homes For Intellectually Disabled Warn Of Financial Ruin During Pandemic

Dept. Of Human Services Launches Emergency Assistance Program For Low-Income Families

Pennsylvanians Might Be Eligible For One-Time Cash Payment From State

Dept. Of Health Releases Revised COVID-19 Guidance For Dental Health Care Personnel

New PA Dental Guidelines Spark Confusion

Charles Thompson: Dentists Are Back In PA, With A Big Condition, Big Limits

Senate Republicans Criticize Liquor Control Board For Closing Stores Without Board Action

Pennsylvanians Turn Up At Newly Reopened Liquor Stores

A Day In The Life Of A Teacher During The COVID-19 Pandemic

PepsiCo Provides 2,000 Face Shields To Lehigh Valley Health Network

Other States/National/International

Op-Ed: Why SBA Paycheck Protection Loans Aren’t Helping Many Small Businesses

AP: U.S. House Democrats Ask 5 Companies To Return COVID-19 Aid, Including A PA Company

Ohio Urges Employers To Report Workers Fearful Of Returning To Work, May Affect Unemployment Benefits

Trump Claims Coronavirus Will Go Away Without A Vaccine

AP: Coronavirus Strikes Staffers Inside The White House

AP: Trump Says No Rush On More Aid As Jobless Crisis Grows

The Guardian: 4 Causes For Alarm In U.S. Jobs Figures, 1 Possible Reason For Hope

AP: Historic Unemployment Rate Upends Trump’s Re-Election Bid

The Guardian: Major Anti-Lockdown Group’s Links To America’s Far Right

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[Posted: May 9, 2020]