Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Tuesday PA Capitol & COVID NewsClips 10.20.20


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

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


Editorial: House, Senate, Executive Temporary Pay Freeze Should Lead To Annual Vote

AP: U.S. Supreme Court Preserves Extended Mail Ballot Due Date In PA Handing Republicans Another Defeat

Cap-Star: PA Can Count Late-Arriving Ballots, U.S. Supreme Court Rules

Cap-Star: Election Officials Brace For Long Vote Count As Talks On Reform Crater In Harrisburg

Spotlight PA:  U.S. Supreme Court Allows 3-Day Extension To County PA Mail-In Ballots

AP-Marc Levy: Prospects Dim For Critical Election Bill In PA

Republicans Appear Unwilling To Let Counties Count PA Mail-In Ballots Before Election Day

AP: PA Breaks Past 9 Million Voters At Registration Deadline

Republicans Ahead Of Democrats In Lancaster County Voter Registration, But Not Democrats + Independents

100,000+ Live In Longterm Care Facilities, Advocates Worry Voting Will Be A ‘Logistical Nightmare’

About Half Of Mail-In Ballots Sent By Lackawanna County Returned So Far

More Delays In Mailing Ballots In Westmoreland County

Voters Drop Off Ballots Around Allegheny County In A Steady Stream

Allegheny County Voters Who Got Incorrect Ballots To Receive New Ballots This Week

In-Person Voting Proves Popular In Luzerne County

Early Voters Pack York County’s Election Office

New Ballot Envelope Opener Debuts As Voters Queue In Luzerne County

John Micek: ‘We’re Not A Minority Anymore’: How PA’s Latina Women Are Flexing Their Political Muscle

Black Voters Are Poised To Tip The 2020 Election Results In PA

1 In 6 PA Voters Have A Disability, Why Don’t Candidates Campaign For Their Support?

WHYY: Millions Of Pennsylvanians Skip Every Election, Here’s Why This Year Could Be Different

People Volunteering To Be Poll Workers In Record Numbers In Philly, Suburban Counties

Pittsburgh News Outlets Prepare For Election Day, ‘After All, What Could Go Wrong This Year?’

Editorial: People In Long Lines To Cast Ballots Are Also Casting Ballots For The Importance Of Voting

Dept. Of Health: Domestic Violence Is A Public Health Issue, Screening Should Be Part Of Preventive Care

Gun Rights Lawsuit Challenges PA Age Requirement To Be 21 To Get A License To Carry

Op-Ed: The Current U.S. Healthcare System Poses A Threat To Hispanics

Jan Murphy: State Lawmakers Question Impact Of Combining 6 State Universities Into 2

Victor To Step Down As Mercyhurst President

Private Cyber Charter Enrollments Are Surging, School Districts Picking Up The Tab

Philly Teachers Facing First Strike Vote In Decades AFter contract Talks Fall Short

Postal Service, UPS, Chewy Others Hiring Thousands Of Seasonal Employees

Warehouse Demand In Lehigh Valley, And Beyond Outpacing Last Year

National/International

Stephen Caruso: Cong Perry, DePasquale Exchange Words Over Federal Health Insurance, QAnon At Debate

Charles Thompson: Cong. Perry, DePasquale Meet In Fiesty Second Debate

Cong Perry Works To Link DePasquale To Wolf’s Shutdown In Final Debate

AP: Democrats Plunge Cash In Fitzpatrick Congressional Race In Southeast

Cong. Doyle Wants Changes To Internet Speech Law; Calls White House Reforms ‘Reckless’

Cap-Star: Southwest PA Billboard Accusing Biden Of Dementia Misspells… Dementia

VP Pence Visits Harrisburg Area, Makes Closing Argument For Trump

Cap-Star: VP Pence Tries To Sew Up Central PA For Trump

Charles Thompson: PA Is Getting Lots Of Swing State Attention, Isn’t It Nice To Be Wanted?

Melania Trump Also Set To Visit Erie Today

AP: Cough Keeps Melania Trump Off Campaign Trail

Donald Trump, Jr. To Return To Centre County For Campaign Rally

Biden Says Trump Broke Promises To Erie Workers

Jill Biden Urges Supporters To Vote During Drive-In Rally In Lackawanna County

Pennsylvania Seniors ‘Embarrassed’ By Trump

AARP 50+ PA Poll: Biden 50%, Trump 47%; 65+ Voters: Biden 57%, Trump 40%

Reuters/Ipsos PA Poll: Biden 49%, Trump 45%

Republican PAC/Trafalgar PA Poll: Biden 47.5%, Trump 46.4%

Trump’s Triumph In 2016 Gives Rise To Grassroots Activism In The Lehigh Valley

Trump Held His Own In Bucks County In 2016, But It Might Be Slipping Away

AP: Republicans See Bright Spot In Voter Registration Push In PA, Other States

AP: ‘Running Angry’: Trump Attacks Dr. Fauci, Press And Polls

Inquirer Cartoon: Democrats’ Polls Feeling Eerily Familiar

Civil Justice

Task Force Issues Recommendations For Reforming Pittsburgh Police

Pittsburgh Task Force On Police Reform Announces Its Recommendations

AP: Protest Arrest Records Show Regular Americans, Not Antifa

Coronavirus

Dept. Of Health Reports 33 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 1,557 New Cases -- 10.20.20

Dept. Of Health Reports 34 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 2,372 New Cases [2-Day Totals]-- 10.19.20 

PA COVID Cases Reach April Levels, Officials Warn About Gatherings, But Hold Off On New Restrictions

Gov. Wolf, Secretary Of Health Ask Pennsylvanians To Unite Against COVID

John Micek: Wolf, Levine Stress Vigilance As COVID Case Counts Spike

COVID Spread In Lackawanna County ‘Substantial’ State Says, Likely To Impact School District Instruction

COVID Cases Put Blair County At ‘Substantial’

SCI Greene Reports First Inmate Death From COVID

Gov. Wolf Issues Early Warning Monitoring Dashboard Update For Oct. 9-15

Dept. Of Health: Join 322,000+ Who Added The COVID Alert PA App To Their Phones

Gov. Wolf Urges General Assembly To Act On COVID Funding For Small Businesses

Rep. Metcalfe, Sen. Mastriano Hold Press Conference TODAY On Anti-Vaccine Legislation

State Police Liquor Enforcement Issues 11 NOVs, 52 Warnings On COVID Violations

Patchwork Of Eviction Deadlines, Extensions In Allegheny County Leaves Renters, Landlords Confused

Rise In COVID Hospitalizations Continues In PA, Lancaster County’s Increase Levels Off

More Than 100 COVID Cases Reported In Lancaster County Schools

Westmoreland County H.S. To Remain Closed Due To COVID

3 Schools In Allegheny County School District Close Temporarily Amid COVID Woes

100 Allegheny County School District Students Return To In-Person Classes, 40 Going Remote

In-Person Instruction At Wilkes-Barre Area School Suspended Another Week

Virtual School Lets Teachers See Directly Into Students’ Lives, Here’s What They’re Learning

Op-Ed: In-Person Teaching Puts My Family At Risk, But Philly School District Leaves Me Few Options

Lafayette College Closes Buildings, Suspends Sports Because Of Increase In COVID Cases

Number Of Misericordia Students In Quarantine Drops

Pittsburgh Colleges Adjust Programs That Relied On One-On-One Interaction

Westmoreland Prison, Nursing Home Report Additional COVID Cases

OraSure Subsidiary’s Saliva Collection Device Now Can Be Used In COVID Testing

No, There’s No COVID Grace Period For Expired Car Registrations

National/International

AP: Deadline Looms, But COVID Relief Deal May Be Far Off

WHO: Study Finds 4 Drugs Have Little To No Effect On COVID

The Hill: Trump Labels Dr. Fauci A ‘Disaster’ On Campaign Call--’People Are Tired Of Hearing Fauci And All These Idiots’

AP: Trump Goes After Dr. Fauci, Tries To Buck Up His Campaign Team

8 Months In, California Is Containing COVID As Other States Spike, Here’s Why

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[Posted: October 20, 2020]

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