Friday, March 5, 2021

Friday PA Capitol & COVID NewsClips 3.5.21


Senate
returns to voting session March 15, 16, 17

Senate Budget Hearings Start March 8

House returns to voting session March 15, 16, 17


WilliamsportS Editorial: Cruel Bill Offers Hope For Impossible - Reduction In Size Of House, Senate

Op-Ed: PennDOT Bridge Funding Plan Will Strengthen Infrastructure, Economy - PennDOT Secretary

PennLive: New Mini-Casino Near Penn State To Occupy Fmr Macy’s Site At Nittany Mall

WBTimes: Republican Luzerne County Election Board Member Should Take His Argument To Court Or Shut Up

Inquirer: 7 People Shot, 3 Fatally, Over Less Than 6 Hours In Philadelphia Wednesday

WHYY: Philly Council Creates Anti-Violence Hotline As Residents Demand More Action On Gun Crisis

Pittsburgh City Paper: Recent Deaths Of Trans People Of Color In Western PA Signal An Alarming Trend Of Violence

Inquirer: Philadelphia Nonprofit Home-Care Firm Pays $2.1 Million In Back Wages For Overtime

PennLive: Shippensburg U. President Leaving To Take Over Wisconsin University

Inquirer: Chester Upland School District Says Millions Of Dollars Are Missing, Delaware County DA Has Launched A Probe

Inquirer: Philly School Board Unanimously Rejects 5 New Private Charter Schools

Inquirer: Philly’s Biggest Employers Spend Billions Outside The City, New Effort Hopes To Bring That Money Home

MCall: Bartenders, Waiters, Others From Displaced Businesses Could Help Struggling Manufacturers Fill Jobs

WESA: Candidate Tony Moreno Seeking Democratic Endorsement For Pittsburgh Mayor’s Race Was A Registered Republican

National/International

Anya Litvak: An Infrastructure Bill Would Be Great For Pittsburgh Area’s L.B. Foster, CEO Says

Cap-Star: PA’s Congressional Delegation Splits Along Party Lines On Voting Rights Package

ScrantonT Editorial: Congress Needs To Pass Voting Reforms Now

MCall: Democratic Party Will Commit Extra Resources To Help Cong. Wild In 2022

FT: U.S. Policymakers Lose Faith In Official Unemployment Rate Measure

Civil Justice

CentreDT: Coalition Stages ‘Die-In’ For Recusal, Resignation Of Centre County DA Over Handling Of Osagie Case

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

WHYY: Philly DA Charges White Supremacist Proud Boys Member With Harassing Woman Online

AP: Suspected PA Member Of Proud Boy Group Arrested For Online Harassment Of Researcher

Triblive: Federal Grand Jury Indicts Mercer County Woman For Her Part In Assault On U.S. Capitol

Op-Ed: Civil Disobedience Against Injustice Is An American Right, But Violent Insurrection Is Not

The Guardian: Most Alleged U.S. Capitol Rioters Unconnected To Extremist Groups, Analysis Finds

The Guardian: A Few Rightwing ‘Super-Spreaders’ Fueled Bulk Of Electoin Falsehoods, Study Says

AP: U.S. Capitol Police Officers Maced, Trampled: Documents Expose Depth Of Jan. 6 Chaos

AP: U.S. Capitol Police Request 60-Day Extension Of Natural Guard At Capitol

Coronavirus

Dept. Of Health: Reports 50 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 3,028 New Cases-- 3.4.21

MCall: PA COVID Case Rate Increases, Now Double Last April’s Surge

ScrantonT: NE PA Sees 12 More Deaths From COVID

PennLive: Nursing Home COVID Infections, Deaths Plummet In PA

WITF: PA Mass Vaccination Sites Are Ready To Open With Or Without Vaccines

Dept. Of Health/PEMA: Update On COVID Vaccine For School Staff, Child Care Workers

Jan Murphy: Health Secretary Defends Plan To Give School Staff First Dibs On Johnson & Johnson Vaccine

WHYY: State To Open 30 Vaccine Clinics For School Staff, Penn Relays Canceled

Spotlight PA: Vaccination Clinics For PA Teachers Could Open As Soon As Next Week

Inquirer: 9,000 Philly Teachers Have Been Vaccinated, Thousands More Eligible As Some Schools Prepare To Open Monday

ErieT: 11 PA Counties Get More Than Half Of COVID Vaccine Doses

CourierT: Republican Legislators: Bucks County Being Shortchanged On COVID Vaccines

WHYY: How Rite Aid’s ‘Glitch’ Helped Suburban Residents Get Philly’s Vaccine Supply

CitizensV: Luzerne County Ranks High In State For Vaccine Distribution

WHYY: How Some Philadelphia Apartment Buildings Are Getting Their Residents Vaccine

TribLive: Giant Eagle Extends Heinz Field COVID Vaccine Clinic To Monday, Tuesday

TribLive: Penguins Admit To Altering Twitter Photo To Show Fans Wearing Masks Properly

PennLive: Cumberland County To Host Pop-Up Vaccine Clinic To Streamline Process

Reading Eagle: Berks Officials Reveal Potential Site For Mass Vaccination Center

PennLive: WellSpan Health To Expand COVID Vaccination Efforts, Supply Remains An Issue

PennLive: Amid Camp Hill Prison COVID Outbreak, Corrections Union Urges PA To Vaccinate Staff

Inquirer: Philly Council Passes Bill To Reform Vaccine Program After Scandal

WESA: Leaders Of 12 Western PA Health Systems Advise Residents To Take Whatever COVID Vaccine Is Available

PG: PA Catholics: Have A Clear Conscience With Vaccine

PG: PA Catholic Bishops Clarify Stance On Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Acknowledging Most People Don’t Have A Choice As To Which Vaccine They Get

ScrantonT: Catholic Bishop Of Scranton Gives OK For COVID Vaccine

Inquirer: Why COVID Vaccination Has Become An Issue For Some Who Oppose Abortion

Op-Ed: One Way PA Can Help Solve Growing Vaccine Disparities Between Counties

Op-Ed: Black Doctors COVID Consortium’s 24-Hour Clinic Is Not A Feel-Good Story

TribLive: Allegheny County Jail Administration Defends COVID Testing Policy

MCall: Allentown City Council Urges Lehigh County To Do More To Stop COVID Contagion In Jail

Paul Muschick: You Can See A Hockey Game But You Can’t Visit Grandma At A Nursing Home, Let’s Fix That

Dept. Of Health: Update On Flu Season, Low Activity Statewide, Nationally

Spotlight PA: Business Owner’s Guide To PA’s Next Wave Of COVID Relief Grants

MCall: 1 Year Of COVID: Timeline - Business Closures To Mask-Inspired Violence To Vaccine Hop In Pennsylvania

Inquirer: A Year Later, Defeating COVID Proves To Be AnEvolutionary War With More Battles To Come

National/International

Post: Dr. Fauci Says Moves To Reopen ‘Ill-Advised’ As U.S. COVID Case Numbers Plateau

NPR: ‘Now Is Not The Time To Stop Wearing A Mask’ Says CDC Director

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