Sunday, February 28, 2021

Sunday PA Capitol & COVID NewsClips 2.28.21


Senate
returns to voting session March 15, 16, 17
Senate Budget Hearings Start March 8

House returns to voting session March 15, 16, 17

House Budget Hearings Schedule


*PA Capitol & COVID Weekly Report: Re-living Pandemic, New Districts Later, Questions On Ballot Questions [PaCN]  2.28.21


ABC27: PA Democrats Hold Separate Budget Hearings

Inquirer: PA Women Who Leave Jobs To Care For Kids Are Being Wrongfully Denied Unemployment

CitizensV: PA Says Schools Can Delay Standardized Tests Until The Fall

Inquirer: Hospitals Must Disclose Prices For Care, But It’s Still Hard To Shop

Inquirer: Philly Won’t Reassess Properties Until 2022, But Some Already Worry Homeowners Will Be Blindsided

Inquirer: Philly City Council Aims To Rein In Elusive Airbnb Hosts

TribLive: Westmoreland County Looks For Ways To Stop Decades-Long Population Decline

National/International

PG: For Pittsburgh Area, Federal COVID Aid Bill Has $248 Million For Transit, $35 Million For Airport, More Aid For Municipalities

PG: Experts Say Federal COVID Relief Bill Could Go A Long Way To Fully Reopening Schools In PA

PG: ‘Incredibly Important Step’ Or ‘Progressive Payoffs’: Western PA Congressmen Split Over Federal Relief Bill

Op-Ed: American Rescue Plan Offers Helping Hand To Struggling Americans - Jim Greenwood, Fmr PA Republican Member of Congress - Republicans For Integrity

WBTimes: Casey Introduces Legislation To Protect Nursing Home Residents, Workers

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

WHYY: 7 Philly-Area Insurrectionists Face Looming Court Dates

Deb Erdley: Toomey Censure Remains On Hold With PA Republicans

AP: What’s In An Adjective? ‘Democrat’ Party Label On The Rise [Sen. Mastriano]

NYT: In Statehouses, Stolen-Election Myth Fuels A Republican Drive to Rewrite The Rules [PA included]

Coronavirus

Dept. Of Health: Reports 132 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 3,361 New Cases-- 2.27.21

PG: Though Availability Of Doses Improving, Deciding Who Gets COVID Vaccine Is Contentious

TribLive: Westmoreland County Gets Fewer COVID Vaccine Doses Than Smaller Counties, Talks Begin On Regional Health Dept.

TribLive Editorial: Real Progress At Nursing Homes Is Welcome COVID Success Story

LancasterOnline Editorial: One Year In, Reason For Cautious Optimism On COVID

CitizensV: Wilkes-Barre Hospital Installs Technology To Kill COVID

Inquirer: PA Women Who Leave Jobs To Care For Kids Are Being Wrongfully Denied Unemployment

Inquirer: Convicted Cop Killer Mumia Abu-Jamal Has COVID, Supporters Say

ScrantonT: School Districts Find Success With Full In-Person Learning In Wayne, Pike Counties

Inquirer: As Philly Schools Struggle To Reopen, Some Charter Schools Have Brought Kids Back, But They Haven’t Rushed It

CitizensV: PA Says Schools Can Delay Standardized Tests Until The Fall

Op-Ed: A Year In The COVID Life Of A Mom Who Tried To Stay Sane And Then Tested Positive

ErieT: UPMC Hamot Received $14 Million From Federal CARES Act

ScrantonT: Hundreds Of Evictions Pending In Lackawanna, Luzerne Counties Despite Moratorium

ScrantonT: NE PA Landlords Thankful For Rent Relief Program

National/International

AP: Johnson & Johnson 1-Dose COVID Vaccine Cleared Giving U.S. 3rd Vaccine

Post: Federal Court Ruling Overturning CDC Eviction Moratorium Injects Confusion Into Housing Market 

AP: Plunging Demand For COVID Tests May Leave U.S. Exposed

Committee For A Responsible Federal Budget: What’s In The $1.9 Trillion House COVID Relief Bill

Post: What’s In The House’s $1.9 Trillion COVID Plan

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[Posted: February 28, 2021]

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