Friday, December 4, 2020

Friday PA Capitol & COVID NewsClips 12.4.20


Senate
returns to session January 1

House returns to session January 1


WHYY: Why Did $1 Billion In Federal COVID Aid Sit Around For 6 Months While PA Lawmakers Haggled And Small Business Suffered?

Paul Muschick: COVID Stimulus: PA Has Stashed Hundreds Of Millions That Could Help Businesses

Spotlight PA: Pandemic, Partisan Attacks Exposed Gaps In PA’s New Mail-In Voting Law

Jan Murphy: Senate, House Republican Leaders Pledge To Look Into Concerns About Presidential Election  Full Statement

Republican Legislators Say They’ll Investigate Election But Can’t Convene Early Or Appoint Electors

U.S. Supreme Court Order, State Republican Leaders Effectively End Trump’s Dreams Of Legislative Reversal Of PA’s Election Results

Western PA Voters Reflect On Election Results And What Comes Next

Democratic, Republican Lawmakers Form Legislative Caucus To Improve Civility In Legislature

Jan Murphy: Hoping To Promote Civility In PA House, Lawmakers Form Bipartisan Caucus

Piano-Playing House Members Put Up Christmas Tree In Capitol Building At Night

PA Supreme Court Denies Republicans Mail-In Voting Challenge Reconsideration

AP: Republicans Appeal 2nd Denial Of Mail-In Voting Challenge To U.S. Supreme Court

For These Trump Supporters Challenging The Election Was A Civic Duty

Luzerne County Election Inquiry Committee Takes A Heated Turn Over Hiring

Editorial: Local Officials Shame D.C. Crowd

State Treasury Says It Can Fund PennDOT Road And Bridge Work Thru June

Jan Murphy: PA School Districts Will Face Higher Pension Costs In 2021-22

Facing Grim Budget, Philadelphia School District May Need To Lay Off Employees

New $150 Million Mini Casino Opens In Westmoreland County Mall

New Sportsbook With Sports Pub Opens At Bethlehem Casino

Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese Pays $19.2 Million To Settle 224 Clergy Child Sexual Abuse Claims

Fmr DeSales University Priest Indicted On Child Porn Charges, Collected Images Of Children Being ‘Tortured’

Charles Thompson: What’s Next For Fmr Penn State President After Reinstatement Of Child Endangerment Conviction?

Editorial: Branded For Life As Child Abuser Without A Hearing Isn’t Right

Op-Ed: School Districts Like Philly Shouldn’t Have To Rely On Handouts To Make Sure Kids Are Safe

Dept. Of Human Services Announces Temporary Change To SNAP Benefit Issuance Schedule In Response To Potential Federal Govt. Shutdown

Cap-Star: Philly Major Offers New Tax Relief For Businesses; Head Of Black Chamber Says It’s ‘Overdue’

Pittsburgh Ranked Among Top Cities For LGBTQ Inclusivity

State College Earned Perfect Equality Index Score For LGBTQ Protections

Malware Caused Delaware County Govt. Computer Disruptions

National/International

Cap-Star: Pittsburgh’s Latino Immigrant Community Reacts To Biden’s Win With Optimism, Realism

AP Fact Check: Trump’s Claims Of Voting Rigging Are All Wrong

Civil Justice

New Bucks County Program Aims To Pair Cops With Social Service Workers

Diverse Panel Set To Work With PA Commission On New Sentencing Guidelines

Coronavirus

Dept. Of Health Reports 169 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 11,763 New Cases-- 12.4.20

PA Senate Democrats Announce $4 Billion PA CARES 21 Initiative To Provide Relief To Workers, Businesses

WHYY: Why Did $1 Billion In Federal COVID Aid Sit Around For 6 Months While PA Lawmakers Haggled And Small Business Suffered?

Paul Muschick: COVID Stimulus: PA Has Stashed Hundreds Of Millions That Could Help Businesses

Dept. Of Health Reports 187 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 11,406 New Cases-- 12.3.20 

John Micek: PA Charts Highest One-Day Total Of New COVID Cases- 11,406

AP: PA Hospital Beds Filling Up Amid COVID Surge

Spotlight PA: PA Hospitals On Brink Of Staffing Crisis As COVID Surges

Staffing Shortages Threaten Western PA Hospitals

COVID Causing Hospital Staffing Concerns In Southwest PA

Some PA Counties Have Already Run Out Of ICU Beds

‘No Room At The Inn’: Delaware County Hospitals Battle Rising COVID Cases, Staff Shortages

Ford Turner: Lehigh Valley Hospitals Still OK As PA COVID Surge Leaves Some Counties Without ICU Beds

Allegheny County Passes 30,000 COVID Cases

Westmoreland Sees Record 400 New COVID Cases, Surpasses 10,000 Total Cases

Erie County Reports Record COVID Cases, Deaths

Lycoming County Leaders Call For Cooperation Amid COVID Surge

Dept. Of General Services: PA Capitol Complex In Harrisburg To Close Monday To Public Due To Rising COVID Cases

Republican Sen. David Argall Tests Negative For COVID

Scranton Mayor Self-Quarantining

Gov. Wolf Sends Letter Urging Congress to Extend Federal Programs For Unemployed Workers

Dept. Of Human Services Announces Temporary Change To SNAP Benefit Issuance Schedule In Response To Potential Federal Govt. Shutdown

WESA: Families In PA Waiting On Additional COVID Food Stamps Aid As Court Fight Continues

Gov. Wolf Announces Life Sciences Partnership To Create Jobs, Develop COVID Vaccine

Allentown Company Expanding To Develop COVID Vaccine

Building Trust In COVID Vaccine Marred By Misinformation, America’s Racist Medical Past

Jefferson Health Will Help Test Travelers For COVID At Philadelphia Airport

Editorial: State Data Systems Not Up To COVID Emergency

2 Allegheny County School Districts Returning To In-Person Classes

Milton Hershey School Opts Out Of Winter Sports

Emergency Operating Plan Extended For Allegheny County Courts

28 Inmates, 25 Employees Of Northampton Jail Test Positive For COVID This Year

COVID Surge Affecting City Of Altoona Staffing

Lackawanna County Employers Benefit From $96 Million In Pandemic Aid

8,700 Unfilled Jobs In Lancaster County Mean Unemployment Claims Could Be Much Lower

Stores, Businesses On Frontline Of Mask Mandates

Report: Center City Philly Retail Being Decimated By Pandemic: ‘It’s Horrible’

WPSU: Some Federal COVID Aid Helps Some PA Counties Improve Broadband Access, But Some Find It Limiting

Editorial: Keep Wearing Your ‘Face Diapers’ In Spite Of Critics

PUC Allows Resumption Of Energy Sales & Marketing At Outdoor Public Events; Ban On Door-To-Door Sales Remains In Effect

Andrew Maykuth: PUC Lifts COVID Restrictions On Energy Marketers, But Not Door-To-Door

Allegheny Health Network Nurses Featured In New Marvel Comic Book: The Vitals

National/International

NPR: Biden To Call For 100 Days Of Mask-Wearing, Name Dr. Fauci ‘Chief Medical Adviser’

AP: Pressure Builds On Congress To Provide COVID Relief

John Micek: A 9/11’s Worth Of Americans Died In A Single Day From COVID And Trump Abandoned The Field

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