Saturday Capitol & Coronavirus NewsClips 6.13.20

CHANGE: Senate scheduled to return to voting session June 22, 23, 24 [Call Of President Pro Tempore]

House scheduled to return to voting session June 22, 23, 24 [Call Of House Speaker]

Op-Ed: General Assembly Should Tackle Redistricting Reform Before Summer Recess

Letter: Give The Bills To End Gerrymandering A Vote

AP: Wolf Asks PA Supreme Court To Uphold COVID-19 Emergency Declaration [Jumping Over Senate Republicans Who Went To Commonwealth Court, One Rung Below]

Senate Republicans: Commonwealth Court Agrees To Expedite Review Ending Wolf’s Emergency Declaration

Attorney: Lawmakers ‘Can’t Just Bypass’ State Constitution In Fight Over Ending Wolf’s Disaster Declaration

Lycoming County Attorneys: Legislators Need To Amend The Law, Not Dictate How His Authority Is Carried Out

How ‘Outsider” Nikil Saval Toppled Longtime Sen. Farnese In Philadelphia [Still Thousands Of Mail-In Ballots To Count]

Op-Ed: Cappelletti’s Win Over Sen. Leach Shows PA Democratic Women Are Now A Force

Democratic Candidate For House Calls For Election Do-Over, Saying Voting Irregularities Cloud Her Narrow Loss in Allentown

Hayes Wins Republican Write-In Campaign, Will Face Rep. Bizzarro

John Micek: Can Republicans Hold Turzai’s House Seat?

Editorial: Turzai’s Goodbye Is Premature, Voters Deserved Better

Edinboro U. To Resume Classes August 17

Return-To-Campus Survey Results Show Complexities In Penn State’s Fall Semester Decision

Penn State Student Made Shooting Threat Against University As An Experiment

Op-Ed: We Need To Do Something Different To Help Students Pay For Higher Ed - Joe Torsella, State Treasurer

Williamsport Mayor Denying All Permits For Mass Gatherings In July, Including A Proposed Neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement Rally

Reading Groups Respond After Flyers Linked To Hate Group Found At LGBT Center

Advocates, Friends Urge Action After Transgender Woman’s Dismembered Body Pulled From Schuylkill

AP: Trump Administration Revokes Transgender Health Protection

Nestle Could See Most Of Its North American Water Business, Including Lehigh Valley Plants

National/International

Democratic Primary Too Close To Call In Run Against Incumbent Cong. Meuser

8th Congressional District Race Already Heating Up In Run Against Cong. Cartwright

Liberal PAC Aims To Win Over Senior Votes For Biden In PA Ad

AP: Pence Hits PA To Talk Comeback At Challenging Time

How A Trump Sign In A Neighbor’s Window Ignited A Social Media Storm Against Central PA Bakery

Op-Ed: It’s A Long Time Before November

AP: ‘Overwhelming;’ Georgia Poll Worker Describes Voting Chaos

George Floyd Protests

A Franklin County Prosecutor On How The Protests Led Him To Call  On Fellow Republicans To Ditch Trump

White Supremacists, Other Extremist Groups Using Protests, Pandemic To Amplify Their Message

Harrisburg Pols Want To Blow Up Union Hearings That Can Shield Bad Cops

Philly Voters May Get Chance To Weigh In On Stop-And-Frisk, No Curfew Planned For Saturday Protests

Teens Across Philadelphia Region Speak Out On Racism In Virtual Town Hall

200 Gather In Lititz As Weekend Black Lives Matter Protests Get Underway

Less-Lethal Weapons: Humane Crowd Control Or Tools Of Police Brutality?

Pitt’s Chancellor On Black Community: ‘We Let Them Down’

Statewide Private Charter School Advocate Ousted For Comments About Protesters

PA Humane Society President, CEO Placed On Leave After Racially Offensive Social Media Post

Editorial: What Did Police Do In April During Crime Low?  It Wasn’t Solving Homicide Cases

John Micek: Trump Is The Jefferson Davis America Doesn’t Need Right Now

AP: Protests In Trump Country Test His Hold In Rural White Areas

AP: Racist Violence In Jacksonville’s Past Complicates Republican Convention

AP: Trump Reschedules Tulsa Campaign Rally After Juneteenth Observance Of The End Of Slavery Uproar

Coronavirus

AP: Wolf Asks PA Supreme Court To Uphold COVID-19 Emergency Declaration

Senate Republicans: Commonwealth Court Agrees To Expedite Review Ending Wolf’s Emergency Declaration

Attorney: Lawmakers ‘Can’t Just Bypass’ State Constitution In Fight Over Ending Wolf’s Disaster Declaration

Lycoming County Attorneys: Legislators Need To Amend The Law, Not Dictate How His Authority Is Carried Out

Gov. Wolf: Eight More Counties Going Green On June 19 [PaCN]

Gov. Wolf: State’s Measured, Phased Reopening Plan Succeeding As Other States See Cases Rise

AP: 8 More PA Counties To Move To Green Phase Of Reopening: Dauphin, Franklin, Huntingdon, Luzerne, Monroe, Perry, Pike and Schuylkill June 19

Editorial: It’s Still Not Easy Going ‘Green’

Glitches In PA’s Jobless Benefits System Leave Some Self-Employed Workers In The Lurch

Dept. Of Health Reports 49 Additional Deaths From COVID-19 In PA [PaCN]  6.12.20

PA Had Quick-Response Plan For Nursing Homes, After 10 Days, It Was Abandoned, Advocate Says

‘Nursing Homes As We Know Them Are Over’ COVID-19 Fuels Push To Home-Based Care

COVID-19 Outbreak At York County Nursing Home

Op-Ed: Working For Health Of Long-Term Care Residents - Secretary Of Health

Paul Muschick: Here’s How To Safely Reopen PA Nursing Homes

Lancaster County Mom Is Guinea Pig In Race To Develop COVID-19 Vaccine

PA Historical & Museum Commission Issues Guidance On Visiting Museums, Historical Sites

Dept. Of Health Launches Updated COVID-19 Data Dashboard

Editorial: Elected Officials Should Aggressively Support Wearing Masks In Public

Editorial: Studies Show Masks Work

National

FT: CDC Warns U.S. ‘Not Out Of The Woods” On Coronavirus

New CDC Guidelines: Facemask Rules, Tips For Gatherings, More

AP: Some States Hit Pause, Other Press On Amid Spike In Virus Cases

AP: U.S. Treasury Chief Refusing To Disclose Recipients Of Virus Aid

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[Posted: June 13, 2020]