Wednesday PA Capitol & Coronavirus NewsClips 5.6.20

House is scheduled to be in voting session June 8, 9, 10 [Call Of House Speaker]
Senate will convene as a voting day TODAY at 12:30

Senate is scheduled to be in voting session May 18, 19, 20 [Call Of President Pro Tempore]
WEDNESDAY Live Briefing: Gov. Wolf, Secretary of Health provide COVID-19 Update at 3:30.  Watch Live:  https://www.governor.pa.gov/live/ or facebook.com/governorwolf/  or pacast.com/live/doh

PennDOT Reports Revenue Down 30%, Counting On Boost Federal Aid Would Provide

PennDOT Says $800 Million In Federal Aid Needed To Keep Non-Critical Projects Rolling

Turnpike Receives Extension On July Transit Payment Of $112.5 Million

Katie Meyer: Poll Workers Worry About Safety, Staffing For June Primary

Luzerne County Releases Proposed Voting Location Consolidation Plan

Luzerne County Turns To School Buildings For Polling Sites

PHEAA Student Aid Application Deadline Extended To May 15

Western PA School Districts Plan Summer Learning, Fearing Learning Loss From Time Outside Classroom
School Districts Have Moved Classes Online, But Not All Students Have Joined Them

Philly Catholic Diocese Expects To Pay $126 Million In Priest Sex-Abuse Reparationa

Auditor General: Backlog Of 3,000 Untested Rape Kits Now Under 100

First Medical Marijuana Research Launches In PA, Patients To Be Paid For Participating

Editorial: The Invaluable Gift Of Nursing

Editorial: Say Thanks To A Nurse, Especially This Week

PHC4 Report: Opioid Overdose Hospitalizations Drop

Allegheny County Council Recognizes Racism As Public Health Crisis

Republican Rep. Dush Likens Wolf Administration To Nazis

Editorial: Republican Rep. Dush’s Affront Should Draw Censure

PA Republican Deputy Chair Renee Amoore Dies At 67

Coronavirus

Dept. Of Health Reports 554 Additional Deaths From COVID-19 In PA [PaCN] 5.5.20

AP: PA Tops 3,000 Virus De Data Are Reconciled

Advocate Slams State For Refusal To Identify Nursing Home Residents With Virus

Nursing Home Staffs Bear Witness To Staggering Death Tolls

SCI Huntingdon Has More Inmates With COVID-19 Than All Other State Prisons Combined

John Micek: U. Of Washington’s Projected COVID-19 Death Count For PA Shows Risk Of Reopening Too Fast

Lack Of Information Clouds Erie County’s Plan To Reopen

Mandatory Testing Unlikely In Philly’s Future

Counties In Pittsburgh Region Plead With Governor To Reopen - Soon

Wolf Talks About COVID-19 Response, Reopening More Of PA

Wolf Offers Little Detail On When Next Areas Of PA Could Move To Yellow Phase

Wolf: Nursing Homes To Be Counted In Reopening Decision

Jan Murphy: Senators Examine PA’s Reopening Plan And What Lies Ahead

Jan Murphy: Sen. DiSanto Calls For L&I Secretary’s Resignation Over Unemployment Comp System Failures

Sen. Yudichak Questions L&I Secretary On Shutdown Process

PA Chamber Launches Effort To Help Businesses Reopen In COVID-19 Era

New Website Launched To Help Lehigh Valley Businesses Get Back To Work

Spotlight PA: Warehouse Workers Say Their Safety Concerns Are Being Ignored

Andrew Maykuth: My Employer Called Me Back To Work. Do I Have To Return?

King Of Prussia Mall Will Eventually Reopen, But May Never Be The Same

AG Shapiro: Travel, Event Refund Policies Must Be Honored During Pandemic

Ford Turner: PA Unemployment Compensation Problems Scrutinized By Lawmakers: People’s Bills Are Coming Due

Spotlight PA: Why Some Small Businesses Didn’t Stand A Chance Of Getting Relief From PA COVID-19 Aid Loans

Spotlight PA: Health Secretary: State Won’t Supply Masks, Other Protective Equipment To Hospitals That Resume Elective Surgeries

Paul Muschick: Erie Woman Partied After Being Told She Had Virus, Then She Was Thrown In Jail

Easton Hospital Notifies State Of 694 Layoffs, Possible Closure By End Of June

House Speaker Slams Education Secretary For Suggesting Schools Won’t Reopen In Fall

Western PA School Districts Plan Summer Learning, Fearing Learning Loss From Time Outside Classroom

Philly High Schoolers Join Forces To Launch New Citywide Student Newspaper

Editorial: Investing In Tablets, Laptops Wise Decision For Future

PHEAA Student Aid Application Deadline Extended To May 15

Mercyhurst U. Plans To Resume In-Person Fall Classes

Drexel Co-Ops Face Greatest Challenge: Finding Students Work

How Philly’s Biggest Institutions Can Help Create A More Equitable Post-COVID-19 Region

Other States/National

Editorial: 7 NE States In It Together

AP: U.S. Senators Casey, Others Seek Probe Of Veterans Homes After Virus Deaths

Editorial: Elected Officials Should Heed Fmr Presidents Bush’s Message On COVID-19

Trump Says U.S. Must Reopen Even If More Get Sick, Die

Post: Trump Cheers On Governors As They Ignore White House COVID-19 Guidelines To Reopen

The Hill: White House Signals It Will Wind Down COVID-19 Task Force

The Guardian: Trump Gives Up On Virus Fight To Focus On Economic Recovery, Re-Election

NPR: World Leaders Pledge $8 Billion To Fight COVID-19; U.S. Skips Meeting

AP: Trump Tours Arizona Mask Factory With No Mask

NBC: Trump Says Bailouts Unfair To Republicans Since States Needing Aid Are Run By Democrats

Dr. Fauci: Evidence Shows Virus Originated In Nature, Not In Chinese Lab

AP: Senior Scientist Says Trump Administration Ignored Virus Warnings

AP: States With Few Virus Cases Get Big Share Of Federal Relief Aid
PA’s War Over Birth Control, Federal Health Insurance Law Returns To U.S. Supreme Court

AP: U.S. Supreme Court Set To Hear Case Getting Rid Of Healthcare Law

Editorial: Federal Liability Protection Could Be A Sticking Point

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[Posted: May 6, 2020]