Wednesday PA Capitol & Coronavirus NewsClips 8.12.20

Senate returns to voting session Sept. 8 or at the Call Of President Pro Tempore

House returns to voting session Sept. 15 or at the Call Of The House Speaker [May be back late August for election fixes Read More Here.]

Fmr Gov. Ridge Says Voters Should Be Patient For Results In 2020 Presidential Race

Poor People’s Campaign Urges Voter Participation In 2020

Republican Reps Seek Answers On State Employees Working Remotely When Constituents Don’t Get Return Calls

State, Federal Law Enforcement Investigate Swastika Painted On Harrisburg Jewish Temple

Spotlight PA: Public Record Or Trade Secret? Battle Over Liquor Licenses Could Go To PA High Court

Paul Muschick: Unemployed, No Answers For Unpaid Unemployment Claims ‘Nobody Should Be Treated This Way’

Children With Disabilities Came To Devereux For Help, Instead They Were Sexually Abused

Philly Officials Search For Reasons, Solutions To The Spike In Child Shootings

Editorial: As Gun Violence Increases, Philly’s Latest Strategy Could Stop The Bleeding, But Only If Done Carefully

Community College Leaders Tout Cost Advantages As 4-Year Schools Go Online

Editorial: PA Needs More Community Colleges

What No Student Loan Payments Until 2021 Means For You

Editorial: Penn, Other Institutions Should Be Willing To Discuss Property Tax Exemptions

Op-Ed: Anticipated Drug Shortages Highlight Need For Health Care Industry Collaboration - Rep. Mihalek

Editorial: Please Get Your Kids Immunized

LGBTQ Housing Programs Struggling To Keep UP With Demand

Villanova Prof, Amish-Country Builder Have Answer To Homelessness - Tiny Houses

Guns, Cash, Private Plane: Feds Reveal More On Probe Of Philly Financier At Center Of Alleged $500M Fraud

Americans Lost $150M To Robocall Scams Last Year, Students From India Came To PA, NJ To Collect, Feds Say

Editorial: Victory For Gig Workers: Ruling Should Be Starting Point

National/International

Cap-Star: How PA Dems Reacted To Biden Picking Kamala Harris For VP

Black Democrats In PA ‘Beaming With Pride’ After Biden Picks Harris For VP

George Floyd Protests

Can You Support Black Lives Matter And Still Prosecute Mairjuana Cases? Yes Franklin County DA Says

Most On Allentown Council Support Latest Police Reform Resolution

Bethlehem Council Not Thinking About Defunding Police, Still 100 People Joined Back The Blue Rally Outside City Hall

Citizens Plead For Outside Investigation Into Inmate Death In Luzerne County

Inquiry Into Allegheny County Judge’s Alleged Racists Remarks Coming To Close

Op-Ed: Philly Police Flagged For Hundreds Of Unjustified Stops, Frisks.  Will Reforms Follow?

Op-Ed: Penn State College Of Medicine Committed To Advancing Racial Justice On Its Campus

Coronavirus

Dept. Of Health Reports 35 Additional Deaths Due To COVID-19; 828 New Cases [PaCN] 8.11.20

Gov. Wolf: Educating Kids Is ‘First Priority’ For PA, Restrictions On Eateries Won’t Be Relaxed Soon

Monroeville Nursing Home Reports 47 COVID-19 Cases, After Reporting Zero Last Week

Luzerne County Has High Rate Of Ventilator Hospitalizations

These COVID-19 Patients Survived, But Never Recovered

Allegheny County Assistant DA Dies After Contracting COVID-19

Lincoln Speedway Vendor Dies Weeks After Testing Positive For COVID-19

Gov. Wolf: Medical Device Company OraSure Expansion To Increase Virus Testing Capability

Stephen Caruso: Testing Delays Scrutinized As Wolf Announces Aid For Lehigh Valley Firm

Game-Changing Instant Virus Test Could Come From PA Company Getting $1 Million In State Help

Cap-Star: House Republicans Roll Out Fall Sports, School Reopening Bills

Another Business Closed In Allegheny County For Flouting Pandemic Rules

COVID What’s Next: PA Companies Brace For Second Shutdown

Some Workers Furious Their Employers Didn’t Apply For PA’s $50 Million Hazard Pay Program

Temple Health Paying Bonuses To Front-Line Clinical Workers

Paul Muschick: Unemployed, No Answers For Unpaid Unemployment Claims ‘Nobody Should Be Treated This Way’

Allegheny County Pledges To Ramp Up Spending On Social Services, Health Care, Protective Gear

He Gave Away Over 600 Masks So Far To IUP Students, Protesters, Others

Philly Judge Won’t Wear Mask In Court, Prompting Complaints From Lawyers, Witnesses

Lancaster County Judge Reprimands Lawyer Banned From Court Amid Virus Concerns

Op-Ed: Sesame Place Arrests Are Coming, But So Are More Bratty Mask Tantrums By Grownups

Editorial: Patriots Wear Masks For Others

AP: PA Mayors Appeal To Congress For Federal Aid

PLS Reporter: ‘Cuts, Cuts And More Cuts” PA’s Municipal Leaders Paint Grim Financial Picture If No Federal Bailout Arrives

Pittsburgh Mayor Warns Job Losses Could Become Reality If Federal COVID-19 Assistance Doesn’t Happen

Altoona’s Solvency In Jeopardy

Blair County Prepping For ‘An Extremely Tough Budget Year’

PIAA Sends Letter To Wolf To Begin Discussions On Fall Sports

School Reopening Plans Could Change Multiple Times Prior To First Day

NE PA Legislators Offer Comments On State’s School Reopening Plan

Editorial: H.S. Sports Statement Latest Misstep For Gov. Wolf During Pandemic

Western PA Colleges Awarded Federal Funds To Underwrite Reopening Costs

Penn Shutting Dorms To Most Students, Moving Classes Online For Fall

AP: Big Ten Pulls Plug On Fall Football Amid Pandemic Concerns

‘It’s Devastating’ State college Businesses React To No Penn State Football This Fall

National

What Pittsburgh Experts Are Saying About Russia’s COVID-19 Vaccine

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[Posted: August 12, 2020]