Sunday PA Capitol & COVID NewsClips 1.24.21

House returns to voting session Jan. 25, 26, 27

Senate returns to voting session Jan. 25, 26, 27

*Budget Hearings Moving, Senate Adds Session Days

PA Capitol & COVID Weekly Report: Republicans Push Constitutional Amendments; Not Rehashing The 2020 Election [PaCN]  1.24.21

NYT: Republican PA Cong. Scott Perry Played Key Role In Trying To Oust Acting U.S. Attorney General And Replace Him With Someone Sympathetic To Overturning The Election For Trump

Republican Cong. Scott Perry Played Key Role In Trump’s Plot To Oust Acting Attorney General

Cong. Scott Perry Played Role In Trump Scheme To Replace Attorney General

AP: Republican Rep. Jeff Pyle (R-Armstrong) Apologizes For Mocking Image Of Health Secretary Dr. Levine On His Facebook Page

Republican Rep. Jeff Pyle Slammed For Transphobic Post Mocking Dr. Rachel Levine

TNS: Lt. Gov. Fettermand Still Waiting For Republican Lt. Gov. In Texas To Make Good On His Reward For Voting Fraud Cases

Patrick Solano, WW II Vet And Longtime Political Adviser, Dies At 95

Patrick Solano, Public Servant To 9 PA Governors Dies At 95

Tributes To Patrick Solano Following His Death On Saturday At 95

Senate Republican Leadership Honors Life, Legacy Of Pat Solano

IFO: State Fiscal Year Should End On A Positive Note, But Things Get Difficult After That

Lehigh Valley 4-Year Colleges Hitting Enrollment Targets, But Community Colleges Face Declines

AG Shapiro Leads Coalition In Federal Lawsuit To Protect Tipped Workers

Cap-Star: In A Week Of Changes, PA Remains Uncertain About U.S. Census Data

National/International

For 50,000 Undocumented People In Philly, Biden Offers A Chance To Step From The Shadows

The Hill: List Of Executive Orders Signed By President Biden So Far

Post: Trump Endorses Idea Of Starting A MAGA Party

Civil Justice

At Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit Parallels Seen Between Jonny Gammage, George Floyd Cases

Editorial: No-Knock Warrant Ban Should Be Passed In Pittsburgh

PA’s Role In The Assault On U.S. Capitol

NYT: Republican PA Cong. Scott Perry Played Key Role In Trying To Oust Acting U.S. Attorney General And Replace Him With Someone Sympathetic To Overturning The Election For Trump

Republican PA Cong. Scott Perry Played Key Role In Trump’s Plot To Oust Acting Attorney General

Cong. Scott Perry Played Role In Trump Scheme To Replace Attorney General

Calls For PA Republican Cong. Perry To Resign After Report He Tried To Overturn Georgia Election

Trump Tried To Replace Acting U.S. Attorney General With Philadelphia Attorney More Sympathetic To His Baseless Claims Of Voter Fraud

FBI, Local Authorities Investigating Attack On Montgomery County Democrats Office

AP: Supporters’ Words May Haunt Trump At Impeachment Trial [PA Man Arrested]

The Atlantic: How Not To Bury The Past - Truth Commissions [Penn State Professor]

Allentown School District Teacher Suspended For Attending U.S. Capitol Protests Says Lawsuit Is Inevitable ‘My Reputation And Character Have Been Destroyed’

Coronavirus

Dept. Of Health Reports 205 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 5,785 New Cases-- 1.23.21

COVID Hospitalizations Fall, While Cases Tick Upward In Allegheny County

Westmoreland County Vaccine Plan Remains Shot In The Dark For Now

FAQ: Crawford County COVID Vaccine Distribution

How Do Physicians Verify Patients’ Vaccine Eligibility?

Greater Latrobe School District Starts Vaccinating Staff, Sees ‘Light At The End Of The Tunnel’

Lycoming County Prison Inmates Test Positive For COVID

Dept. Of Health Reports A Total Of 2,195 Cases Of Influenza, 10 Deaths As Of Jan. 16

Children, Parents, Providers Grapple With Impact Of Pandemic On Mental Health

Antibody Treatment Can Help High-Risk People With COVID, But Getting The Drug To Patients Remains Challenging

Pandemic Took A Big Bite Out Of Philly’s Tax Base, What Happens If Suburbanites Keep Working From Home?

Casey Pushing $1.9 Trillion Package On COVID Relieve As ‘Our Obligation’

Editorial: Include States, Cities In Next Federal COVID Aid Bill

Editorial: For Local Governments Large And Small, Distress Is Universal

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[Posted: January 24, 2021]