Thursday, June 25, 2020

Thursday PA Capitol & Coronavirus NewsClips 6.25.20

Senate
returns to voting session June 29, 30  [Call Of President Pro Tempore]
House returns to voting session Sept. 15, BUT it may be called back next week  [Call Of The House Speaker]


Charles Thompson: Bill Easing Employment Barriers For Ex-Offenders Goes To Governor

Meet Speaker Cutler: A Look At Lancaster County Leader’s Approach To His Role

Ed Mahon: House Passes Bill To Exempt Guns From Restrictions Imposed During Emergency Declarations

Cap-Star: Changes In Senate Bill Overhauling PA’s Probation System Costs It Support Among Criminal Justice Reformers

Delaware Park Reduces Horse-Racing Crowd Capacity Due To COVID-19

Auditor General DePasquale: Glen Mills Audit Shows Reform School Failed To Protect Students

Auditor General: Glen Mills Reform School Leaders Broke Child-Abuse Law

Cumberland Valley Community Reacts To Auditor General’s Report On Bullying

Jan Murphy: State-Owned Universities May Look A Lot Different In Next 3 Years

Consolidations Coming? Plan To Shake Up State-Owned Universities Moves Forward

Plan To Shake Up State System Of Higher Education Passes Senate

Lock Haven U. Announces More Fall Semester Plans, Opening Date

Uncertainty Over Pandemic Contributes To Drop In First-Year Student Deposits At Millersville, F&M

Bucks, Montgomery Community Colleges Plan Mostly Online Courses For Fall

Fate Of Erie Community College Committee At Center Of Dispute

Summer Intern Reporting On The Lehigh Valley From 200 Miles Away

Editorial: CMU Should Be Able To Handle A Fmr Trump Aide

Two Dauphin County Judges Stripped Of Senior Status By PA Supreme Court

Harrisburg Officials Set Aside A Day, Supervised Locations For Setting Off Fireworks

Judge: Philly Too ‘Frayed’ For A Supervised Drug Injection Site Right Now

Lebanon County Poultry Processor Hit With Another Month Of Bad Salmonella Test Results

GNC Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection

National/International

DePasquale Poll: Cong. Perry Leads 50-47 Percent

Charles Thompson: Joe Biden Plans Campaign Stop In Lancaster Thursday

Cook Keeps PA As Toss Up In Latest Presidential Ratings

Editorial: Federal Stimulus Package Needs Better Oversight

Advocates: Philly Hospital Trying To Send Undocumented Man With Brain Injury Back To Guatemala

AP: U.S. Census Shows White Decline, Nonwhite Majority Among Young

George Floyd Protests

AP: PA Lawmakers Begin Passing Police Reform Bills

Spotlight PA: Critics: Effort To Track Police Use Of Force Would Lack Racial Data, Public Transparency

Stephen Caruso: House, Senate Each Pass A Police Hiring Database, Chokehold Ban, Nothing On Wolf’s Desk Yet

State Police Association Backs PA Reform Legislation

Disbanding Local Police Is Common In PA, But Causes Larger Problems For State Police

Erie Equal Group Seeks Widespread Change

AP: Philly DA Suggests Police Were Not Applying Law Equally Amid Protests

Faces In The Crowd: Stories Of Western PA Protesters

Casey, Toomey Stand Behind Political Divide As Police Reform Proposals Head For Failure In U.S. Senate

Editorial: Statues, Monuments Reflect Who We Are, We Should Welcome The Debate About Them

Coronavirus

Dept. Of Health Reports 54 Additional Deaths From COVID-19 In PA [PaCN]  6.24.20

Allegheny County Reports 45 New COVID-19 Matching Highest Total In Nearly 2 Months

Centre County Sees Upswing In COVID-19 Cases, Largest One Day Increase Since April 7

Dept. Of Health Announces Partnership With CVS Health To Assist With COVID-19 Response In Nursing Homes

AP: Nursing Homes Continue To Be Hit Hard By COVID-19 Deaths In PA

Luzerne County Woman Describes Husband’s Painful Death From COVID-19

A Nurse Battled COVID-19 Outbreak At Nursing Home, Then She Fell Ill

PA Does Less COVID-19 Testing Than Almost Every Other State

Gov. Wolf Predicts COVID-19 Resurgence In Fall, Offers Hope it Won’t Force New Round Of Closings

Cap-Star: Wolf: ‘We Need To Redouble Our Efforts’ On Fighting COVID-19

Wolf, Levine Discuss Reopening Lebanon County, Political Pushback

Gov. Wolf Thanks Hershey Medical Center Staff During Visit For COVID-19 Response, And Preparing For A Possible Fall Resurgence

John Micek: In One Dranged Press Release, Rep. Metcalfe Gets Everything Wrong About Mask-Wearing

Dept. Of Health Updates Veterinarian Guidance To Include Routine Or Elective Surgeries

Gov. Wolf Urges USDA To Maintain Flexibility For States Administering SNAP Benefits In Response To COVID-19

Public Officials Are Concerned About COVID-19 Spike, UPMC Is Not

UPMC: COVID-19 Cases Rise, But Mortality Is Down

Allegheny General Hospital Finds COVID-19 Can Trigger Paralytic Disease

Coach: Some Penn State Football Players Have Chosen Not To Return To Campus

No Fans At Pocono Raceway Means More Economic Struggles For Businesses Amid Pandemic

National

AP: Travelers To NY, NJ, CT Are Told To Isolate

AP: U.S. Supports Legal Challenge To Hawaii Traveler Quarantine

AP: Some States Break Virus Records As U.S. Caseload Grows Anew

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[Posted: June 25, 2020]

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