Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Tuesday PA Capitol & COVID NewsClips 11.10.20


*Senate
cancels Nov. 10, adds Nov. 12 as voting day or at the Call Of President Pro Tempore

*House returns to voting session Nov. 10; Adds Nov. 16, 17, 18, 19 to voting schedule or at the Call Of The House Speaker


Dept. Of State Election ResultsVoting Results Dashboard


Stephen Caruso: With Election Results Uncertain, General Assembly Delays Internal Leadership Elections

Jan Murphy: PA Lawmakers Return To Capitol To Finish State Budget In Rare Lame Duck Session

Op-Ed: PA League Of Women Voters Says There Is No Credible Evidence Of Fraud In 2020 Election

AP: Trump Campaign Sues To Block PA Election Result

Trump Campaign Asks Rural PA Federal Judge To Block Certification Of Election Results

Trump Lawsuit Seeks To block Certification Of Votes In Allegheny, Philadelphia Counties

AP: Lawsuits’ Threat Looms As PA Vote Count Grinds On; Biden Has Larger Vote Margin Than Trump Did In 2016

PA Lawmakers Back Trump’s Refusal to Concede, Seek Lawyers’ Help To Challenge Results

Charles Thompson: As Counting Grinds On, Just How Solid Is Biden’s Projected Victor In PA?

TNS: Do Trump’s Legal Challenges Have Any Hope Of Changing PA’s Election Results?

AP: Trump Faces Long Odds In Challenging State Vote Counts

AP Explains: Trump’s Baseless Tweets About Vote In 4 States, Including PA

Philly Elections Officials Getting Death Threats As Trump Targets The City

Trump Advisor Named To Oversee Campaign Legal Challenges Gets COVID

Philly Says Election Protesters And Celebrators Should Quarantine

PA Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Appeal On Trump Claim Over Access To Vote Count Observers In Philly

Northampton County Republicans Drop Appeal Over Mail-In Ballots

Luzerne County Republicans Contest County’s Decision To Reject Provisional Ballots Not In Secrecy Envelopes And In An Outer Envelope With Voter’s Signature [Trump Won Luzerne, Republicans Argued The Exact Opposite For Mail-In Ballots]

Luzerne County Accepts 1,490 More Mail-In Ballots

Provisional Ballots Push Luzerne County Vote Total Over 150,000

Op-Ed: Breathless Media Coverage Of Election Lawsuits Plays Right Into Trump’s Plan

Editorial: PA Courts Battle Trump, Republican Disinformation

Here’s What Republicans In PA Are Saying About Biden’s Victory, Trump’s Refusal To Concede

PA Democrats May Have Saved Biden By Knocking Green Party Candidate Off The Ballot

Westmoreland Debates Ballots That Arrived Minutes Late On Election Day

Erie Postmaster Denies Mishandled Ballot Claims

Trump Supporters Demonstrate In Scranton To ‘Count Every Legal Vote’

Editorial: State, Counties Meet Challenge Of Unique Election

Editorial: The Election’s Over, Unfinished Business Beckons Locally

5 Workers At Allegheny County School District Test Positive For TB

2 Men Sue Scranton Catholic Diocese Alleging Abuse By Priest Placed On Credibly Accused List

Lawsuit Accuses Lycoming College Of Tolerating Sexual Misconduct Of Female Students

Philly Continues Its ‘Fragile’ Economic Recovery

Editorial: NJ Legalized Weed, Now It’s PA’s Turn

National/International

AP: Republicans Again Try To Get U.S. Supreme Court To Eliminate Federal Health Care Law

Op-Ed: Trump’s Medicaid Proposal Will Put Treatments, Cures Even Further Out Of Reach

AP: Refusing To Concede, Trump Blocks Cooperation On Transition

Reuters: Biden Camp Considers Legal Action Over Agency’s Delay In Recognizing Transition

AP: AG Barr Tells DOJ To Probe Election Fraud Claims If They Exist; DOJ’s Top Prosecutor For Election Crimes Resigns From Post In Response

Editorial: U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision On Same-Sex Marriage Must Stand

Civil Justice

Harrisburg Law Firm’s Program Aiming To Make A Difference In Black Business Community

Coronavirus

Dept. Of Health Reports 62 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 4,361 New Cases-- 11.10.20 

Dept. Of Health Update On COVID Investigations, Contact Tracing, Monitoring Efforts Oct. 25-31

AP: Health Secretary: PA At Critical Point In Pandemic 

Dept. Of Health Reports 9 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 6,311 New Cases [2 Days]-- 11.9.20 

Health Secretary Warns Of More Deaths If COVID Cases Keep Rising

With Thousands Of New COVID Infections A Day, PA Says The Surge Hasn’t Peaked

Gov. Wolf Releases COVID Early Warning Monitoring Dashboard Update For Oct. 30-Nov. 5

State Names 52 Counties To Watch For COVID, Statewide Positive Test Rate Keeps Rising

Norwin, Westmoreland County Area COVID Cases Up Almost 10%

York County COVID Cases At All-Time High

Blair County Eyes Surge In COVID Cases

PA Discourages Travel To New Jersey Due To COVID

Philly Says Election Protesters And Celebrators Should Quarantine

Dept. Of Human Services Discusses Work Of COVID Regional Response Health Collaboratives to Support Long-Term Care Facilities

20+ Residents, 4 Staff Test Positive For COVID At Cumberland County Nursing Home

Proposal To Sell Cumberland County’s Nursing Home Should Be Eyed With Caution

Thousands Of Nurses At Philadelphia Area Hospitals Poised To Strike

State Police Liquor Enforcement Issued 18 NOVs, 34 Warnings For COVID Violations

LECOM Health Opens 2nd COVID Care Facility In Erie

UPMC Study: No Clear Benefit Using Trump-promoted Hydroxychloroquine To Treat COVID

State Doesn’t Plan Statewide School Closures, But Is Advising Some To Go Remote

Central Dauphin School District Scales Back In-Person Instruction

2 Lehigh Valley H.S. To Be Closed This Week Due To COVID Cases

Westmoreland County H.S. Reports Another COVID Case

More Schools May Close As COVID Numbers Rise In Counties North Of Pittsburgh

Penn State Opens Free COVID Testing To All Students

Pitt Remains Committed To Developing A COVID Vaccine As Race Intensifies

Little-Known COVID Tax Benefits Could Save Small Businesses A Bundle This Year

Lehigh Valley Fitness Clubs Exercise Restraint, Survivalism Thru Pandemic

State’s Nonprofits Face Steep Shortfalls As COVID Takes Toll On Revenues, Fundraising

Pittsburgh Mayor: Without Federal Aid, City Of Pittsburgh Will Cut 630 Jobs

Wilkes-Barre Forming Committee To Seek COVID Funding For Residents

Editorial: State Lawmakers Must Take Action to Help Renters, Landlords

Editorial: Legislature, Governor Should Work Together To Aid Restaurant Industry

Donations To Many Food Charities Aren’t Keeping Up With Pandemic-Fueled Need

National/International

AP: Biden Cheers Vaccine Progress, But Says Masks Remain A Must

Biden-Harris Announce Members Of COVID Advisory Board

University Of Pennsylvania Doctor Named To Biden COVID Advisory Board

AP: Biden Turns To COVID Response, Names Advisory Board

CNN: Biden Announces COVID Advisors, Including Whistleblower Rick Bright

Trump Advisor Named To Oversee Campaign Legal Challenges Gets COVID

AP: U.S. Allows First Emergency Use Of COVID Antibody Drug

FT: Pfizer And BioNTech’s COVID Vaccine Found To Be 90% Effective

AP: Pfizer Says Early Data Signals Its Vaccine Is Effective Against COVID; Will Seek U.S. Review Later This Month

Editorial: Ongoing Swedish Experiment On Managing COVID

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[Posted: November 10, 2020]

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