Sunday PA Capitol & Coronavirus NewsClips 7.5.20

Senate [Call Of President Pro Tempore]

House returns to voting session July 7 & 8 [Call Of House Speaker]

PA Capitol & COVID-19 Weekly Report: COVID-19 Emergency Continues, Early Budget Talk, Police Reform Bills Move [PaCN] 7.5.20

Up To 200,000 Mail-In Ballots Expected To Be Cast In Lehigh Valley In Nov., Will Elections Officials Be Prepared?

Democrats’ Voter Registration Edge Declines In Lackawanna, Luzerne Counties

Op-Ed: Republican Leaders In PA Got Their Way: 10 More Years Of Gerrymandering -  Fair Districts PA

Op-Ed: County Of Residence Often All That Counts In PA Primaries

Erie Catholic Diocese Dropped From Buffalo Suit Against Trautman

With Only 5 ‘Non-White’ Teachers, Scranton School District Hopes To Increase Diversity

Economic Report On Luzerne County Not The Whole Story, Officials Say

National/International

AP: For Nation’s Birthday, Trump Stokes The Divisions Within U.S. 

George Floyd Protests

Editorial: On This July 4th, Read The Words Of Our Founders - “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…”

Tensions Flair For Trump Supporters, Black Lives Matter Activists In July 4 Demonstrations In Pittsburgh

Trump Supporters Hold July 4 Boat Parade, Clash With Counter-Protesters In Pittsburgh

Protests, Not Parades, Mark Philly Region’s July 4th

At Penn State, Other Campuses, Black Studies Professors, Students Call For Change

Coronavirus

Dept. Of Health Reports 3 Additional Deaths From COVID-19 In PA [PaCN]  7.4.20

As Cases Rise, Western PA Doctors Say They Are Prepared For An Increase In Hospitalizations

Gov. Wolf: Wearing Masks Gives Us More Freedom

State’s Virus Response Sometimes Created Confusion In Erie

Western PA Businesses In No Hurry To Bring Employees Back To The Office Amid Pandemic

Pocono Summer Camps Hit Hard By COVID-19, Federal Restrictions On Visas

Other States/National

The Guardian: Trump Celebrates 4th With String Of False And Misleading Claims About Pandemic

The Guardian: Trump Claims ‘Victory’ As U.S. Sees COVID-19 Case Records In Multiple States

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[Posted: July 5, 2020]