Thursday, October 8, 2020

Thursday PA Capitol & Coronavirus NewsClips 10.8.20


Senate
returns to voting session October 19, 20, 21 or at the Call Of President Pro Tempore

House returns to voting session October 19, 20, 21 or at the Call Of The House Speaker


TODAY Live Event 1:30: Gov. Wolf discusses how federal health insurance law protects Pennsylvanians.  Watch Live::  https://www.governor.pa.gov/live/facebook.com/governorwolf/ 


AP-Marc Levy: Talks To Update PA’s Mail-In Voting Law Show Life

Emily Previti: Counties Asking For Change In Law To Help Them Tally Votes Faster, But Senate, House Haven’t Acted

State Seeks Deal On Mail-In Ballot Processing

PA Voting Issues Resting Primarily In The Courts

Charles Thompson: Lancaster-Based Blog, Russia Propaganda Tangled In Websites That Could Deceive Voters, Civil Rights Group Finds

Jan Murphy: PA Voter Registration Nearly 186,000 More Than In 2016 Presidential Election [47% Democrats, 39% Republicans]

Erie County Sees Republican Voter Registration Surge

Philly, State Gearing Up To Protect An Election That Trump Is Undermining

Philly DA: Anyone Who Tries To Intimidate Philly Voters Will ‘Find Themselves In Jail’

Dozens More Temporary Election Staffers Set To Be Hired By Allegheny County

PLS Reporter: Dept. Of State: 90,000 Ballots Already Cast, Early Voting Encouraged

32,000 Ballots In Mail To Lackawanna County Voters

Luzerne County On Track To Send Out 62,424 Mail-In Ballots By Weekend

157,000 Mail-In Ballots Being Sent To Bucks County Voters

Casey: Boxes Of Delayed Lehigh Valley Mail Sitting In Scranton As Part Of USPS ‘Sabotage’

Spotlight PA: Judge Dismisses Lawsuit By Sen. Scarnati Against Journalists Over Public Campaign Records

Republican House Member Seeks Impeachment Of PA Supreme Court Justice Wecht [A Democrat]

Republican House Member Shared Snapchat Videos Enticing Son, 5, To Smoke Cigar: ‘Hit It Harder’

AG Shapiro Touts Records As ‘The People’s AG,’ Opponent Promises More Restraint

Penn National Casino/Race Course Lays Off 18 Workers In Dauphin County

Philadelphia To Sue State Over Inability to Enact City-Specific Gun Laws

Philly Suing State So City Can Enact Stronger Gun Control Laws

Allegheny County Council Considers Bill Regulating Surveillance Technology

Op-Ed: If Private Charter Schools Help Kids Of Color, Why Aren’t Democrats More Supportive?

SEPTA Still Recovering From Ransomware Attack In August

Hackers Could Have Turned Comcast TV Remotes Into Listening Devices

Thousands Of Lehigh Valley Workers Should See Higher Pay As PA Overtime Rules Expanded

Cumberland County Averages Among The Highest Incomes In The State

AG Shapiro: Chester County District Judge Siphoned $4,000 From Campaign Fund To Feed Gambling Habit

National/International

Editorial: Cong. Smucker’s Refusal To Participate In Candidate Forum Missed Opportunity, Lack Of Respect For His Constituents

The Election Appears To Be Slipping Away From Trump In PA

State Republican Chair ‘Confident’ PA Will Go For Trump

Quinnipiac PA Poll: Biden 54%, Trump 41%

Emerson PA Poll: Biden 50%, Trump 45%

Some Philly COVID Survivors Resent Trump’s Downplaying Of COVID

Report Trump May Hold Campaign Event In Pittsburgh Next Week Spurs Criticism

College Students In PA Will Go Big For Biden - If They Actually Vote

Op-Ed: Trump, Proud Boys, White Supremacy: A Dog Whistle Of Epic Proportions At Presidential Debate

Editorial: Use Federal Voting Rights Act To Protect Voting

Civil Justice

Pittsburgh City Council Scrutinizes Purchase Of Crowd Control Devices

Don’t Expect A Mailer About That Pittsburgh Citizen Police Review Board Ballot Question

Duquesne Fires Professor Who Used Racial Slur

Philly City Council Considers Banning Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets

PEW Study: Philly Residents Losing Respect For Police, But Don’t Want Fewer Officers

Coronavirus

Dept. Of Health Reports 27 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 1,376 New Cases 10.8.20

Dept. Of Health Reports 28 Additional Deaths Due To COVID-19; 1,309 New Cases 10.7.20 

State, Northeast See Highest COVID Case Increase Since Spring

1 In 4 Philadelphians Know Someone Who Died Of COVID, Nearly Half Have Lost Josts Or Wages, PEW Study Says

2 Westmoreland Nursing Home Residents Dead As COVID Cases Surge

5 Dead, 130 Infected With COVID At Allegheny County Nursing Home

Children’s Hospital Of Philadelphia Projections Show Resurgence Risk Now Present In Northeast, New England

Editorial: Consistent COVID Policies Remain Wolf’s Hobgoblin

State Police Liquor Enforcement Issues 3 NOVs, 15 Warnings On COVID Violations

300 Allegheny County Kids Have Contracted COVID Since Beginning Of September

Westmoreland County School Districts Closes 5 Schools Because Of COVID Outbreak

PIAA Board Allows H.S. To Play Through Thanksgiving

Pitt Lifts Quarantine Inside Litchfield B Student Highrise

Gannon Has 2 Clusters Of COVID Cases In Erie

3 More Penn State Athletes Test Positive For COVID, Out Of 1,211 Tests

Lancaster County Colleges Report 13 Active COVID Cases, Fewer Than Last Week

West Chester U. To Continue Remove Instruction Thru Spring 2021

Temple U. Shutters Largest Dining Hall As Campus Residency Drops 60%

Westmoreland Prison On Lockdown As 2 Guards Test Positive For COVID

Wilkes-Barre Police Officer Test Positive For COVID, 7 In Quarantine, 1 In Isolation

Editorial: Set Standards For Business Closures In Emergencies

National

Some Philly COVID Survivors Resent Trump’s Downplaying Of COVID

Report Trump May Hold Campaign Event In Pittsburgh Next Week Spurs Criticism

The Hill: Dr. Fauci: As Many As 400,000 Americans Could Die From COVID

Dr. Fauci Says Growing Number Of COVID Cases Among White House Staff Could Have Been Prevented

The Hill: Trump Says He’ll Back Specific Relief Measures Hours After Halting Talks

VP Pence, Harris Face Off On COVID In Debate

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[Posted: October 8, 2020]

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