Monday PA Capitol & COVID NewsClips 3.1.21

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

PG: Financial Cliff: Legislators Push To Handle Transportation Funding Crisis Before Next Year’s Elections 

WilliamsportS: Registration Fees, Fuel Tax Eyed For Increases As State Struggles To Fund Its Highways, Bridges

Salena Zito: As Coal Industry Faces Destruction, It Grows A Voting Coalition [PA]

ScrantonT: Process For Replacing Sen. Blake Unfolding

ScrantonT Editorial: Bill Offers Hope For Impossible - Reducing Size Of Senate, House

YorkDR: Mass Shootings Surge In Pennsylvania As Nation Faces Record High

PG: Psychologist Rallies Efforts To Better Screening Of Would-Be Priests

WHYY: Gun Violence Epidemic, Mass Shootings Push Victim Service Agencies Into Overdrive

PG Editorial: Human Trafficking Fight

Inquirer: In Chester County, New Ethics Policy Muzzles County Workers

PennLive: Ex-Penn State Harrisburg Student Accuses University Of Disabilities Discrimination

Op-Ed: Take It From A Millionaire, A $15 Minimum Wage Is Good For PA Businesses

Op-Ed: Ensuring The Minimum Wage Keeps Up With Economic Growth

Op-Ed: COVID Relief Or A Pandemic Of Political Posturing?  - Mark Singel

National/International

Reading Eagle: All Families Released From Berks Immigration Detention Center 

PG: PA Democratic Cong. Doyle Takes Aim At Media For Spreading Disinformation; Republicans Claim Conservative Censorship

ErieT: Jill Biden To Visit Erie Area Wednesday

Civil Justice

Stephen Caruso: Ice Cream Shops, Machine Politics, And The Unfinished Struggle Of PA’s First Black Legislator - Harry Bass 

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

YorkDR: Racism In PA: Hate Incidents Up Against Asian Americans, But It’s Not A New Problem

PennLive: Adams County Republican Committee Censures Sen. Toomey For Vote To Convict Trump Of Inciting Assault On U.S. Capitol

Coronavirus

WilliamsportS: There Is ‘Simply Not Enough Supply’ Even With Allocation Increase To Meet Phase 1A COVID Vaccine Demand

PennLive: PA Lags Most States In Getting COVID Vaccine To Seniors

PennLive: Pursuit Of COVID Vaccine Devolves Into ‘Hunger Games’ For PA Seniors

Inquirer: Massive Drive-Thru Vaccination Center Being Built In King Of Prussia With No Guarantee The State Will Give It Vaccine

YorkDR Editorial: Vaccinate The Teachers Now

TribLive: COVID Mitigation Measures Contribute To Mild Flu Season In Western PA, Beyond

4ActionNews: House Bill By Rep. Diamond (R-Lebanon) Would Allow Employees To Refuse Vaccination, Invasive Medical Tests

Op-Ed: Our Pandemic Year, What We’ve Learned, What We’ve Lost, Where We Go Next

Deb Erdley: Westmoreland Community College Prof Helps Students, Families Juggle Demands

TribLive: Exchange Student From Italy Adjusts To Life In The A-K Valley During Pandemic

PG Editorial: Food Insecurity - College Students

Inquirer: COVID Tax Season Surprise: You May Have To Pay Back Part Of Your ACA Health Insurance Subsidy

National/International

The Guardian: Dr. Fauci Urges Americans To Take Any Of 3 COVID Vaccines Available To Them

TribLive: Dr. Fauci Worried U.S. COVID Cases Will Stick At 70,000 A Day

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Dept. Of Health: Reports 26 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 3,573 New Cases [2 Days] --3.1.21

Gov. Wolf: Early Warning Monitoring Dashboard Update For Feb. 19-25

Gov. Wolf: Revises Limits On Gatherings And Lifts Out-Of-State Travel Quarantine Restrictions

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[Posted: March 1, 2021]