Thursday, November 26, 2020

Thursday PA Capitol & COVID NewsClips 11.26.20


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Senate recessed to the Call Of President Pro Tempore

House recessed to the Call Of The House Speaker


AP: Biden Seeks Unity As Trump Stokes Fading Embers Of Campaign

Cap-Star: As PA Crosses Grim COVID Milestone; PA Republicans Throw Taxpayer-Funded Campaign Rally

Jan Murphy: Trump’s Long-Shot Bid To Overturn PA Election Results Not Likely To Bear Fruit [PA Senate Republican Hearing]

Spotlight PA: Trump Campaign Takes Its Complaints Over PA Election Before Republican Lawmakers, After String Of Court Losses

Fmr Gov. Tom Ridge Calls PA Senate Republican Hearing On Election ‘Bogus Event’

AP: Trump Refuses to Accept Biden’s Win As Transition Proceeds [PA Senate Republican Hearing]

Trump Doubles Down On Election Fraud Claims In PA [PA Senate Republican Hearing]

Trump Speaks To PA Senate Committee, Says He Won ‘By A Lot’ [PA Senate Republican Hearing]

In A New Filing, Trump Campaign Says Federal Judge Can Require Republican-Controlled General Assembly To Name The State’s Electors

AP: Commonwealth Court Judge Halts Further Vote Certification Over Challenge To 2.6 Million Mail-In Ballots; Gov. Wolf Appeals

Emily Previti: Wolf Administration Asks PA Supreme Court To Dismiss Republican Lawsuit Aimed At Throwing Out Mail-In Ballots

PA Supreme Court Denies Rehearing Of Republican State Senate Candidate Challenge To 2,349 Allegheny County Ballots

Sen. Scarnati: PA Supreme Court Fails To Uphold The Law To Ensure Fair Elections [On Denial Of Rehearing Of Republican Senate Candidate’s Challenge To Mail-In Votes]

Commonwealth Court Denies Another Trump Campaign Appeal Over 69 Mail-In Ballots

Allegheny County Certifies Votes In Tight Brewster, Ziccarelli State Senate Race

Spotlight PA: Lack Of Training Left Pittsburgh-Area Poll Workers Unprepared For Election Day

Election Day Post-Mortem Continues At Luzerne Election Board Meeting

Editorial: Give Thanks For Frontline Workers Who Keep Our Loved Ones, Society And Democracy Alive

John Baer: Be Thankful PA Politics Isn’t (Always) The Nation’s Worst

Cap-Star Analysis: How State Political Parties Helped Big Money Pay For This Year’s Elections

AP: Wolf Vetoes Bills On Firearms During Emergency, Gas Drilling

CNHI: Key State Lawmakers Back PennDOT Move Toward Allowing Tolls On More Bridges

Cap-Star: PA Has A State Plan For Aging, Here’s What You Need To Know

Philly Council Committee Votes To Extend Landlord-Tenant Mediation Mandate

Latest Unemployment Figures In Lancaster County Send Mixed Messages

Report: Colder Weather Could Cost Philly Metro Area More Than 57,000 Jobs Due To COVID

At Least 4 People Gunned Down Over 6 Hours In Philadelphia

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Cements Move To The Right

‘Ludicrously Oversized’ Pickle In Downtown Pittsburgh Just Deflated

National/International

2 Asylum-Seeking Families In PA Safe From Deportation, For Now

Civil Justice

Lehigh County Poised To Add Juneteenth As An Official Paid Holiday

Philadelphia Awards $500,000 To Groups Seeking To Diversity The Tech Workforce

Coronavirus

Dept. Of Health Reports 144 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 6,759 New Cases-- 11.25.20 

PA’s Total Number Of COVID Deaths Climb Beyond 10,000

PA ZIP Codes With Biggest Increase In COVID Cases This Week

Dept. Of Health Updates Travel Order Testing Requirements For Out-Of-State Visitors

Revised Order: Any Out-Of-State Visitor To PA Age 11 Or Older Must Have COVID Test

Wolf Administration To Wireless Emergency Alert System For COVID Messages To Public

PA Sending COVID Alerts On Cell Phones

Gov. Wolf Signs Renewal Of COVID Pandemic Disaster Declaration

Allegheny County Adds 555 New COVID Cases, 12 Deaths

NE PA Regional COVID Deaths Surge Led By Luzerne County

What Philly Region’s Hospitals Are Seeing As COVID Roars Back

Erie Hospitals See Spike In COVID Patients

As COVID Cases Rise, Overwhelmed Case Investigators, Contact Tracers Forced To Adapt

400+ PA Hospital Doctors, Nurse Leaders Issue Urgent COVID Call To Action Ahead Of Holiday Season

Exhausted Health Care Workers ‘Scream Into The Abyss’ About Rising COVID Cases

Fire Forces Evacuation Of COVID-Positive Residents, New Philly Quarantine Hotel Opens Monday

Philadelphia Area Hospitals May Have To Cut Back On Elective Surgeries Under State Order

Editorial: Give Thanks For Frontline Workers Who Keep Our Loved Ones, Society And Democracy Alive

Editorial: Much To Be Thankful For Amid COVID

Pittsburgh Forms Task Force To Enforce New COVID Restrictions

On An Unusually Placid Carson Street In Pittsburgh, Irritation Grows Over PA’s Alcohol Ban

Editorial: Last Call At 5:00 Because COVID Is Surging, Things Don’t Have To Be This Bad

Dept. Of Agriculture Releases COVID Restaurant Enforcement Actions Nov. 16-22

Northumberland County Nursing Center Sued Over Resident’s COVID Death

A Lonely Thanksgiving Awaits Many In Lehigh Valley Nursing Homes

Federal Judge Denise Parents’ Request To Block All-Virtual School Mandate In Montgomery County

WPSU: Hundreds Of Students, Staff In Altoona School District Are Quarantined

Several Allegheny, Westmoreland County School Districts Moving To Online Learning

Plum School District Moves To All Online Classes Due To Rising COVID Cases

Seneca Valley Schools Moving To Online-Only Classes To Help Curb COVID

Despite All The COVID Cancellations, Lehigh Valley Football Community Has Much To Be Thankful For

Public Access Limited At Erie County Courthouse

Luzerne County 911 Staffing Shortages Hurting Morale, Agency Head Says

American Legion In Lower Burrell Closes After Patron Tests Positive For COVID

WESA: Many Are Still Fighting To Get Pandemic Unemployment Assistance

Report: Colder Weather Could Cost Philly Metro Area More Than 57,000 Jobs Due To COVID

Latest Unemployment Figures In Lancaster County Send Mixed Messages

Westmoreland County Doles Out Almost $800,000 In Federal COVID Aid To Municipalities

Lancaster County COVID Relief Grant Fund Receives $16 Million In Requests For $10 Million Available

Lancaster County OKs $3 Million In Grants To Area Nursing Homes To Offset COVID Costs

Pittsburgh Area Service Industry Workers, Lawmakers Make Plea For Federal Relief

New Luzerne County Visitors Guide Spotlights Safe Local Activities In COVID Era

UPMC Reports $17 Billion In Revenue Despite Pandemic

Ravens-Steelers Game Postponed From Thursday To Sunday Due To COVID

National/International

AP: U.S. Supreme Court Blocks NY COVID Limits On Houses Of Worship

Cap-Star: As PA Waits, U.S. Senate Dems Urge Federal Funding For State Distribution Of COVID Vaccine

AP: AstraZeneca Manufacturing Error Clouds Vaccine Study Results

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[Posted: November 26, 2020]

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