Tuesday PA Capitol & Coronavirus NewsClips 5.5.20

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House is scheduled to be in voting session May 5, [6 - Canceled]

Senate has CANCELED session for May 5, 6

TODAY: Senate Committee Hearing On Unemployment Compensation 1:00 p.m.

Dept. Of State: Nearly 1 Million Have Applied For Mail-In Ballots For June 2 Primary

Jan Murphy: Republican Rep. Dush Compares Wolf’s Handling Of Virus Crisis To Playbook Used By Nazis, Communists In USSR

Rep. Frankel Horrified By Rep. Dush’s Comments About Nazi Party

Op-Ed: Democrat Tracie Fountain Could Be PA’s Next Auditor General

Editorial: COVID-19 Stimulus Not For Past State Deficits

Legislative Budget & Finance Committee Releases Report On Tavern Gaming & State Lottery

COVID-19 Takes A Bite Out Of Lehigh Valley School District Budgets, But Tax Increases Unlikely

Pittsburgh Wants State Appellate Court To Reconsider Gun Ordinance Decision

Pittsburgh Argues It Has Legal Authority To Regulate Use Of Firearms

After Lobbying From Butler Steel, Trump Launches Investigation Into Transformer Components

National/International

Cong. Cartwright Announces $100,000 Wilkes-Barre Connect Job Training Effort

Cong. Fitzpatrick Opens Up Massive Fundraising Advantage

PA Harper Poll: Biden 49%, Trump 43%

Coronavirus

Gov. Wolf Provides New Business Guidance As Counties Move To Yellow Phase May 8 [PaCN]

Charles Thompson: Wolf Issues Yellow Phase Guidance For Businesses

Dept. Of Health Reports 14 Additional Deaths From COVID-19 In PA [PaCN] 5.4.20
Pennsylvania Preparing Now For Potential 2nd Wave Of COVID-19 In Fall

Over 75% Of People Tested In Philly Jails Are Positive For COVID-19

Drive-Thru COVID-19 Testing Coming To Easton Hospital For Northampton County Residents

State Backs Erie County In Lawsuit Over Giving 911 Centers COVID-19 Addresses

Philadelphia Spends $5 Million On Surge Hospital That Admitted 14 Patients

Ford Turner: Lawmakers Question Wolf Administration Approach To Opening Counties, Businesses

Wolf Administration Considers Reopening On A County-By-County Basis

PA’s 67 Counties, 2,5000 Municipalities Handling COVID-19 In Vastly Different Ways, And That’s Causing problems

Stephen Caruso: AG Shapiro Files U.S. Supreme Court Brief Defending Wolf’s Business Shutdowns

AG Shapiro: U.S. Supreme Court Should Not Intervene In COVID-19 Shutdown

Dept. Of Labor & Industry Reports Paying Out $5.34 Billion In Unemployment Benefits Since March 15

How Long Will Lehigh Valley Remain In Recession Amid COVID-19 Realities?

Erie County Tourism Task Force Envisions Safe Restart

Delaware County Calls On Wolf To Prioritize Philly Area For Reopening As PA’s Economic Engine

Bucks County Lawmakers Ask State Not To Count Nursing Homes In Reopening Decision

Barber, Colleagues Ask Wolf To Let Them Cut Hair

Altoona Gym Reopens Despite Order: Enough Is Enough

Speaker Turzai To Dept. Of Education: What’s The Plan To Bring Kids Back To Classrooms In Fall?

Dept. Of Education Applies For $523 Million in Emergency Funds To Support Schools

Here’s How Much Federal Aid Lehigh Valley School Districts, Charter School Would Receive

Western PA College Students In Line For Cash From Federal Stimulus Package

Dept. Of State: Nearly 1 Million Have Applied For Mail-In Ballots For June 2 Primary

DCED: Awards $14 Million In COVID-19 Working Capital Access Program Provides Relief To 173 More Businesses

PEW Announces $6.8 Million For Philly-Area Health, Human Services Nonprofits

Costco, Giant, Wegmans Among Stores Limiting Some Meat Purchases Due To Supply Issues

Jan Murphy: Lawmaker Calls For Pay Freeze For Lawmakers, State Govt. Officials

Penn State Says Employees Working From Home Should Continue Thru End Of May

Insurance Dept. Calls On Congress To Strengthen Health Insurance Consumer Protections

Dept. Of Human Services Reminds Pennsylvanians Mental Health Help Is Available

The Psychology Behind Why It’s Hard For Us To Accept A Pandemic

Editorial: Bleak Outlooks Don’t Have To Be Our Reality

Other States/National
3 People Charged In Killing Of Store Security Guard Over Mask Policy
Post: Trump Cheers On Governors As They Ignore White House COVID-19 Guidelines To Reopen
NBC: Trump Says Bailouts Unfair To Republicans Since States Needing Aid Are Run By Democrats

The Hill: White House Prohibits COVID-19 Task Force Members From Testifying Before Congress

The Hill: Trump Steps-Up Effort To Blame China For COVID-19

NPR: Here’s How The Federal Small Business Loan Program Went Wrong In Just 4 Weeks

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[Posted: May 5, 2020]