Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Wednesday PA Capitol & COVID NewsClips 11.25.20


Senate
recessed to the Call Of President Pro Tempore

House recessed to the Call Of The House Speaker


TODAY Election Hearing 12:30: PA Senate Republican Hearing On Nov. Election With Rudy Giuliani.  Watch Live Here: https://policy.pasenategop.com/112520/


Gov. Wolf Signs Renewal Of COVID Pandemic Disaster Declaration


Dept. Of State Certifies Presidential Election Results [PaCN] 11.24.20

AP: Biden Certified As Winner Of PA Presidential Race

Spotlight PA: PA Declares Biden Winner, Certifies Election Results

PA Senate Republican Policy Committee Holds Wednesday Hearing On Election With Rudy Giuliani

Bloomberg: Trump’s Trip To PA Canceled, Was To Attend Hearing In Gettysburg With Giuliani

PA Urges Federal Appeals Court To Put Trump Campaign’s ‘Frankenstein’s Monster’s Monster’ Lawsuit Challenging PA Election Results Out Of Its Misery

Bloomberg: PA Blasts Trump Bid To ‘Sow Chaos’ In Challenge To Election Results

State Attorneys Urge Court To Toss Republican Lawsuit Throwing Out All Mail-In Ballots

Republican Senate Candidate Asks PA Supreme Court To Reconsider Decision To Count Undated Allegheny County Ballots

PA’s Republican Congressmen Mum On Biden-Harris Transition As Toomey Extends Olive Branch

Hazard Pay Approved For Westmoreland Election Workers

Editorial: Time To Cease Amplifying Baseless Trump Campaign Claims

The ‘Cult’ Of John Fetterman Has A National Following, What Could That Mean For His Political Future?

Column: Fetterman Is The MVP Of Election Commentators

WESA: PA State ‘Survival Budget’ Passed

Ford Turner: PennDOT’s $600 Million Funding Shortfall Threatens Thousands Of Jobs

Jan Murphy: PennDOT Road, Bridge Projects Could Be Shut Down In Days, Putting Thousands Out Of Work

PennDOT Says It’s Out Of Case, Needs To Borrow $600 Million To Continue Road, Bridge Projects

Williamsport Editorial: Federal CARES Act Funding For Pandemic Relief, Not State Deficit Repairs

Live! Casino Pittsburgh Opens At Westmoreland County Mall

Allentown Catholic Diocese Has Paid $16 Million To Victims Of Clergy Child Sexual Abuse

Mom Says Son Was Killed In Center City Philadelphia For Testifying In Murder Trial

Philly Private Charter Schools Led By Blacks Are Treated Unfairly, Group Says

Pittsburgh Looks To Tighten Campaign Finance Reports For PACs, Independent Expenditures

National/International

Report: Rivera Being Considered For U.S. Education Secretary

Biden Promises Immigration Overall, But Some Activists Are Wary

AP: ‘American Is Back’: Biden Pushes Past Trump Era With Nominees

NPR: Trump Push To Invalidate Votes In Heavily Black Cities Alarms Civil Rights Groups

 AP Fact Check: Trump Still Uses Distortion In Hopeless Quest To Overturn Election Results

AP: Mysterious Shiny Monolith Found In Otherworldly Utah Desert

Civil Justice

21 Civilian Positions Included In Harrisburg Budget To Create New Police Community Services Division

Allegheny County School District Forms Committee To Address Possible Mascot, Nickname Change

Coronavirus

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

Gov. Wolf Signs Renewal Of COVID Pandemic Disaster Declaration

Dept. Of Health Reports 81 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 6,669 New Cases-- 11.24.20 

Allegheny County Reports First Young Child’s Death From COVID

5 More Residents Die From COVID At Cumberland County Nursing Home

Ford Turner: PA COVID Hospitalizations Increase 12% In One Day

PA Intensive Care Units Filling With COVID Patients

COVID Pushing Bucks, Montgomery County Hospitals To Capacity Rapidly

Stephen Caruso: Republican Rep. Heffley Tested Positive For COVID

Governor’s Office Provides COVID Testing Update, Reinforces Need To Participate In Contact Testing

Burdened By Surging COVID Cases, PA Rationing Contact Tracing, Case Investigation Efforts

As COVID Cases Surge In PA, Contact Tracers Frustrated By Lack Of Cooperation

PA Officials Urge People With COVID To Cooperate With Contact Tracing

Dept. Of Health Week 7 Rapid Antigen Test Card Distributions Across The State

Lehigh Valley Rite Aids Expand COVID Testing To Ages 13-17 Starting Saturday

Rite Aid Expands COVID Testing To Anyone Age 13 And Up

COVID Risk Substantial For Luzerne County Gatherings

Editorial: PA Counties Need Health Department Authority

Editorial: Our COVID Hypocrisy

Editorial: School Public On COVID Vaccines

More Schools Go Remote As State Guidelines Tighten

Audit Finds Pittsburgh Public Schools Hasn’t Reached More Than 300 Students

Western PA Schools Postpone Winter Sports Until January

Lackawanna County School District Will Remain Virtual Until Moderate COVID Designation

Williamsport School Students Shifted To Remote Learning

Editorial: State Must Divulge School COVID Data

Century-Old H.S. Thanksgiving Football Game Canceled Due To COVID

PIAA Drastically Cuts Football Championship Tickets To Meet Wolf’s Order

Wilkes University Reports 35 Students With COVID, 112 In Isolation Or Quarantine

How Penn State Football Is Sinking Under COVID

Penn State Men’s Basketball Opener Postponed Due To COVID Protocols

Dept. Of Agriculture Provides $7.6 Million In Relief To 1,550 PA Dairy Farmers

Western PA Bar Owners Rankled Over Ban On Hooch Sales Thanksgiving Eve

Thanksgiving Eve Alcohol Sales Ban Delivers Another Blow To Lehigh Valley Bars

Philly Gyms Demand They Are ‘Essential’ After City Shutdown Order

Editorial: Public Health Orders That Hurt Bar Business Require A Chaser Of Aid

Frackville State Prison Reports First Inmate Death From COVID

COVID Cases Rise Among Allegheny Jail Staff, As Inmate Cases Remain Steady

Blair County Prison Inmate Tests Positive

York County Court Suspends Jury Trials Into January

Most Erie County Court Proceedings Going Remote

Philly’s Alternative To Landlord-Tenant Court Is Preventing Evictions: ‘It’s A Conversation’

COVID Reshapes Black Friday Shopping In Erie

How Lehigh Valley Malls, Retailers Approaching The Pandemic Black Friday

Poconos Ski Industry Optimistic, Despite COVID, Mild Winter Forecast

Scranton Mask Makers Help Santa’s Elves Stay Safe During Pandemic

National/International

Editorial: Congress Must Address COVID Financial Aid With Winter Coming

The Guardian: States Break New COVID Records As Hospitals Brace For Thanksgiving Surge

AP: Trump White House Still Planning Holiday Parties Despite Warnings

The Guardian: Conservative News Outlet Suspended From YouTube After Promoting Shame Cure For COVID

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