Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Tuesday PA Capitol & COVID NewsClips 12.8.20


Senate
swearing in day January 5

House swearing in day January 5


TODAY 11:30: Wolf Administration To Provide Update On Opioid Crisis. Watch Live: https://www.facebook.com/pennsylvaniadepartmentofhealth/  or pacast.com/live/doh


Op-Ed: A Need For More Transparency, Accountability By PA Legislature - Fair Districts PA

Brad Bumsted: Legislators Tuck Special Projects Into PA Fiscal Code Bill

Editorial: In This Surreal Holiday Season, Sharing Goodwill May Help

AP: Trump Campaign Appeals Another PA Election Challenge To PA Supreme Court Over Less Than 2,000 Ballots [Biden Won PA By Over 81,000 Votes]

Republican House Members File New Challenge To Election Results Citing Already Rejected Claims Of Fraud

Group Of State Republican Legislators File Yet Another Challenge In Commonwealth Court To Halt Certification Of PA Vote County [PA Certified the results on Nov. 24]

Republicans Rep. Schemel, Sen. Judy Ward Support Challenge Asking To Throw Out All 2.5 Million Mail-In Ballots Before U.S. Supreme Court

Post: Trump Asks PA House Speaker For Help Overturning Election Results, Personally Intervening In A 3rd State

AP: Trump Questions Republican PA House Speaker On Challenging Electoral Votes

Here’s Which Centre County House Members ARe Urging Congress To Reject PA’s Presidential Electors [Overriding Popular Vote]

Editorial: PA Republicans House Leaders Should Be Ashamed

AP: Safe Harbor Law Locks Congress Into Accepting Biden’s Win

Political Pollster Terry Madonna To Leave F&M Take Volunteer Position At Millersville U.

Pittsburgh Attorney Jill Beck Announces Bid For Democratic Nomination To PA Superior Court

Jan Murphy: 800 Taxpayers Affected By Glitch In PA’s Collection Of Back State Taxes

Medical Marijuania Proving To Be A Boon To PA But State, Federal Constraints Remain

Op-Ed: Safe Firearm Storage Will Save Lives As Gun Demand Surges During Pandemic

Gov. Wolf Announces $36 Million In New Funding To Support Community Revitalization Projects

AG Shapiro Secures $2.75 Million For PA Mortgage Loan Borrowers In Settlement

Animal Group Calls For Investigation Of Monkey Death At Franklin & Marshall College Lab

Ex-Bucks County Prosecutor To Challenge Her Fmr Boss For District Attorney

Comcast Extends Free Internet Offer For Low-Income Families to June 2021

Editorial: Time For Action On Big Tech

2 Pittsburgh Self-Driving Car Giants Combine Forces As Aurora Acquires Uber’s Advanced Tec Group

National/International

Republican Cong. Reschenthaler Sees Conservative Mandate As He Stokes Political Divisions

Pro/Con: Should Biden Cancel Student Loan Debt?

The Hill: $14 Billion U.S. Election Campaign Spending Exceeds GDP Of Numerous Countries

Civil Justice

Speakers Call For Pittsburgh Schools To Cut Police, Security Spending

City Council Criticizes Philly Courts For Inaction On Systemic Racism

Northeastern York School District Cuts Ties With Principal Over Post Saying Black Lives Matter Is A ‘Leftist Lie’

When Social Justice Conservation Changed, Pittsburgh Area Foundations Took A Hard Look At Where The Money Goes

Op-Ed: Dick Allen Was Philadelphia’s Jackie Robinson

Coronavirus

Dept. Of Health Reports 169 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 10,170 New Cases-- 12.8.20

Gov. Wolf, Religious Leaders Ask Pennsylvanians To Help Keep Each Other Safe During Holidays

AP: PA Nursing Home Industry Files Lawsuit Against State For Illegally Withheld $150 Million In Federal CARES Funds

IFO Reports Federal Paycheck Protection Program Cost $150K to $300K Per Business Job ‘Saved’ In PA For $20.7 Billion; Federal Tax Issues Still Unresolved

Gov. Wolf, Secretary Of Health Sound The Alarm On Urgency To Protect Health Care System, Workers As COVID Cases Continue To Surge

Stephen Carso: Wolf Says He’ll Decide On New COVID Mitigation Measures In Next Few Days

AP: Wolf Warns Hospitals At Risk, Mulls New COVID Restrictions

Ford Turner: Wolf Says COVID Surge Could Overwhelm Health Care System, More Mitigation May Come Soon

‘Pennsylvania, We Have A Problem’: Governor Issues Dire COVID Warning

Wolf Warns About Rising COVID Cases, Says Hospitals Could Be Overwhelmed

State Officials Warn Pennsylvanians To Stay Home, Stop Short Of New Restrictions

No New COVID Restrictions For PA, But Possibility Looms

53 Year Old York County EMT Worker Dies From COVID 3 Weeks After Contracting It

Editorial: Americans Rallied After Pearl Harbor, And Can Again

Editorial: How We Can Fight COVID

Dept. Of Health Reports 111 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 14,960 New Cases [2 Days]-- 12.7.20 

Republican Rep. Reese Tests Positive For COVID

Dept. Of Health Update On COVID Investigations, Contact Tracing, Monitoring Nov. 22-28

Gov. Wolf: Early Warning COVID Monitoring Dashboard Update For Nov. 27-Dec. 3

PA Intensive Care Beds Continue To Fill With COVID Patients

66 Of 67 PA Counties Seeing Substantial Spread Of COVID

30 Residents Dead At Lancaster County Nursing Home Following COVID Outbreak

A Nurse’s Plea: An Intensive Care Unit Nurse Details COVID Realities

Pittsburgh Doctor: ‘COVID Vaccines Are Lights At The End Of The Tunnel, But We’re Still In The Tunnel’

Dept. Of Health Update On Flu Season, Urges Pennsylvanians To Get Flu Vaccine

State Police Liquor Enforcement Issues 16 NOVs, 21 Warnings On COVID Violations

PA National Guard Leader Abruptly Retires Amid Investigations Into Veterans’ Nursing Home, Horsham Air Base

Watching For Signs Of Child Abuse, Neglect, But From A Distance

3 People, 200 Sq. Feet: Managing Homelessness, Remote School, Life In A Pandemic

Despite Drop, Allegheny County’s Record COVID Numbers Continue

Allegheny Health Dept. Closes Pittsburgh Bar For COVID Violations

Two Pittsburgh Transit Drivers, Ages 34 And 57, Die Of COVID

Westmoreland County Hospital To Add More COVID Beds As Cases Continue Rise

100+ COVID Cases At Westmoreland Jail In Last 10 Days

COVID Spreads Quickly Among Westmoreland County Prison Inmates

Op-Ed: Send First COVID Vaccines To PA’s Prisons

PA Shortchanged Its Poorest School Districts In Giving Out Federal CARES Act Money, Report Says

Allegheny County School District Shutdown Basketball For 2 Weeks Due To COVID, Moves To Remote Learning

Westmoreland School District Ups Pay For Substitute Teachers, Paraprofessionals

Altoona School District Furloughs 64 Special Education Aides

Judge Halts All Federal Grand Juries In Western PA Due To COVID

York County Magisterial Court Temporarily Closes Due To COVID

PA Prisons Won’t Mandate COVID Tests For Staff Even As Outbreaks Grow Frequent And Deadly

Op-Ed: Families Are Facing A Good Crisis; Soon PA’s Food Banks Will Too

Op-Ed: Safe Firearm Storage Will Save Lives As Gun Demand Surges During Pandemic

PLS Reporter: Republicans Pledge To Continue Pursuit Of COVID Liability Protection In New Session

Paul Muschick: Why PA Businesses Deserve To Be Shielded From Frivolous COVID Lawsuits

500,000 Pennsylvanians Set To Lose Federal CARES Act Benefits By End Of Month

Federal Pandemic Unemployment Programs Set To Expire At End Of Month

Cap-Star: Most States Weeks Late In Paying Unemployment Benefits; Only Half Of PA Claims Are Paid In 3 Week Deadline

Wolf Administration Reminds Out-Of Work Pennsylvanians Of Available State Assistance

Editorial: No COVID Relief Plan?  Congress Shouldn’t Get A Holiday

Editorial: Extend Federal CARES Aid Deadline

WITF Smart Talk: An Eviction Crisis Is Looming - TODAY 9:00 a.m.

2 Pittsburgh Self-Driving Car Giants Combine Forces As Aurora Acquires Uber’s Advanced Tec Group

Lehigh Valley’s Olympus To Acquire St. Louis Firm Bolstering Position In Respiratory Devices

National/International

TNS: Dr. Fauci: Christmas Could Be Even Worse Than Thanksgiving For COVID Spread

NPR: Biden Names Health Secretary, COVID Czar, Other Key Members Of Health Team

AP: Biden’s Health Team Offers Glimpse Of His COVID Strategy

The Hill: U.S. House To Vote Wednesday On Weeklong Stopgap To Avoid Federal Govt. Shutdown

The Hill: Congressional Lawmakers Face Hurdles To COVID Relief Deal

AP: Trump Administration Passed Up Chance To Lock In More Pfizer Vaccine Doses

Post: Pfizer Tells U.S. Officials It Can’t Supply More Vaccines Until Summer, Throwing Plan To Immunize Public Into Question

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