Monday PA Capitol & Coronavirus NewsClips 6.1.20

Senate returns to voting session June 8, 9, 10 [Call Of President Pro Tempore]

CHANGE: House cancels sessions days: June 15, 16, 17, 25, 26, 29, 30; Will Only Be In Voting Session June 8, 9, 10, 22, 23, 24 [Call Of House Speaker]

AP: Primaries Become Test Run For Campaigning During Coronavirus

The Top Races To Watch In Tuesday’s PA Primary

State Election Officials See Finish Line In Focus For Primary

Democrats Requested PA Mail-In Ballots At Higher Rates Than Republicans In Every County

Nearly 35,000 Ask To Vote By Mail In Erie County

Lackawanna County Preps For Tuesday Election; 20,000+ Mail-In Ballots

Political Upstarts Compete In Republican Primary For Turzai’s House Seat

Could Open Primaries Be A Panacea For Low Turnout, Rising Polarization And Partisan Fighting?

Editorial: Don’t Be A Fair-Weather Voter

Editorial: Tuesday’s Primary Will Require Patience, Cooperation From Voters

Editorial: Extend Period To Count Votes

Gov. Wolf Addresses Protests, Provides Update On State Response

PA National Guard Ready To Support Local Law Enforcement

AP: Teargas Used On Philadelphia Crowds As Destruction Continues

National Guard Moved Into Philadelphia Sunday Evening

Philadelphia Convulses As Protests, Looting Continue

As Unrest Spreads, Philly Officials Struggle To Assess Police Response To Violence, Looting

For Black Philadelphians, Centuries Of Injustices Come To A Head In Protests

This West Philly Neighborhood Had Been Struggling To Rebuild, Then The Looting Started

Looters Thwarted At The Neshaminy Mall In Bensalem

Protesters Spray Paint In Downtown Pittsburgh, But Remain Peaceful

2nd Day Of Demonstrations In Pittsburgh Brings Calls For Love, Peaceful Protests

Pittsburgh Police ID Suspect Who Allegedly Incited Violence During Saturday’s Protest

Very Peaceful Protest Brings People Together In Greensburg

7 Arrested In Downtown Erie Rioting; Cleanup Underway

Ed Mahon: Erie Woman Who Was Kicked By Police Office Says, ‘I Was 100% Peaceful’

Mayor: Harrisburg’s Protests Were Fed By Out-Of-Town People With Violent Agendas

Protests Continue In Lancaster City For Second Day

Demonstrators Continue To Rally In Wilkes-Barre Over Minnesota Man’s Death

Hundreds Attend Peaceful protest In State College, Demand Justice For George Floyd

Why Lehigh Valley’s Demonstrations Remained Peaceful: ‘People Felt Like They Were Heard’

WITF Smart Talk: Blacks Feel Under Siege After Violent Deaths And Incidents - TODAY 9:00 a.m.

Editorial: Terrible Week: COVID-19 Deaths, PA House Erupts, George Floyd Is Killed

Editorial: As Philly Protests Continue, It’s Time For Racist Policing To Become History

Op-Ed: He’s Not On The Ballot, But Republican Attacks On Wolf Will Backfire In November

Op-Ed: Those God-Given Rights? They Come From Men, Institutions, Leave God Out Of It

Editorial: Medical Marijuana Should Be Consistent Across PA

Threatened Cutbacks To U.S. Postal Service Would Hit Rural PA Hardest

Op-Ed: COVID-19 Isn’t Trump’s Katrina

Op-Ed: Trump Bragged A Lot, But Has Yet To Over Sincere Condolences For 100,000 Dead

Other States/National/International

AP: Trump Took Shelter In White House Bunker As Protests Raged

AP: Trump Spars With Twitter On Voting, Protests

Coronavirus

Dept. Of Health Reports 18 Additional Deaths From COVID-19 In PA [PaCN]  5.31.20

Is Fmr GSK Pharma Exec From Philly The Right Czar To Speed COVID-19 Vaccine?

Will Protests Cause A Spike In COVID-19 Cases?  Wait Two Weeks

Bringing Baseball And Other Youth Sports Back In Bucks County

Editorial: Complete Nursing Home Tests
Op-Ed: Bringing PA Back From The Pandemic - Gene Barr, PA Chamber
Editorial: Bankruptcy Isn’t An Option PA Should Pursue, Or Federal Lawmakers Should Encourage

National

AP: U.S. Heads Into A New Week Shaken By Violence And Pandemic

AP: Many States Scrambling To Update Hurricane Plans For Virus

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[Posted: June 1, 2020]