Sunday, March 7, 2021

Sunday PA Capitol & COVID NewsClips 3.7.21


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

House returns to voting session March 15, 16, 17


PA Capitol & COVID Weekly Report: Pandemic Unemployment; Remote Education; Budget Hearings Start In Senate [PaCN]  3.7.21


PG Editorial: Qualification For High-Paying State Jobs: Who You Know [Gaming Board Appointment]

Cap-Star Editorial Cartoon: PA Republicans Eat Their Own

Op-Ed: Election Reform Or Voter Suppression? - Mark Singel

Jan Murphy: Republicans Choose Lebanon County Businessman To Run For Open State Senate Seat 

Inquirer: Trump Is Gone So PA Progressives Are Thinking Local: ‘That’s Where All The Real Stuff Happens’

PennLive: When Will Hollywood Mini-Casino In York Open?

TribLive: State Board to Consider Integration Plan For California, Clarion, Edinboro Universities In April

ErieT: Details Emerge On Edinboro U. Consolidation

CourierT: How Meth is Fueling Violent Crime In Bucks County

PG Editorial: Burning Books - Digitally

Op-Ed: The Evergreen Case Against Prevailing Wage Laws

SunburyDI: Peace Corps At 60: Service changed Lives Of Midstate Volunteers

National/International

ScrantonT: Republicans Are Again Gunning For Cong. Cartwright

ScrantonT Editorial: Pass THRIVE Act To Increase Rural Broadband

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

PennLive: ‘Biden Barn’ In Mifflin County Has Burned Down, Investigation Underway

Post: U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Will Not Pull Support From Members Of Congress Who Voted To Overturn 2020 Election

Coronavirus

Dept. Of Health: Reports 55 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 2,789 New Cases-- 3.6.21

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

MCall: This Is What It’s Like To Get COVID Vaccine In Lehigh Valley: ‘This Whole Lottery Business, It’s Really Difficult’

WilliamsportS: Man Allegedly Threatens To Bring Gun To Pharmacy To Get COVID Vaccine

TribLive Editorial: Keep On Rolling Up Sleeves For Vaccines To Beat Down COVID

TribLive Editorial: Total Testing For COVID At Allegheny County Jail Worthy Goal

Op-Ed: Putting People Over Politics Isn’t An Unrealistic Goal - Sen. Yudichak

BillyPenn: Pandemic Typewriter Boom In Philadelphia, Sales Double

TribLive: 1 Year After COVID Hit PA: Nearly 1 Million Cases, More Than 24,000 Deaths

ScrantonT: COVID A Year Later: 12 Months Of Staggering Losses

WBTimes: PA’s COVID Pandemic Nightmare Began With 2 Cases One Year Ago

CitizensV: Remembering Those We Lost To COVID In Luzerne County

WilliamsportS: Pandemic’s Impact On Volunteer Firefighting Includes Finances, Manpower

National/International

Cap-Star: U.S. Senate Passes COVID Relief Bill, Now Returns To House; Casey, Toomey Split

Gov. Wolf: Thanks Congressional Lawmakers For Passing Federal COVID Aid Package

AP: Biden, Democrats Prevail As U.S. Senate OKs $1.9 Trillion COVID Relief Bill

AP: Highlights Of Final COVID Relief Bill

Post: What’s In Senate’s $1.9 Trillion COVID Bill

CNN: Click Here for the latest summary of the package.

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[Posted: March 7, 2021]

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