Sunday PA Capitol & Coronavirus NewsClips 5.3.20

SUNDAY - No Live COVID-19 Briefing Scheduled At This Time

PA Capitol & COVID-19 Report: First Steps Toward Reopening; Revenues Take $395 Million Hit; Schools Could Lose $1 Billion [PaCN]

Traffic Down 45% On Core Highways, 65% On Local Arterial Roads - Will Drive Down Road Repair Money Next Year For PennDOT

Schools Brace For Budget Cuts As COVID-19 Wreaks Havoc On The Economy

School Administrators Already Eyeing Plan For Fall Semester

Pandemic Changes Approach To Erie Politics, Primary

Southwest PA Residents Look To Get Internet Boost From Partnership

School Grading Policies Vary Amid Remote Instruction

Editorial: Manufacturing, Sales, Marketing Of CBD Need Regulation

National/International

Biden Leads Trump By 6 Points In Pennsylvania

Coronavirus

Dept. Of Health Reports Total Of 2,418 COVID-19 Deaths In PA, Up From 2,354 Yesterday [PaCN]

Spotlight PA: PA’s Death Toll For Philadelphia Lags Behind City’s Count, Part Of State’s Ongoing Struggle To Compile Timely Data
Erie Woman With COVID-19 Jailed For Not Self-Isolating

David Templeton: No Hard, Fast Rules For Counties To Go From Red To Yellow

Spotlight PA: Red, Yellow, Green: What To Expect In Each Of PA’s Tiers For Reopening

Your Hair Appointments Will Have To Wait, Even In Yellow Phase

Erie County Spike In COVID-19 Cases Expected In Yellow Phase

Anti-Shutdown Protesters Rally Outside Gov. Wolf’s Home In York County 

Op-Ed: We Need More From Gov. Wolf On COVID-19 Transparency

Editorial: Wolf Needs Consistent Message

Editorial: Lawmakers Need To Address Questions About COVID-19, Personal Freedom

Editorial: Word To Wise: Vaccines Still Important

Editorial: Our Points Of Light In A Dark Time, More Good Things

Editorial: A Time For Optimism And Patience

What You Know About COVID-19 Victims In PA Depends On Where You Live

Secret Data Reveal How COVID-19 Swept Through Philadelphia Nursing Homes

Lehigh Valley Health Network Opening Area’s First COVID-19 Free Hospitals For Elective Surgery

To Keep COVID-19 Patients Off Ventilators, Lehigh Valley Hospitals Turn To New Treatments, Drugs

Dept. Of Labor & Industry Reminds Pennsylvanians To Apply For Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Benefits

Cell Phone Records Show Dramatic Drop In Travel Outside Philly After Governor’s COVID-19 Order

School Administrators Already Eyeing Plan For Fall Semester

DCNR Announces Plan For Reopening Some State Park, Forest Facilities [PaEN]

COVID-19 Remakes Erie’s Summer

Giant Eagle Limits Sale Of Ground Meat

Farmers Markets Scaling Down With Eye On Virus Safety

National/International

AP: Most States Fall Short Of Virus Testing Thresholds

The Hill: Alarm Bells Ring Over Controversial COVID-19 Testing

NPR: It’s The Wild West: U.S. Workplace Safety Rules Missing In The Pandemic

The Guardian: Pandemic Brings Trump’s War On Science To A Boil, But Who Will Win?

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[Posted: May 3, 2020]