Saturday, December 5, 2020

Saturday PA Capitol & COVID NewsClips 12.5.20


Senate
swearing in day January 5

House swearing in day January 5


MONDAY 11:30: Secretary of Health To Provide Update On COVID, Flu Season. Watch Live: https://www.facebook.com/pennsylvaniadepartmentofhealth/  or pacast.com/live/doh


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

Cap-Star: PA Senate Dems Roll Out $4 Billion Debt-Funded COVID Relief Package

Jan Murphy: Senate Democrats Unveil $4 Billion COVID Relief Plan

State Senate Dems Offer $4 Billion COVID Relief Plan

AP: In Face Of ‘Grim’ Jobs Report, Biden Backs More COVID Aid

AP: Pelosi Optimistic, Says Momentum Growing For COVID Relief

AP: COVID Relief: What’s On The Table As Congress Seeks Deal

PA House Democratic Leader Aims To ‘Play Less Defense’ In Her First Term As Minority Leader

Legislative Wrap-up: A Tumultuous 2 Years In PA General Assembly

AP: Elections Shaping Up To Become Major Issue In Legislature

Jan Murphy: ‘Unpermitted’ Christmas Tree To Remain In Capitol Rotunda

Op-Ed: The Pennsylvania Society Salutes Frontline Workers Amid COVID Pandemic

Conservative House, Senate Republicans Urge PA Congressional Delegation To Dispute PA’s Presidential Electors

Stephen Caruso: Republican Leaders Again Say They Can’t Overturn Election Results, But Send Letter Disputing Results To Congress

Ford Turner: PA Republican Lawmakers’ Push To Review Election Includes Request To Dispute Presidential Electors; Top Democrat Calls It ‘Unconscionable’

Spotlight PA: PA Republican Leaders Ask Congress To Reject PA’s Electors For Joe Biden

Katie Meyer: PA Republican Leaders Urge Congress To ‘Object’ To Electoral College Vote; Dems Call It ‘Desperation’

After Trump Team Calls Them ‘Cowards’ And ‘Traitors,’ PA Republican Leaders Urge Congress To Reject PA Election Results

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

U.S. Supreme Court Sets Date For State Response To Republican Lawsuit On PA Election Results, Is It A Day Late?

U.S. Supreme Court Order Foils Republicans’ Push To Get Voting Challenge Lawsuit Heard Quickly

Jan Murphy: PA Democratic Leaders Push Back On Republican Plans To Investigate Election: ‘Time To Move On’

A PA Republican Senator Gets Political Boost From Pushing Trump’s False Election Claims, With 2022 In Sight

Despite String Of Local Losses, Lehigh Valley Republicans Intend To Stick With MAGA Mindset

Stephen Caruso: PA Lawmakers Must Once Again Face Transportation Funding Woes This Winter

PennDOT Delays 6 Allegheny County Road, Bridge Projects

AP: Temple Settles Federal Claims Of Falsified Data Submissions

College Fundraising Endures, Even In A Pandemic

With $6.5 Million Gift, Franklin & Marshall College Within Reach Of $200M Fundraising Goal

Coach’s Alleged Abusive Behavior Has Swarthmore Women’s Basketball Players Ready To Leave

PA Couple Charged With Severe Abuse Of Their 8 Children

Allegheny Health Network’s Donor And Fundraising Records Hacked

Allegheny County Jail Oversight Board To Investigate Why Medical Administrators Keep Quitting

Cap-Star: PA Lawmakers Renew Bipartisan Push On Behalf Of Incarcerated Women

Pittsburgh City Council To Discuss Paid COVID Sick Days Monday

Judge Upholds Ruling Post-Gazette Violated Employee Contract In Health Care Case

Tenants Rights Guide: Applying For Housing With A Criminal Record

Woman Fired For Medical Marijuana Use Appeals Dismissal Of Lawsuit

Harrisburg Man Shipped Millions Of Dollars Worth Of Marijuana Thru The Mail, Feds Charge

Legal Recreational Pot In PA: A Question Of When?

Scranton School District Plans $74 Million In Capital Improvement Projects

How Jobless Workers Are Avoiding Busy Signals At The PA Unemployment Office

Fmr Sony Plant In Westmoreland Gets State Grant For Possible Expansion

Editorial: Give Your Time To Others

National/International

AP: Biden Officially Secures Enough Electors To Become President

AP: Federal Judge Calls Trump Request In Lawsuit Challenging Wisconsin Election Results ‘Bizarre’

AP: Surveillance Tape Breeds False Trump Fraud Claims In Georgia

AP EXPLAINER: Trump’s Failing, Monthlong Fight Against Election

The Guardian: Trump’s Latest Batch Of Election Lawsuits Fizzle As Dozens Of Losses Pile Up

AP: Judge: Trump Administration Must Take New “Dreamer” Applications

AP: U.S. Secretary of Education Suspends Federal Student Loan Payments Thru January

AP: U.S. House Votes To Decriminalize Marijuana At Federal Level

Civil Justice

Drexel U. Receives $9 Million Gift Establishing New Center On Racism And Health

Etna Approves Non-Discrimination Ordinance To Protect From Bias In Housing, Jobs

Op-Ed: A Marshall Plan For Black America Is The Only Way To Repay This Country’s Moral Debt

Coronavirus

Dept. Of Health Reports 149 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 12,884 New Cases-- 12.5.20

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

Cap-Star: PA Senate Dems Roll Out $4 Billion Debt-Funded COVID Relief Package

Jan Murphy: Senate Democrats Unveil $4 Billion COVID Relief Plan

State Senate Dems Offer $4 Billion COVID Relief Plan

CLEAR Coalition Urges Bipartisan Support For Senate Democrat’s $4 Billion COVID Relief Package

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

Cap-Star: State Sets Another Single-Day Record In New COVID Cases; Hospitalizations Rise

State Sets Another Record With 11,763 New COVID Cases, Deaths Surpass 11,000

PA Breaks Record For New COVID Cases For Second Day In A Row

COVID Positivity Rate Takes Another Troubling Jump In PA

Shrinking COVID Recovery Number Tells The Tale

Allegheny County Reports Most New COVID Deaths In A Single Day

Westmoreland County Again Sets Record For New COVID Cases

Luzerne County COVID Positivity Rate Jumps To 16.4%

6 More Residents Die Of COVID At Cumberland County Nursing Home

SCI Smithfield Reports First Death Of Inmate From COVID

SCI Mercer Reports First Death Of Inmate From COVID

Geisinger Health Chief Says Thanksgiving COVID Spread Showing Up

Geisinger: ‘Concerning’ COVID Case Numbers Lead To Capacity Issues

Paul Muschick: Could This PA Veteran’s Death From COVID Have Been Prevented?

Op-Ed: The Pennsylvania Society Salutes Frontline Workers Amid COVID Pandemic

Editorial: COVID Brutal Toll And The Way Thru The Looming Winter

Editorial: Still Think COVID Is A Hoax?  Visit A Hospital

Editorial: Give The Gift Of Life This Holiday Season, With A Mask, Social Distance

Editorial: Surviving COVID Holidays

NPR: PA Secretary Of Health Warns: ‘There’s No Quick Fix For COVID-19’

‘It’s Scary’: Nurses Fear COVID Surge Will Overwhelm Western PA Hospitals

Dept. Of Health Aligns COVID Quarantine Times With CDC Guidance

PA Health Officials Bring Quarantine Guidance In Line With CDC Shorter Periods

Dept. Of Health: Clean Hands Save Lives

COVID Vaccine Could Reach Pittsburgh In Weeks, Then It Might Get Complicated

Some Philadelphians Face Weeks-Long Delays For COVID Test Results Thru Urgent Cares, Pop-Up Sites

As Pandemic Wears On, More People Are Food Insecure

Op-Ed: Food System Workers Were Underserved Before The Pandemic, It’s Worse Now

Editorial: Putting More Food On More Tables Is A Job For Congress

Only 2 Lackawanna County School Districts To Remain Open For Hybrid Learning

Luzerne County School District Transitions To Online Learning Monday

Wilkes-Barre Area Schools Sticking With Virtual Learning In December

List Of Centre County School Districts Operating Remotely

COVID Pandemic Thrust School Nurses Onto The Front Lines

COVID-Ravaged Sports Seasons Create Barriers To Higher Ed For Philly Athletes

Editorial: Hosting Basketball Tournament During A Pandemic Isn’t The Right Call

Penn State Sees Small Increase In Active COVID Cases

College Fundraising Endures, Even In A Pandemic

State Police Liquor Enforcement Issued 6 NOVs, 28 Warnings On COVID Violations

These PA Restaurants, Bars, Social Clubs Cited For Not Following COVID Rules

OSHA Will Not Cite Lackawanna County Company For Employee COVID Safety Issues

Westmoreland County To Award Additional Pandemic Grants

How Jobless Workers Are Avoiding Busy Signals At The PA Unemployment Office

Philly’s Eviction Diversion Program Shows Some Early Success

Sewickley Woman Makes Pandemic Masks For Charity

National/International

The Guardian: CDC Advises ‘Universal’ Masks Indoors When Outside Your Home

AP: States Submit Vaccine Orders As COVID Death Toll Grows

FT: U.S. States Sound Alarm On Soaring COVID Hospitalizations

AP: In Face Of ‘Grim’ Jobs Report, Biden Backs More COVID Aid

AP: Pelosi Optimistic, Says Momentum Growing For COVID Relief

AP: COVID Relief: What’s On The Table As Congress Seeks Deal

AP: Gripped By Surging Pandemic, U.S. Employers Cut Back On Hiring

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