Saturday, March 6, 2021

Saturday PA Capitol & COVID NewsClips 3.6.21


Senate
returns to voting session March 15, 16, 17

Senate Budget Hearings Start March 8

House returns to voting session March 15, 16, 17


LancasterOnline Editorial: County Elections Officials Need Help From Lawmakers For Precanvassing Mail-In Ballots

CitizensV: Municipalities See State Funding Cuts For Road Repairs

WBTimes: Catholic Diocese Of Scranton Releases Independent Audit Of Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Policies

MCall: Lafayette College Lockdown Lifted After Another Armed Intruder Enters Home Near Campus

Inquirer: Pardons Board Rejects Clemency Plea For Bucks County Man Claiming DNA Test Would Clear Him

WHYY: A New Resource Hub For Philadelphians Affected By Gun Violence

TribLive: Some UPMC Patients May Have Had Health Information Inappropriately Disclosed

TribLive: Steelworkers Have 95% Support For ATI Strike

PennLive: Postal Service Hiring 58 People At Harrisburg-Area Facility

PennLive: These 28 Construction Projects Planned For Harrisburg

ScrantonT Editorial: Rules Of The Road For Delivery Robots

National/International

WESA: Toomey Rails Against $1.9 Trillion Pandemic Relief Package

PG: Toomey Angered By Democrats’ COVID Relief Bill

MCall: Toomey Blasts Federal Stimulus Bill As ‘Liberal Wishlist’

AP: Sen. Street Considering Running For U.S. Senate

ScrantonT Editorial: Casey Bill Assists Gunshot Victims

Cap-Star: Berks Immigrant Detention Center May Reopen As Women-Only Migrant Facility

NPR: Biden Administration Moves To Speed Up Processing Of Migrants In Family Detention

Civil Justice

WITF: Former Biglerville H.S. Students Form Network Of Support Against Racism

PG: If You Post Hatred Or Racism On Social Media, Activists Are Watching And May Tell Your Boss

YorkD: ACLU: York City-Wide Video Surveillance Network Would Target Minority Communities

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

PG: Traveling Welder Living In Uniontown Indicted In Assault On U.S. Capitol 

MCall: Lehigh Valley Man’s Deleted Cell Phone Video Puts Him In U.S. Capitol During Jan. 6 Assault 

Inquirer: Philly Proud Boys President Zach Rehl Marched Alongside Leaders During Assault On U.S. Capitol

NPR: Trump Is No Longer Tweeting, But Online Disinformation Isn’t Going Away

Coronavirus

Gov. Wolf: Marks One Year Since First COVID Case In Pennsylvania

AP: Gov. Wolf: ‘Light At The End Of The Tunnel’ In COVID Fight

TribLive: Mask Policies Are Here To Stay For Now, PA Officials Say

PennLive: Wolf Says End Of Pandemic Is Near, But Urges PA Residents Not To Quit Before The Finish Line

LancasterOnline: Wolf Signals Bars, Restaurants To Stay Open For St. Patrick's Day

MCall: As Vaccine Rollout Continues, Allentown Officials Urge Residents To Keep Following Health Guidelines

PG Editorial: Texas Jumps The Gun On COVID Mask Mandate

AP: Speedy COVID Variants Power Virus Surge Sweeping Europe

The Guardian: U.S. Experts Warn New COVID Variants And States Reopening May Lead To 4th Wave Of Virus Cases

Dept. Of Health: Reports 43 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 2,757 New Cases-- 3.5.21

PennLive: PA Has Had 39 Cases Of Worrisome COVID Variant

AltoonaM: Blair County Region’s Virus Numbers Heading The Wrong Way

CitizensV: COVID Hospitalizations Drop At Geisinger Health

MCall: 322,000 Vaccine Doses Delivered To PA This Week, 313,000 Vaccinations Administered

WHYY: Philadelphia’s Allocation Of Vaccine Doses To Increase Next Week

PennLive: PA Seniors Complain They Lost Their Place In COVID Vaccine Pecking Order

Gov. Wolf: Visits Dauphin County Rite-Aid Where COVID Vaccine Is Administered

Inquirer: Rite Aid Gave 21 Philly Vaccine Doses To White People For Every One It Gave A Black Person

Patch: CVS Expands COVID Vaccination Sites To 75 In PA

TribLive: Dick’s Sporting Goods, Allegheny Health Team Up To Give 5,100 COVID Vaccines In Allegheny County

TribLive: Appointments Filled After Giant Eagle Extended Heinz Field Vaccine Clinic

Gov. Wolf: Praise For COVID Vaccination Plan For Teachers, School Staff

PG: Pittsburgh Schools Begin Vaccinating Teachers Next Week

PennLive: Head Of Nurses Union At Camp Hill State Prison Pleading For COVID Vaccines

PennLive: Where Are PA’s Vaccines Being Administered?  March 5 Map, County-By-County

Inquirer Column: Does PA Health Dept. Have Control Of Vaccine Rollout Or Not?

PG Editorial: PA’s System For Getting COVID Vaccinations Is, In A Word, A Mess

Dept. Of Health: Announces Long-Term COVID Testing Site In Delaware County

WHYY: Philly Begins Rapid COVID Testing For Prison Inmates Ahead Of Court Dates

Inquirer: Red Cross Blood Drives Plummeted Due To COVID, Montgomery County Teen, Mom Came To The Rescue

State Police: Liquor Enforcement Issued 11 NOVs, 36 Warnings For COVID Violations March 1-4

NextPittsburgh: Pittsburgh’s New Restaurants, Breweries And Cafes

PG: Landlord Group Takes Pittsburgh To Court Over Eviction Moratorium

Inquirer: Philly Landlord Trying To Evict Tenants After His Property Manager Stole Their Rent Money

LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Opens Applications For $6.2M In Hospitality Business Aid Monday

LancasterOnline: Number Of Lancaster Workers Getting Laid Off Declines 15%

Jan Murphy: Gov. Wolf Ordered PA Schools To Close, Why Can’t He Order Them To Reopen?

CitizensV: In-Person Learning To Resume In Wilkes-Barre Secondary Schools March 15

CitizensV: Luzerne County Head Start To Reopen Classrooms On March 15

ScrantonT: Lackawanna County School District Suspends Athletic Programs Amid COVID Concerns

TribLive Editorial: The Agony Of Default In H.S. Sports By COVID

NextPittsburgh: 30 Pittsburgh Women Who Led During Pandemic Honored By Pittsburgh Professional Women

MCall: PA’s Longest Year - How COVID Crisis Changed Our Way Of Life

MCall: Lehigh Valley Community Supported Farms Are Thriving During Pandemic, Farmers 

Hope They’re Remembered After It’s Over

National/International

AP: U.S. Senate Democrats Strike Jobless Aid Deal, COVID Relief Bill OK In Sight

WESA: Toomey Rails Against $1.9 Trillion Pandemic Relief Package

PG: Toomey Angered By Democrats’ COVID Relief Bill

MCall: Toomey Blasts Federal Stimulus Bill As ‘Liberal Wishlist’

AP: Speedy COVID Variants Power Virus Surge Sweeping Europe

The Guardian: U.S. Experts Warn New COVID Variants And States Reopening May Lead To 4th Wave Of Virus Cases

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