Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Tuesday PA Capitol & COVID NewsClips 3.23.21


Senate
returns to voting session March 23, 24

Senate Budget Hearing Schedule

House returns to voting session March 23, 24


PA Legislative Reapportionment Commission Website Opens

Inquirer: Fmr Republican U.S. Attorney Bill McSwain Taking A Step Toward Running For Governor In 2022 

Politics PA: Republican Cong. Dan Meuser Mulls Bid For Governor

WBTimes: Poll Shows Barletta Favored By Republican Voters To Run For Governor [60% Said Undecided]

AP: Senate Republicans Won’t Fast-Track Emergency Constitutional Amendment On Child Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Window

Spotlight PA: Child Sexual Abuse Survivors In PA Denied Legal Relief As Emergency Constitutional Amendment Effort Fails

LancasterOnline Editorial: Republicans: Fix Wolf’s Error, Help Child Sexual Abuse Victims To Get Jistice

PennLive: Child Abuse Reports Have Dropped Sharply In PA And Experts Are Worried

MCall: Bucks County School District Superintendent Says Safe2Say App To Let Students Report Threats, Bullying Has Been ‘Weaponized’ 

Spotlight PA: Ballot Questions Should Be Clear, But 2 Written By Wolf Administration Don’t Pass The Test

Jan Murphy: Sen. Regan Hospitalized With Injuries From Motorcycle Crash 

ErieT: Though Short Of Signatures, Fmr Sen. Buzz Andrezeski Gets On Ballot

Jan Murphy: House Passes Bill To Loosen Rules On Substitute Teachers

WESA: Sen. Fontana: Only Manufacturers Should Be Allowed To Make 3D Printed Guns

Op-Ed: Criminal Access To Illegal Guns Is A Real Threat In Our Communities - Rep. Brown

ScrantonT Editorial: Gun Purchase Waiting Period To Save Lives

WBTimes: Fate Of Luzerne County DA Vacancy In Governor’s Hands

Cap-Star: PA Cops Made More Than 20,000 Marijuana Arrests During Pandemic

PG: PA’s State University System Leader Roils University Merger Plans

Jan Murphy: Almost 100 People Protest Lock Haven U. Consolidation Plan

ErieT: Retirements Help Save 9 Edinboro U. Faculty Jobs

ABC27: Harrisburg University May Become Recruiting Ground For Space Force

WHYY: Philly DA Busts Deed Theft Ring For Alleged Heist Of 10 Homes

MCall: Allentown Council Members Vow To Wage ‘War On Slumlords’

PG: State Promising Spring Discounts For Luxury Liquor Products

TribLive: Highmark Boasts $490 Million Operating Gain In 2020; Received $300 Million In Federal Assistance

PG: Court Settlement Pushes Highmark Health ‘Profit’ To $1 Billion For 2020

MCall: Mack Trucks’ Parent Company To Slow Truck Production Amid Chip Shortage

TribLive: NASA Testing Prototype Of Lunar Lander Designed In Pittsburgh For 2023 Moon Shot

Federal COVID Relief

AP: Biden Eyes $3 Trillion Package For Infrastructure, Schools, Families

Post: White House Preps $3 Trillion Infrastructure, Jobs, Universal Pre-K, Free Community College, Climate Package

NYT: Biden Team Preparing $3 Trillion Infrastructure, Education, Work Force, Climate Change Package

National/International

John Micek: Do Republicans Believe In Democracy?  Republican Cong. Scott Perry Votes Against Condemning Myanmar Coup

Civil Justice

AP: Pittsburgh-Area Cops’, Judge, Councilmember Posts To Private Facebook Group Show Hostility, Hate 

WESA: Police Facebook Group Leads To Amplified Calls For Independent Oversight

PG: Police Facebook Group Posts Prompt Discussions About Tightening Social Media Policies

TribLive: Pitt Program provides Books For Children To Promote Social Justice

TribLive Editorial: Pitt/CMU Center To Study Extremist Hate Is Smart Step To Stopping It

PA’s Role In Assaulting U.S. Capitol

AP: Pittsburgh-Area Cops’, Judge, Councilmember Posts To Private Facebook Group Show Hostility, Hate 

WESA: Police Facebook Group Leads To Amplified Calls For Independent Oversight

PG: Police Facebook Group Posts Prompt Discussions About Tightening Social Media Policies

WHYY: ADL Says White Supremacist Propaganda Distribution Surged In PA, NJ 

Tony Norman: U.S. Capitol Insurrection: Love & Treason Edition

TribLive Editorial: Pitt/CMU Center To Study Extremist Hate Is Smart Step To Stopping It

ScrantonT Editorial: Time For Republican Cong. Scott Perry To Reevaluate What He’s Doing If He Can’t Vote Against The Violent Overthrow Of An Elected Government

Coronavirus

Dept. Of Health: Reports 15 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 3,920 New Cases [2 Days]-- 3.22.21

TribLive: PA Closing In On 1 Million COVID Cases, As Numbers Trend Upward

MCall: COVID Update: March Declines Wiped Out By Wave Of Additional Cases

WPSU: Centre County’s COVID Numbers 1 Year After County’s First Case

Gov. Wolf: COVID Early Warning Monitoring Dashboard Update March 12-18 - Percent Positivity Jumps To 6.5%

PennLive: 25 Counties Have Substantial COVID Spread; Positivity Rate Raise For First Time In 3 Months

Dept. Of Health: Amends Face Coverings Order To Align With CDC Guidance For Fully Vaccinated People

AP: PA Eases Mask Mandate For Vaccinated People

PennLive: PA Eases Face Mask Order For People Fully Vaccinated Against COVID

WHYY: Who’s Getting The COVID Vaccine, Who Isn’t And Why?

PennLive: Dauphin County Will Open Drive-Thru Mass COVID Vaccination Clinic At HACC Tuesday

WHYY: FEMA’s Center City Philly Site Will Switch To One-Shot J&J Vaccine

BillyPenn: Temple U.Opening Vaccine Sites For Students, Teachers, Staff, City Residents

Inquirer: Vaccinators Say They Could Increase Number Of Shots By 10% By Combining Leftover Vaccine, But Federal Agencies Say No

PennLive: Lancaster Teachers Experience COVID Vaccine Side Effects, Prompting Switch to Virtual Learning

WESA: Nearly 80% Of Pittsburgh Teachers Have Been Partially Vaccinated

PG: Some Pittsburgh School Parents Want Faster Reopening Of Schools

MCall: East Penn School District Reopening Plan Calls For Double Masking

PennLive: Derry Township Schools To Begin Phased Return For High Schoolers

State Police: Liquor Enforcement Issues 24 NOVs, 29 Warnings For COVID Violations March 19021

Dept. Of Health: Announces Free COVID Testing Site In Luzerne County

WHYY: 22 More Philly Elementary Schools To Reopen Next Month

ScrantonT: Scranton To Assist Residents Stressed By Pandemic With Housing Costs

LancasterOnline: Ephrata Boro To Promote Assistance Program For Utilities Customers Facing Disconnection

PennLive: Amusement Parks Brace For Another Season In The Shadow Of COVID

PennLive: When Do Hersheypark, Knoebels, Dutch Wonderland Open In 2021?

National/International

The Guardian: Lockdowns Return Or Are Extended As 3rd COVID Wave Sweeps Europe

AP: Germany Extends COVID Lockdown Until Mid-April As Cases Rise

AP: AstraZeneca May Have Used Outdated Information In Vaccine Trial

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