House returns to voting session March 15, 16, 17
Senate returns to voting session Feb. 22, 23, 24
Senate Budget Hearings Start March 8
PA Capitol & COVID Weekly Report: Budget Hearing Season Begins, Election Hearings Continue, New Vaccine Plan [PaCN] 2.14.21
Inquirer: Democrats Had A Brutal 2020 In PA, Besides Biden, Now They’re Charting A Path Forward
Cap-Star Editorial Cartoon: The Real Purpose Of Gerrymandering
PG Editorial: State Lawmakers Take Care Of Their Own [Appointment Of Ex-Legislators To Jobs]
CitizensV: Campaigning In A Pandemic: A Signature Problem
CitizensV Editorial: Local Tax Collectors Are A Relic Of The Past
ErieT: Erie’s Last Juvenile Lifer Ruled Eligible For Parole
Op-Ed: We Are Not Anti-Gun; We Value Life - Rev. Sandra Strauss
PennLive: Harrisburg Area Community College Faculty Rally For A Union
ScrantonT: NE PA Educators, Advocates Call For Fixing ‘Structurally Unfair’ School Funding System
PG Editorial: The Next Health Crisis: Warn Against Drug-Resistant Infections
ErieT: Wabtec Announces 40 Layoffs At Lawrence Park Plant
National/International
Inquirer: Undocumented Immigrants Who Help Police Can Be At Risk For Deportation, PA Lawyers Trying To Stop It
Civil Justice
WPSU: Penn State Black Caucus Student Speaks Out Against Recent Zoom Bombing
PA’s Role In The Assault On U.S. Capitol
Business Insider: Philadelphia Republican Election Official Says Trump ‘Incited Supporters To Threaten To Kill My Children Because We Counted Votes Cast By Eligible Voters’
NYT: Georgia DA Casts Wide Net, Including Possible Racketeering Charges In Criminal Investigation Of Trump Calls, Other Attempts By Allies To Overturn Georgia Election Loss [2 Philadelphia lawyers were on at least one Trump call, PA Republican Cong. Scott Perry was involved in a related attempt to replace then Acting U.S. Attorney General]
WITF: Toomey: Trump Urged Mob To March On Capitol To Prevent Election Certification
MCal: Toomey Breaks With Republicans To Vote For Trump’s Conviction
AP: Republican U.S. Senate Leader: Trump Is Morally Responsible For Jan. 6 Assault On U.S. Capitol
Inquirer: Trump’s Philly Lawyers Won Impeachment Trial, But They’re Facing Backlash At Home
NPR: Trump Impeachment Lawyer From Philly Mispronounces Philadelphia
Coronavirus
Dept. Of Health Reports 113 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 4,088 New Cases-- 2.13.21
MCall: PA COVID Death Toll Passes 23,000, Cases Hit 892,344
TribLive: Allegheny County Adds 306 New COVID Cases, 3 Deaths
Inquirer: Some Doctors Say PA’s Plan To Cut Them Out Of Vaccine Rollout Will Hurt Patients
TribLive: Appointments For COVID Vaccine At New Allegheny County Site Filled Within Minutes
WBTimes: Some Vaccine Distributors On Honor System While Others Have More Strict Requirements
WilliamsportS: UPMC Plans Vaccinations For 85+ By Appointment Feb. 17 In Clinton County
WHYY: Black Church Leaders, Health Systems Organize Mass Vaccination Site In West Philly
Cap-Star: Missing Data Could Compound Vaccine Rollout In PA’s Black, Hispanic Communities
WITF: Schools Wrestle With CDC’s Athletics Recommendations
AltoonaM: Blair County Seeks $1.38 Million In COVID Aid
TribLive: Leechburg Food Distribution Sees 600 Boxes Go In Less Than An Hour
TribLive Editorial: The Telltale Lines For Food Giveaways Show All Is Not Well
National/International
WSJ: U.S. Expresses Deep Concerns Over China Withholding Data From Pandemic Investigators
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[Posted: February 14, 2021]
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