Thursday, December 3, 2020

Thursday PA Capitol & COVID NewsClips 12.3.20


Senate
returns to session January 1

House returns to session January 1


Is PA’s Full-Time Legislature Producing Part-Time Results?: Advocates Want Rule Changes So More Bills Are Considered

Advocates Offer Rules Reform For PA Legislature

Spotlight PA: Senate Republican Leader Jake Corman Says ‘Mistakes Were Made’ At Maskless Election Hearing Held By COVID-Positive Senator

Brett Sholtis: As Republican State Senators Held PA Public Hearing, White House COVID Task Force Warned Of COVID ‘Red Zone’

PA Sees Highest Single-Day COVID Deaths, Concerns About Health Care Workforce Growing

Jan Murphy: PA’s 2020 Capitol Christmas Tree Serves As ‘Reminder That Better Days Are Ahead’

Jan Murphy: Conservative Republicans Want Wolf To Call Special Session On Election

Republican PA Rep. Wants End To Expanded Mail-In Voting

Stephen Caruso: State Lawmakers Look To Make Fixes Ahead Of Next Election

Republicans File New Appeal In PA Supreme Court To Overturn Its Order Tossing Out Their Earlier Lawsuit

Republicans File New Appeal At PA Supreme Court To Overturn Its Order Throwing Out Their Earlier Lawsuit Challenging PA Election Results

5 PA Republican Members Of Congress-- Joyce, Keller, Meuser, Perry, Reschenthaler,  Lash Out At U.S. Justice Dept. For Saying Investigators Uncovered No Evidence Of Voter Fraud 

AP: An Increasingly Detached From Reality Trump Delivered 46-Minute Diatribe Against The Election Results

AP: Trump’s Grievances Feed Menacing Undertow After The Election

Ford Turner: Will PA Get More Federal COVID Dollars Soon?  Toomey, Casey Split Shows It Will Be Tough

AP: Congressional Democrats Embrace New Bipartisan COVID Aid Plan

NPR: Millions Face Bitter Winter If Congress Fails To Extend Relief Programs

AP: Fed Reports Slowing U.S. Economic Activity Due To COVID Surge

Dept. Of Labor & Industry Urges U.S. Senate To Extend Pandemic Unemployment Programs

L&I Secretary Asks U.S. Senate To Extend Unemployment Relief

Editorial: As COVID Crisis Worsens, Lancaster County Residents Need Congress To Deliver Relief

Ford Turner: Temporary Fix Lets PennDOT Avoid Halting Road Projects; Lehigh Valley Planners Kept Out Of Loop

Jan Murphy: Downsizing PA State Universities May Put Faculty Jobs On Chopping Block

Ex-Attorney General Kathleen Kane Escapes Staffers’ Email Retaliation Lawsuit

Archdiocese Of Philadelphia Spins Off Downingtown Psychiatric Center Where Pedophile Priests Were Sent

Allegheny County Sheriff Says Firearms Division Closed Because Of COVID

AP: Female Ex-Inmates Allege Excessive Force At Allegheny County Jail

Jail Lawsuit Cost Bucks County $12 Million

Cap-Star: PA Planned Parenthood Boss Resigns Over Hostile Workplace Culture Claims

Editorial: Philly’s New Homeowner Protection Law Useful Tool For Neighborhoods Facing Gentrification

ATI Restructuring To Cost 180 Jobs In Pittsburgh Region

National/International

John Baer: If Biden Wants Casey In His Administration, Who Does Gov. Wolf Pick To Replace Him?

Trump’s Army Of New PA Voters Could Shape 2022 Elections, If Republicans Can Keep Them

Cap-Star: Ex-Kansas Attorney General Helping Trump Wage Election Results Fight In PA, Other States Doesn’t Have A Law License

Civil Justice

Philly Police Beat Her, Took Her Son During West Philly Unrest, A Month Later, They’re Still ‘Petrified’

Report: Racial Imbalances Persist In Allegheny County Justice System

Coronavirus

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

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

Dept. Of Health Reports 194 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 8,291 New Cases-- 12.2.20 

PA Sees Highest Single-Day COVID Deaths, Concerns About Health Care Workforce Growing

As COVID Strains ICU Bed Capacity, Wolf, Levine Take Hands-Off Approach With Hospitals

Nursing Homes Still Failing To Report COVID Data To State

WITF Smart Talk: Contact Tracing Hasn’t Stopped COVID Surge - TODAY 9:00 a.m.

Auditor General Releases Report Raising Questions About The COVID Response At State Veterans Home

Auditor General Confirms Botched COVID Efforts At State Veterans’ Nursing Home

With Rising COVID Cases, Nurse Leader Says ‘The Public Has A Lot Of Responsibility’

PA, Philadelphia Officials Ask Weary Public To ‘Stay In The Fight’ To Stave Off A Worst-Case Winter

As COVID Surges, Philly-Area Nurses Describe Life On The Front Lines: ‘It’s Just Exploded’

Op-Ed: A Plea To Public As Lehigh Valley Health System COVID Population Approaches Critical Levels

Editorial: Keeping Hospitals From Being Swamped Is A Collective Responsibility

40% Of Allegheny County’s COVID Cases Came In November

10% Of Pittsburgh’s City Employees Are In COVID Quarantine Officials Say

Allegheny County Sheriff Says Firearms Division Closed Because Of COVID

Luzerne County Nursing Home Residents Want More Information On COVID

COVID Surges Devastate Erie County Nursing Home

Residents, Staff Test Positive For COVID At Butler County Nursing Home

‘It’s A Devastating Disease’: NJ Woman Needed Risky Transport To Lehigh Valley Hospital To Survive COVID

Dept. Of Health Announces Week Eight Rapid Antigen Test Card Distributions

COVID Testing ‘Strike Team’ Welcomed By Long Lines Of Cars In Northampton County

Bucks County Gets $15 Million, 2-Year COVID Response Grant As Cases Climb

Op-Ed: COVID Vaccine Won’t Undo Decades Of Justifiable Distrust In Communities Of Color

Editorial: Take The COVID Vaccine

Editorial: Mandate Insurance Coverage For COVID Vaccines

Dept. Of Health Reports 480 Total Influenza Cases For Ending Nov. 28

Schools With COVID Could Be Forced To Close On Short Notice Under New PA Rules

Increasing Number Of Luzerne County School District Teachers In COVID Quarantine

Erie School Board Approves Winter Sports

Dept. Of Labor & Industry Urges U.S. Senate To Extend Pandemic Unemployment Programs

L&I Secretary Asks U.S. Senate To Extend Unemployment Relief

Dept. Of Agriculture Releases COVID Restaurant Enforcement Actions Nov. 23-29

Westmoreland Community COVID Cases Top 100

PennDOT Extends Expiration Dates On Commercial Driver Licenses, Commercial Learner’s Permits

Allegheny County Sheriff Says Firearms Division Closed Because Of COVID

Lackawanna County Struggling To Attract Jurors For Trials

Wilkes-Barre Launches New Safety Protocols As COVID Cases Rise

Ford Turner: Will PA Get More Federal COVID Dollars Soon?  Toomey, Casey Split Shows It Will Be Tough

Dept. Of Labor & Industry Urges U.S. Senate To Extend Pandemic Unemployment Programs

L&I Secretary Asks U.S. Senate To Extend Unemployment Relief

SACA, Thaddeus Stevens To Use COVID Aid For Workforce Development

Blair County Doles Out $3.3 Million In Federal COVID Aid

Op-Ed: Without Help, My Restaurant And Others Will Not Survive The Pandemic

Luzerne County Hotel Tax Revenue Down $800,000

Dept. Of Agriculture Farm Preservation Staff Recognized For Preserving 138 Farms While Teleworking

DEP Works Thru Pandemic: 341 More Permits, 1,052 More Inspections Since Last Week 

National/International

AP: Fed Reports Slowing U.S. Economic Activity Due To COVID Surge

AP: Congressional Democrats Embrace New Bipartisan COVID Aid Plan

NPR: Millions Face Bitter Winter If Congress Fails To Extend Relief Programs

Biden Meets With Workers Impacted By COVID Shutdowns

To Battle COVID, Biden Eyes Stricter OSHA Enforcement Of Workplaces

NPR: CDC Shortens COVID Quarantine Time 

AP: Trump Spokesperson Defends White House Holiday Season Party Plans

AP: An Increasingly Detached From Reality Trump Delivered 46-Minute Diatribe Against The Election Results

AP: Trump’s Grievances Feed Menacing Undertow After The Election

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