Sunday PA Capitol & COVID NewsClips 2.21.21

Senate returns to voting session Feb. 22, 23, 24

Senate Budget Hearings Start March 8

House returns to voting session March 15, 16, 17

House Budget Hearings Schedule

*PA Capitol & COVID Weekly Report: Budget Season Begins, Another New Vaccine Plan, Tolling Bridges [PaCN]  2.21.21

TribLive: ‘Trump House’ Creator Wins Republican Endorsement For Open House Seat In Westmoreland Over Rep. Reese’s Widow

TribLive: Dissatisfied With Their Choices, Western PA Voters Write In Athletes, Coaches For President

ScrantonT: Retired Lackawanna County Elections Director Praised For Her Work

WBTimes: House Republican Committee Launches Economic Recovery Survey For Business

ScrantonT Editorial: Speed Repairs To Hazardous Public Schools

CentreDT: Dr. Fauci Among 4 Honorees To Take Part In Penn State’s Page Center Awards

Op-Ed: We Celebrate Our Black Colleagues, Students And Alumni For Making Our College Great - HACC President

AP: Kroger Stores Latest Victim Of 3rd-Party Software Data Breach

National/International

Inquirer: Philly Readies For New Neighbors As Biden Plans To Resettle More Of World’s Must Vulnerable People

Stephen Caruso: Democrat Kenyatta Brings His ‘Working Poor’ Philly Upbringing To 2022 U.S. Senate Race

PG Editorial: Is There Trumpism After Trump?

Civil Justice

MCall: It May Be Too Cold And Snowy In Lehigh Valley For Marches, But Black Lives Matter Work Continues

PG: Activists Looking To Remake Police Oversight In Pittsburgh

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

AP: Lebanon County Police Officer Charged In Assault On U.S. Capitol Says He Has ‘No Regrets” But May Need A New Job

Joseph Sabino Mistick: Our Elected Representatives Must Have Room To Do What’s Right

Coronavirus

Dept. Of Health Reports 90 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 2,818 New Cases-- 2.20.21

TribLive: Allegheny County Reports 285 New COVID Cases, 1 Death

TribLive: Thousands Wait For 2nd COVIC Vaccine Doses As Allegheny County Confronts Shortage

TribLive: PNC Park Hosts 2nd Mass COVID Vaccination Clinic Saturday In Pittsburgh, 3,500 Get Shots

ErieT: Behind The Scenes: Saint Vincent’s Sunday Mass Vaccination Clinic

Cap-Star: Philly Mayor, Council At Odds Over COVID Vaccination Plan

TribLive: Pitt Students, Volunteers Create VaccinatePA To Connect Residents With Vaccination Info 

PG: 3 Pittsburgh Women Could Be Your Vaccination Appointment ‘Angels’

Inquirer: For Philly Hospitals, Phone Calls More Effective Than Digital Platforms At Registering Seniors For COVID Vaccines

Op-Ed: PA Needs A Vaccine Registry, Not A Vaccine Lottery - 4 Democratic House Members

TribLive: Vaccine Priority Rules Emerge As Potential ‘Obstacle’ As People Forced To Wait Their Turn

PG: Special Report: COVID’s New Deadly Path: Cases Surge In Personal Care Homes

PG: Anya Litvak: 4 Blocks In Pittsburgh Hit By COVID Learn To Change

Post: A Mass-Casualty Event Every Day: Inside The Dark Winter Of COVID In America [Danville, Pittsburgh] 

MCall: Use Of Lifesaving Experimental COVID Treatment Expanding In Lehigh Valley

MCall: Lehigh Valley Movie Theater Closed Last Spring Finding New Life Under New Owners

Op-Ed: Getting Pennsylvania Ready For Its Economic Recovery - Rep. Benninghoff

House Republicans Open COVID Economic Recovery Business Survey

WHYY: Montgomery County Introduces New Hospitality Industry Recovery Program

National/International

CentreDT: Dr. Fauci Among 4 Honorees To Take Part In Penn State’s Page Center Awards

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[Posted: February 21, 2021]