Tuesday, October 6, 2020

Tuesday PA Capitol & Coronavirus NewsClips 10.6.20


Senate
returns to voting session October 6, [7] 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


AP-Marc Levy: New PA Supreme Court Battle Erupts Over Counting Mail-In Ballots When Signatures Don’t Match

PA Elections Officials Rebuff Claims Election Will Be Marred By Fraud

Rep. Everett Defends House Election Commission

Here’s How To Protect Your Vote In Pennsylvania

Luzerne Election Board Member Vows No Repeat Of Discarded Ballot Incident

Lehigh County DA Files Charges Against Allentown Elections Judge Who Darkened Dots On Ballots In PA House Race

Dept. Of State: Pennsylvania Online Voter Services Restored

WITF Smart Talk: Preparing For A Historic Election Day - 9:00 a.m. TODAY

Philly Area Counties Say Efforts To Recruit Poll Workers For Election Day Are Paying Off

Lackawanna County Plans To Relocate 6 Additional Polling Places

Editorial: Remove Mystery From Westmoreland Elections Office Firing

Beware The ‘Naked Ballot’: Follow These Steps To Make Sure Your PA Mail-In Vote Counts

Philly Community College Cancels Classes On Election Day To Promote Student Voting

Allegheny County School District Schools To Be Polling Places, Students To Learn Online

Bill To Reduce Unused PA State Agency Office Space Passes Senate

Philadelphia Reaches Most Homicides Since 2007 With 6 Murders Monday

State Delay In Taking Sentence Prisoners Creates Overcrowding At Bucks County Jail

Luzerne DA Warns Of Spoofing Scam Using Magistrates’ Numbers

Cap-Star: Should PA Convert $500 Million In CARES Cash Into Private School Education Grants?

Will PSSA, Keystone Exams Be Canceled For 2nd Year In A Row? Some Hope So

Point Park University President To Retire Next Summer

King’s College President To Retire In June After 10 Years

Op-Ed: PA Needs A Zero-Tolerance Policy For Sex Crimes - Rep. Murt

Dept. Of Aging: Medicare Open Enrollment Begins Oct. 15, Free Insurance Counseling Available

PennDOT Outlines Winter Preparations, Guidance For Public Readiness

Lehigh Valley Shopper Says She Was Refused 84 Cents At Walmart Amid COVID Coin Shortage

National/International

Stephen Caruso: Toomey’s Exit Kick-Starts 2022 Guesswork Among PA Politicos On Governor, U.S. Senate

Deb Erdley: Toomey’s Announced Exit Sends PA Politicos Scrambling

Toomey Just Made 2022 Elections In PA Total Free-For-All

Barletta Eyes Gubernatorial Run With Toomey Retirement

Charles Thompson: Toomey Retirement Gives Way To Political Spring For Gubernatorial, U.S. Senate Hopefuls

John Micek: ‘18 Years Is A Long Time’: Toomey Plans To Return To Private Sector; Backs Trump For Reelection

AP-Marc Levy: Toomey Says He Won’t Run For Another Senate Term Or Governor

Tuesday Toomey Protesters Say Their Work Isn’t Over

Cong. Wild, Opponent Clash Over Police Protests, Health Insurance, Taxes During First Debate

Cong. Keller Faces Democratic Challenger In Congressional Race

Trump Ally Cong. Meuser Faces Moderate Democratic Challenger

DePasquale Poll: DePasquale 51%, Cong. Perry 45%

Democratic Challenger Stakes Out Progressive Case For Replacing Cong. Smucker

Editorial: No Endorsement In Smucker - Hammond Congressional Race

Op-Ed: Congress Must Enact Paid Leave For All Workers

Monmouth University PA Poll: Biden 54%, Trump 43%

CBS News PA Poll: Biden 51%, Trump 44%

Reuters/Ipsos PA Poll: Biden 50%, Trump 45%

NYT/Siena College PA Poll: Biden 49%, Trump 42%

Biden Travels To Gettysburg Tuesday

Pittsburgh Food Bank Not Removing Trump Letters Inside Food Assistance Boxes

Editorial: Presidential Debate Deserves Plan B

Editorial: Debates Commission Would Be Wise To Postpone

Civil Justice

Western PA Companies Launch Diversity Efforts After George Floyd’s Killing, But Will They Last?

How Diverse Is Pittsburgh Region’s Workforce?

Pittsburgh Mayor Submits Legislation To Protect Black Pittsburghers From Hairstyle Discrimination

Coronavirus

Gov. Wolf, Health Secretary Amend Orders, Guidelines On Safe Gathering Limit Starting Oct. 9

Auditor General DePasquale Discovers Inconsistencies, Puzzling Decisions In COVID Business Waiver Process Audit

Dept. Of Health Reports 17 Additional Deaths Due To COVID-19; 1,036 New Cases 10.6.20

U.S. Supreme Court Denies Petition Against Wolf Shutdown Order

U.S. Supreme Court Won’t Hear Challenge To Wolf’s Shutdown Order

Dept. Of Health Reports 11 Additional Deaths Due To COVID-19; 672 New Cases 10.5.20

Community Spread Blamed For Spiking COVID Cases In Westmoreland County

Westmoreland Nursing Home Names New Administrator As COVID Cases Continue To Rise

Pike County Gun Festival To Go On Despite Crowd Size Limits

Op-Ed: Strong Leadership Key To Stop COVID Damage - Fmr Gov. Mark Schweiker

Editorial: Nation Must Unite To Defeat COVID

Gov. Wolf Issues COVID Early Warning Monitoring Dashboard Update For Sept. 24-Oct. 1

PA Names 11 Counties To Watch For COVID; Statewide, Positive Test Rate Rises

Dept. Of Health Weekly Update On COVID Investigations, Contact Tracing, Monitoring Efforts

Dept. Of Health Urges Residents To Get Flu Vaccine As Pandemic Continues

Gov. Wolf Announces $96 Million For Small Business COVID Assistance, Senate, House Needs 

To Act To Authorize More Funding To Help Small Businesses

Jan Murphy: 5,300+ Small Business Receive Help Thru 2nd Round Of COVID Assistance

State Police Liquor Enforcement Issues 10 NOVs, 43 Warnings For COVID Violations

State Police Close York Barracks For Cleaning After COVID Case Reported

Central Dauphin School District To Phase In Return To In-Person Classes

Central Dauphin School District Confirms Staff COVID Case

Camp Hill School District Reports COVID Case In Cumberland County

Harrisburg H.S. Football, Other Fall Sports Cleared To Play

500,000 PA Kids Are Supposed To Be Learning To Read Right Now. Are They?

Western PA Organizations See Uptick In Tutoring Demands In Wake Of Pandemic

Op-Ed: Hybrid School Finally Here, It’s Not Perfect, But The Kids Are Happy

Editorial: Use Federal CARES Cash To Help Public, Not Private Schools

Penn State Announces Later Start To Spring Semester, Mixed Instruction, Elimination Of Break

Here Is Updated COVID Data From Western PA Colleges

Several Floors Of Pitt Residence Hall In Quarantine After COVID Increase

Lawsuit Targets Point Park University For Forced-Online Spring Semester

Hundreds Of American Airlines Flight Attendants Losing Jobs In Philadelphia

Op-Ed: SEPTA Is Safe During COVID, Transit Access Is Not

City Of Pittsburgh Welcomes Trick-Or-Treating With Precautions

National

CDC Says COVID Can Spread Through The Air Indoors In Updated Guidance

AP: White House Blocks New COVID Vaccine Approval Guidelines

AP: Vaunted White House Virus Testing Only Strategy Couldn’t Protect Trump

AP: Trump, Still Infectious, Back At White House - Without A Mask

AP: White House Staff, Secret Service Eye Virus With Fear, Anger

AP: ‘An Embarrassment’: Trump Tweet Angers Pandemic Survivors

AP: 210,000 In U.S. Have Died From COVID, Now Trump Says He ‘Gets It’

AP Poll: Many Americans Blame Virus Crisis On U.S. Government

Editorial: Profiles In Irresponsibility

AP: Infected Senator Vows To Wear ‘Moon Suit,” If Needed, To Vote Trump’s Court Pick

NYT: Nearly One-Third Of COVID Patients In Study Had Altered Mental State

NYT: What To Know About PA Native Sean Conley, The White House Physician

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