Thursday, December 10, 2020

Thursday PA Capitol & COVID NewsClips 12.10.20


Senate
swearing in day January 5

House swearing in day January 5


TODAY 4:00: Gov. Wolf, Secretary of Health To Provide Update On COVID. Watch Live:  https://www.governor.pa.gov/live/ or facebook.com/governorwolf/  or https://www.facebook.com/pennsylvaniadepartmentofhealth/


Gov. Wolf Announces New COVID Mitigation Efforts To Put PA On Pause Starting Dec. 12 Thru January 4


AP: Some PA Democrats Want Maskless House Republican Lawmakers Sworn In Last

Gov. Wolf Tests Positive For COVID

AP-Marc Levy: Gov. Wolf Announces He Tests Positive For COVID

Jan Murphy: Gov. Wolf’s Security Team Members Test Positive For COVID

AP-Marc Levy: Gov. Wolf Announces He Tests Positive For COVID

Spotlight PA: Some Magisterial District Judges Enjoy Light Workloads As Taxpayers Pay Millions For Salaries, Pensions, Health Care

How Many Days Did Your Local District Judges Have Court Proceedings Last Year?

Costly District Judge System Needs To Be Fixed: Court Observers

Spotlight PA: Piles Of Records, Months Of Reporting Lead To Eye-Opening Report On PA District Judges

Op-Ed: PA State Legislators Set Up Struggling Families For A Bigger Tax Bill Next Year

AP-Marc Levy: PA Republicans Contradict Themselves In Trump Attempts To Undo Election Results

Commonwealth Court Tosses PA Republican Lawsuit Seeking To Void State’s Election Results

State Court Denies Republican Lawmakers ‘Inappropriate’ Plea For Emergency Halt To Certification Of PA Vote Count

State Court Denies Republican Rep. Metcalfe’s Attempt To Overturn Election Certification

Lawyer Says Republicans, Con. Kelley Will Pursue Challenge To PA Election Results Even After Loss In U.S. Supreme Court

Republican Cong. Perry Among 27 members Of Congress To Call For Special Counsel To Investigate Election

AP: Trump Looks Past U.S. Supreme Court Loss To New Lawsuit Challenging PA Election Results

Trump, And 17 States Join Texas AG In Effort To Convince U.S. Supreme Court To Void The Vote In PA

AP: Trump’s Election Fight Puts Embattled Texas AG, Under Investigation For Corruption, In Spotlight

AP: Despite Trump’s Venting And Threats, Biden’s Win Is Sealed

Op-Ed: PA’s Democracy Is Strong Despite Schemes To Reject Election Results

Editorial: Lawmaker Efforts To Undermine Biden’s Win In PA Are Not Normal, Republican Speaker Cutler Must Know That

Editorial: Toomey Speaks Truth To Trump On Republican Election Challenges

USA Today: Handicapping PA’s 2022 Gubernatorial Race, Plenty Of Contenders

USA Today: Handicapping PA’s 2022 Gubernatorial Race, Plenty Of Contenders

Katie Meyer: Tracing Montgomery County’s Decades-Long Shift From Republican Stronghold To Boon For Biden

Jan Murphy: Fmr Sen. Scarnati Makes Developing New Businesses, Lobbying His New Business

PA Gaming Control Board Dec. 16 Meeting Online Or Via Audio Link

AG Shapiro Among 48 AGs To File Antitrust Lawsuit Against Facebook

Delaware County Jail Oversight Board Recommends Deprivatization Transition Team

30 Indicted On Drug, Gun Charges In Federal Investigation Into Pagans In Pittsburgh

Supporters Of Mumia Adu-Jamal In Philly Demand His Freedom On 39th Anniversary Of His Arrest

9 New Luzerne Court Appointed Special Advocate Volunteers Sworn-In 

As Shootings In Philly Have Surged, Law Enforcement Has Failed To Deliver Justice

Column: What Do You Know About The Philadelphians Killed By Guns This Year?  At Least Know Their Names

PUC: Success In Federal Broadband Auction To Bring $368 Million To PA To Support Broadband Expansion

Audit: Philadelphia Parking Authority Still Overpays Executives, Has Too Many Political Patronage Jobs

City Controller: Philly Parking Authority Needs To Tighten Finances To Better Fund Philly Schools

Neighbors Are Winning Concessions From Developers In Philly, But Not Affordable Housing

Op-Ed: Philly’s Failure To End 10-Year Tax Abatement Is No Victory To Fight Poverty

20+ Pittsburgh Architects, Projects Honored With AIA PA Architectural Excellence Awards

PA AIA Architectural Excellence Award Winners Honored

Civil Justice

Cap-Star: Systemic Racism Still Festering Inside Philly Courts, Black Judges Say

Eagles Give $460,000 In Social Justice Grants To Philly Nonprofits

Casey Pushing Bills To Reform Emergency Response To Mental Health Crises

Report: Pittsburgh Spends More On Police Than Other Cities

Philly City Officials, Counselors, Discuss Police Response To Mental Health Crises, People With Disabilities

How A Young Puerto Rican Activist Is Building Political Power In Philadelphia

Op-Ed: Philadelphia’s Architecture Industry Needs To Fix Its Diversity Problems

Coronavirus

AP: Gov. Wolf Poised To Announce New COVID Restrictions

Dept. Of Health Reports 248 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 11,972 New Cases-- 12.10.20

First Lady Frances Wolf Tests Negative For COVID

Jan Murphy: Sen. Yudichak (I-Luzerne) Tests Positive For COVID

Gov. Wolf Tests Positive For COVID

Jan Murphy: Gov. Wolf’s Security Team Members Test Positive For COVID

AP-Marc Levy: Gov. Wolf Announces He Tests Positive For COVID

Jan Murphy: Gov. Wolf Tests Positive For COVID

Stephen Caruso: Gov. Wolf Tests Positive For COVID

WHYY: Gov. Wolf Quarantining After Testing Positive For COVID

Spotlight PA: Gov. Wolf Tests Positive For COVID

Ford Turner: Gov. Wolf Tests Positive For COVID: ‘I Have No Symptoms”

Cap-Star: How PA Politicians Reacted To News Of Wolf’s COVID Diagnosis

Bipartisan Assembly Of Governors, Including Wolf, Support Call For Comprehensive Action To Defeat COVID

Dept. Of Health Reports 220 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 8,703 New Cases-- 12.9.20 

COVID Deaths Spike In Erie County

Montgomery County COVID Hospitalizations Rise

Bucks County Emergency Room Doctor Says Holidays Are A ‘Horror Show In The Making’

In ‘Heartbreaking’ Day, Allegheny County, PA Report Single-Day Highs In COVID Deaths

PA Said To Be Weighing Indoor Dining, Gym Shutdowns

Ford Turner: Lawmakers, Business Owners Wary Of Wolf Issues More COVID Restaurant Restrictions ‘Do Not Cancel Christmas’

Restaurants Say Financial Relief Package Critical To Their Survival

WESA: For Restaurants, ‘The Employment Situation Is Catastrophic’

House Republican Leader To Gov. Wolf - Do Not Cancel Christmas

Allegheny County Officials: State COVID Restrictions Are Needed

Allegheny County Says State Needs To Implement More COVID Restrictions, Short Of Shutdown

Bucks County Hospital Nurses Fail To Reach Deal After Talks

DCED Highlights Development Of New Drug To Treat COVID

State Police Liquor Enforcement Cite Dozen+ Bars In Allegheny, Westmoreland Counties For COVID Violations

16 Western PA Bars, Restaurants Cited By State For Breaking COVID Rules

Dept. Of Agriculture Releases COVID Restaurant Enforcement Actions Nov. 30-Dec. 6

Stephen Caruso: Republican Berks County Rep. Jozwiak Tests Positive For COVID

Op-Ed: PA State Legislators Set Up Struggling Families For A Bigger Tax Bill Next Year

John Baer: Searching In Vain For Comfort And Joy During PA’s COVID Surge

Editorial: This Pandemic Tunnel Is Long, But Light Is Flickering

Editorial: Will We Proclaim ‘Never Again’ A Year From Now On COVID?

COVID Cases, Deaths Continue To Increase At Centre County Long-Term Care Facilities

Centre County Doesn’t Have A Health Dept., Should It?

Westmoreland School Closes After Surge Of 65 COVID Cases After Thanksgiving

With COVID Surging, Bethlehem, Northampton School Districts Going All Remote Until Jan. 12

More Erie County Schools Go To Remote Learning

Lower Merion High Schools Go Virtual In Montgomery County As Many Students Stay Home

Editorial: Scranton School Lessons Get Home Delivery

Op-Ed: Community’s Outpouring To 7-Year-Old COVID Survivor Is What The Holidays Are All About In Philly

PIAA Moves Ahead With Winter Sports Season, Schools Can Opt For Delayed Start

PIAA Board Approves New Formats For Wrestling Championships In Response To COVID

PA School Principals Assn. Called On PIAA To Delay Start Of Winter Sports

With Rise In COVID Cases, State Universities Will Stay All Remote Until January

Luzerne County Has 41 Workers Out On COVID Quarantine

Visitors To Wayne County Court Test Positive For COVID

York County To Close All Buildings To Public Due To COVID Concerns

100+ Inmates, Staff Test Positive For COVID At Dauphin County Prison

12 Luzerne County Jail Guards In Quarantine After Testing Positive For COVID

76 Inmates, 11 Staff Members Test Positive For COVID In Lycoming County

More Than Half The Inmates At Cambria County Federal Prison Have COVID

City Of Harrisburg Offering Assistance To Residents Facing Eviction

Mother Of 6 Loses Wages Due To Pandemic

800+ Luzerne County Small Businesses, Nonprofits Receiving Federal COVID Assistance Funding

Blair County Allocates Federal CARES COVID Aid

Editorial: Congress Must Ease Hospital Burden With More COVID Aid

SEPTA: Service Cuts, Layoffs Imminent Unless COVID Relief Comes Soon

COVID Impact On Aerospace Industry Causing Williamsport Plant To Close

National/International

Republican, Democratic PA Members Of Congress Introduce Nurses CARE Aid Act

Cap-Star: U.S. House Passes Bill To Avert Federal Govt. Shutdown While COVID Relief Talks Drag On

The Hill: Momentum Stalls In Congress For COVID Relief Bill

The Hill: Bipartisan Congressional Group Unveils New Details On COVID Relief Measure

AP: Pfizer COVID Vaccine Faces Last Hurdle Before U.S. Decision

NPR: Canada Authorizes Use Of Pfizer COVID Vaccine

NPR: U.K. Regulators Tell People With Severe Allergies Not To Get COVID Vaccine

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Dept. Of Health Reports 248 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 11,972 New Cases-- 12.10.20

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