Saturday, November 14, 2020

Saturday PA Capitol & COVID NewsClips 11.14.20


*Senate
returns to voting session Nov. 16, 17, 18 & 19 or at the Call Of President Pro Tempore

House returns to voting session Nov. 18, 19 or at the Call Of The House Speaker


Dept. Of State Election ResultsVoting Results Dashboard

[Note: By law, counties must certify their election results to the Dept. of State by Nov. 23]

[Note: PA Presidential Electors Will Cast Votes On Dec. 14 ]


Nov. 13: Biden Leads Trump In PA By 62,260 Votes; Trump Won PA In 2016 By 44,292 Votes

Cap-Star: PA Elections Chief Says She Will Not Order Statewide Recount

PLS Reporter: PA Secretary Of State Not Ordering Recount As Ballot Counting Nears Completion

PA Nearly Finished With Election Counting - No Recount Expected

Dept. Of State Update On General Election Results

AP: Federal Appeals Court Rejects Republican Efforts To Block Counting Of Late PA Mail-In Ballots

Cap-Star: Federal Appeals Court Rejects Republican Effort To Block Late-Arriving Ballots

NPR: Legal Avenues Closing As Trump Lawsuits Meet With Defeat Or Dead Ends

AP: Republicans Face Court Setbacks, Trump Law Firm Steps Down

Targeted By Lincoln Project, Pittsburgh Attorneys Want To Withdraw From Trump Litigation

[Second] Law Firm That Faced Internal Backlash Withdraws From Trump’s PA Court Case

Trump Team Persists In PA Court Fights Despite COVID Quarantine, Quitting Lawyers, Courtroom Losses

Fortune: Backlash Against Jones Day Law Firm Aiding Trump’s Election Challenge Begins To Escalate

Fmr Trump Staffer Fishing For Fraud With Thousands Of Cold Calls To PA Voters Short On Proof

Williamsport Sun-Gazette Editorial: Audit Of 2020 Election May ‘Calm’ Election Fears; Election Certification Should Move Ahead

Philadelphia Republicans Deny Running Social Media Account Calling For War With Democrats

Spotlight PA: Meet PA’s Electoral College Voters: Everything They Can And Can’t Do

AP: Republican Leaders In 4 States Quash Dubious Trump Bid On Electoral College Electors

AP: Can Trump Win With ‘Fantasy’ Electors Bid?  PA, Other State Republicans Say No

AP: Suburban Philadelphia Voters Surge With Verve To Oust Trump

Op-Ed: How The Democrats Really Lost Pennsylvania

Westmoreland County Republican Commissioners Reject 718 Mail-In Ballots They Said Were ‘Defective’

Lackawanna County Finishes Counting Bulk Of Provisional Ballots

Despite Historic Voter Turnout Levels In Lehigh Valley, Many In Hispanic Communities Stayed Home

Latino Immigrants In PA Facilitate React To A Biden Victory

Paul Muschick: Voter Turnout Was Highest In 120 Years, But We Can Do Better

Rep. Davis To Chair Allegheny County Democratic Delegation, Rep. Miller To Help House Caucus

After 2020 Election Should We Trust Polling? Q/A With Franklin & Marshall College Poll Director

Will PennDOT Toll Bridges In Lancaster County?  Details Coming Early Next Year

Villanova Law Receives $15 Million Gift From Telcom Pioneer

Death Of Kutztown U. Graduate Student Not Suspicious

Highmark’s CEO Pay In 2019 Topped $8 Million

What NJ’s Marijuana Ballot Measure Could Mean For Pennsylvania

Biden-Harris Transition

Op-Ed: From Erie To Philadelphia, 12 PA Mayors Share Their Hopes For How Biden Will Change Our State

Penn Has Significant Ties To Joe Biden, What Might That Mean?

National/International

As COVID Rages, Casey Urges Republicans To Recognize Biden’s Victory: ‘They’re Not Accepting Reality’

On Conservative Media, Republican Cong. Reschenthaler Offers Baseless Claims Of Voter Fraud

Post: Trump Officials Unveil New, Tougher Exam For Citizenship, With Twice As Many Questions

Civil Justice

WHYY: ‘This Is A Blank Canvas’: Creating Philly’s New Citizens Police Oversight Commission

Philly City Council Formally Apologizes For Deadly 1985 MOVE Bombing By Police That Left 11 People Dead, Including 5 Children, And Burned 61 Homes

Pitt Medical Students Pen Hippocratic Oath With Emphasis On Diversity, Racial Injustice

Coronavirus

Dept. Of Health Reports 50 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 5,551 New Cases-- 11.14.20

Gov. Wolf, Other Northeast Governors To Hold Emergency COVID Summit To Discuss Possible Restrictions

Dept. Of Health Reports 30 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 5,531 New Cases-- 11.13.20 

Spotlight PA: Lockdowns Aren’t The Answer To PA’s Surging COVID Cases, Health Officials, Experts Say

Philadelphia Officials May Ban Indoor Dining, Impose Other New Restrictions As Case Numbers Keep Rising

Philly To Announce New COVID Restrictions Monday, Likely Including Indoor Dining

COVID Surge Impacts Erie’s Nursing Homes Last Week

Dept. Of Health Adds COVID Testing Sites In Blair County

Altoona Mirror Editorial: Urgency On COVID Needs Turned Up 

Dept. Of Health Adds COVID Testing Site In Bradford County

Black Doctors COVID Consortium Making Sure Philadelphia Minority Groups Have Access To Testing

Nurses At Delaware County Hospital Reach Deal To Avoid Strike

Bucks County Hospital Preps For Strike As 700 Nurses Take To Picket Line

AP: Montgomery County Health Officials Order Schools To Go To Remote Learning Nov. 23

As COVID Cases Surge, Philadelphia-Area Hospitals Waver Between Sounding Alarms, Reassuring The Public

Westmoreland County Nursing Home Reports At Least 112 Cases Of COVID Among Residents, Staff

Westmoreland County School District Closes H.S. Over COVID Concerns

Pittsburgh Public Schools Returning To All Remote Instruction Next Week

Allegheny County School Districts Move Online, Report More COVID Cases

Mt. Lebanon Schools Won’t Have Full-Time In-Person Classes Anytime Soon

Butler County H.S. Closed To Students Until Dec. 2

Some Northampton County School Superintendents Announce Decisions To Maintain Education Models Despite ‘Substantial’ COVID Spread

Cumberland County School District Considers Remote Learning As COVID Cases Increase

Erie Area High Schools. Get Forfeit Wins Because Of COVID

Paul Muschick: Why We Decided To Let Our Son Continue With In-Person High School Classes

Editorial: Lancaster County Schools Must Be Guided By Health Experts

Penn State Adds 112 New COVID Cases Last Week; Total Now 4,352; Planned Move To Remote Instruction Nov. 20 Going Ahead

Nov. 13: COVID Data From Selected Western PA Colleges

Franklin & Marshall College Warns Of Possible Campus Quarantine If COVID Doesn’t Relent

State Police Liquor Enforcement Issues 5 NOVs, 51 Warnings For COVID Violations

PA Housing Finance Agency Provides October Data About CARES Relief To Renters, Homeowners: 10,251 Renters & 6,965 Landlords Helped, $1.9 Million In Homeowner Assistance

Panic Buying Has Not Returned To Lehigh Valley And Grocers Want To Keep It That Way

Philly-Area Grocery Stores Starting To Put Purchasing Limits On Products Again

Westmoreland County Opens 2nd Round Of COVID Relief Grants

Lackawanna County Offers Grants To Nonprofits Affected By COVID

COVID Slashes Profits For 9 Of 12 Big Firms In Lancaster County

Editorial: Shop Small: Help Local Businesses Outlast COVID

AP: Steelers Expect Roethlisberger To Come Off COVID List To Play Against Bengals

National/International

The Hill: Biden Calls For ‘Urgent Action’ From Trump Amid COVID Surge

AP Fact Check: Trump Distorts On COVID Vaccine, State Distribution

NBC: Trump Attacks NY Governor, Says He’ll Withhold COVID Vaccine From State Until Governor Approves; Cuomo: ‘None Of What He Said Is True’

AP: Biden Faces Tough Choice Of Whether To Back COVID Lockdowns

The Atlantic: Health Care Professionals: ‘No One Is Listening To Us’ [73 More Days Of Trump]

NPR: Pandemic Is Entering A Dangerous New Chapter, Here Are 8 Warning Signs

Post: Over 130 Secret Service Officers Infected With COVID Or Quarantining In Wake Of Trump Campaign Travel

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