Sunday PA Capitol & Coronavirus NewsClips 5.10.20

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

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

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

No Live COVID-19 Briefing Sunday Scheduled At This Time.

PA Capitol & COVID-19 Report: 13 More Counties Move To Yellow Phase; Conflicts Escalate Between Republicans, Governor [PaCN]

Deb Erdly: Western PA Republican Lawmakers Say There Is Pain Ahead As COVID-19 Restrictions Begin To End- It’s Not The Gestapo 

Who’s On The Primary Ballot In Central PA?

Editorial: Vote Safely, Cast Ballot By Mail

Lehigh Valley Courts Using Technology To Keep Cases Moving, But Horrible Backlog Looms

Editorial: Liquor Control Board Weakens Its Own Case

Wages Become A Focus As Erie Schools Cope With Crisis

Other States/National/International

Editorial: More Access To The U.S. Supreme Court A Precedent

Coronavirus

Dept. Of Health Reports 72 Additional Deaths From COVID-19 In PA [PaCN] 5.9.20

Spotlight PA: PA Had Early Plan To Protect Nursing Homes From COVID-19, But Never Fully Implemented It

Spotlight PA: Some Counties Push To Exclude Nursing Home Cases From Reopening Formula, But Experts Caution Against It

Feds Plan To Name Nursing Homes With COVID-19 Cases By End Of May

AP: Paramedics Risk Lives Trying To Save Nursing Home Residents

Wilkes-Barre General Nurse Describes Work With COVID-19 Patients - It’s Heartbreaking

Op-Ed: State Must Provide Emergency Funding To Nursing Homes - LeadingEdge PA

Schuylkill County Tells Governor It’s Going Rouge, Will Ease Restrictions

Republican York DA Won’t Prosecute Nonessential Businesses For Violating Shutdown

Philly’s Essential Workers Are Risking Their Lives For Low Pay: I Can’t Not Go To Work

AP: Delaware County Barber Shop Owner Who Vowed To Reopen Hosts Rally Instead

Editorial: Cooperative Spirit: Navigating The New Normal Of COVID-19

Editorial: No Need For Panic Buying

PA Pharmacists, Hospitals Want To Know Who’s Getting Supplies Of Remdesivir COBID Drug

National/International

Op-Ed: Pennsylvanians Deserve Better Than Gov. Wolf - Con. Reschenthaler (R)

AP: Republicans Try To Grab Power To Rein In Democratic Governors On Virus Response

The Guardian: Dr. Fauci, 2 Other White House COVID-19 Task Force Members To Self-Quarantine

AP: White House Virus Task Force Members Face Quarantine

AP: Outbreaks In Germany, S. Korea Show The Risks In Easing Up

The Guardian: New York Warns Of Children’s Illness Linked To COVID-19 After 3 Deaths

The Guardian: You Can’t Ask The Virus For A Truce: Reopening America Is Trump’s Biggest Gamble

President Trump Congratulates UFC For Restarting Sports

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[Posted: May 10, 2020]