Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Wednesday PA Capitol & COVID NewsClips 12.2.20


Senate
returns to session January 1

House returns to session January 1


AP: U.S. Dept. Of Justice: No Evidence Of Fraud That’d Change Election Outcome

PA Republicans Appeal Mail-In Ballot Case To U.S. Supreme Court As U.S. Dept. Of Justice Says There’s No Evidence Of Widespread Fraud That Would Change Election Outcome

Attorney: U.S. Supreme Court Asked To Hear Challenge To All PA’s Mail-In Ballots

Republican Lawsuit Challenging All PA’s Mail-In Ballots Reaches U.S. Supreme Court

Katie Meyer: Despite Barrage Of Losses In Court, Trump Campaign Plans More Long-Shot PA Election Appeals

‘Someone’s Going To Get Killed’: Election Official Blasts Trump, Republican Silence On Threats In Georgia

Republican Rep. Jim Gregory (Blair) To Introduce Bill Repealing Expansion Of Mail-In Voting In PA

Jan Murphy: Republican Lawmakers Calls For Repealing State’s Expanded Mail-In Voting Option

5 Lancaster County Republican Reps Endorse Measure Disputing Election Results

Editorial: Once More For Those In Legislature: The Presidential Election Is Over

Editorial: Trump Campaign Rages Against Machines, Facts

Spotlight PA: Republican ‘Leadership’ Silent After Senator Tests Positive For COVID Following Maskless Election Event

AP: After White House COVID Test, Sen. Mastriano Calls His COVID Case Mild

Paul Muschick: How Did A PA State Senator With COVID Get To Meet With The President?

Will Bunch: Could Coup Plotter Sen. Mastriano Become PA Governor?

Ballot Mailing Leads To High Costs In Luzerne County

Editorial: State Election Review Nixed

Editorial: Why Weren’t Poll Workers Better Prepared?

AP: State Treasurer Torsella Offers Loan To Fund PennDOT Highway Projects

State Finds Money To Fund PennDOT Projects Through February

Independent Fiscal Office Reports November State Revenues $90.9 Million Above Its Estimates [PaCN]

Dept. Of Revenue Reports Collecting $2.3 Billion In November [PaCN]

Robert Swift: Precedent Set As State Officials Get No Automatic Pay Raise

AP: Suspect Snatches $24,000 From Harrah’s PA Casino

Pittsburgh Promise Gives 10,000th College Scholarship

Child Endangerment Conviction Of Ex-Penn State President Reinstated By U.S. Appeals Court

400 Food Service Workers Laid Off At Temple, F&M, Muhlenberg College

New Program Helps Temple Health Doctors, Nurses Cut Student Loan Burdens

Dauphin County Deputy Sheriff Charged With Selling Narcotics After Investigators Find Guns, Money, Drugs In House Wall

Philly Latinos Call On Community To Get Involved In Fight Against Gun Violence

AP: Cosby’s Appeal To PA Supreme Court Hinges On Inclusion Of Testimony From Other Accusers

Lehigh Valley Hospital Breaks Ground On Pediatric Specialty Center

Philly Moves Toward Creating New Construction Tax, Delaying Abatement Change

Pittsburgh Unemployment Rate Fell To 7.2% In October

Lancaster County Unemployment Fell To 5.3% In October

Despite Challenges, Allegheny County Exceeds 2010 Census Response Rate

Civil Justice

City Of Harrisburg Plan For Public Safety Initiatives Would Be ‘Transformative’ For Police Dept.

Trib Total Media Expands Scholarship Program To Support Diversity In Media

How Pittsburgh’s Equity Commission Wants To Reverse Gender Pay Gap

Coronavirus

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

Dept. Of Health Reports 180 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 5,676 New Cases-- 12.1.20 

Gov. Wolf Announces Plan To Expand Testing Sites Across The Commonwealth

AP: COVID Testing ‘Strike Teams’ To Fan Out Across Pennsylvania

Wallace McKelvey: Wolf Announces Plan To Expand COVID Testing In Predominantly Rural Counties

AP: After White House COVID Test, Sen. Mastriano Calls His COVID Case Mild

Paul Muschick: How Did A PA State Senator With COVID Get To Meet With The President?

Editorial: Immunity From COVID-Related Lawsuits Promotes Bad Conduct

State White Haven Center Care Facility Reports Death From COVID

COVID Outbreak Infects More Than Half Of Inmates At State Prison For Elderly, Infirmed

Nearly 90% Of Centre County Nursing Home Have COVID

A Day In The Life Of A Philadelphia-Area COVID Contact Tracer

Jan Murphy: Nearly All Public School Commit To Doubling Down On COVID Mitigation Strategies To Allow In-Person Instruction

List Of Pittsburgh-Area School Districts Shifting Back To Remote Learning As COVID Surges

Westmoreland County School District Switches To Remote Instruction

Catholic H.S. In Allegheny County Resumes In-Person Classes, Athletics Suspended Due To COVID Exposure

Beloved Jeannette Football Coach Dies Of COVID At Age 86

Lehigh Valley College Wrestlers Willing To Do Whatever It Takes To Have Season Amid Pandemic

Westmoreland Courthouse Offices Limit Visitors Amid COVID Surge

Blair County Prison Has 43 Inmates With COVID

Blair County Inches Toward Releasing Federal COVID-Related Aid

Lehigh Valley Agencies Strive To Keep Homeless Safe As Pandemic Worsens, Winter Approaches

Lehigh Valley’s Economic Recovery Outpaced The State, But There’s A Long Way To Go

A Place For Businesses To Work Together During Pandemic Opened In Wilkes-Barre

Philly Implements A Few COVID-Related Business Aid Measures

William Penn, Mellon Foundations Give $8 Million To Philly Arts, Culture Groups Hit By COVID

National/International

AP: Trump Treasury Secretary Defends Shut Down Of Fed COVID Emergency Loan Programs

AP: Biden Unveils Economic Team Declaring ‘Help Is On The Way’

U.S. Senate Republican Leader Said He Thinks Congress Can Deliver More COVID Stimulus This Month

U.S. Senate Republican Leader Sticking With Partisan COVID Relief Plan That Already Failed To Pass Twice

AP: Centrist Congressional Lawmakers Push $908 Billion Plan To Break COVID Aid Impasse

The Hill: Bipartisan, Bicameral Congressional Group Unveils $908 Billion COVID Aid Proposal

AP: UK Authorizes Pfizer COVID Vaccine For Emergency Use

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[Posted: December 2, 2020]

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