Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Wednesday PA Capitol & COVID NewsClips 3.31.21


House
returns to voting session April 5, 6, 7

Senate returns to voting session April 19, 20, 21

Senate Budget Hearing Schedule


AP: PA Election Law Changes Won’t Be Ready For May Primary 

3 House Republicans Introduce Bill To Ban Nonprofit Grants To Help County Pay For Running Elections [Even Though The General Assembly Provides No Funding To Counties To Pay For Running Elections]

WHYY: Months Into Biden Administration, Election Tensions Are Still Raw In This Bucks County School District

ErieT: Fmr Sen. Andrezeski Stays On Primary Ballot In Erie

Op-Ed: Republican Sen. Mastriano Says Being Kicked Off Twitter Is ‘Slavery,’ How Breathtakingly Absurd - Sen. Vincent Hughes

WESA: Amendment Allowing Child Sexual Abuse Survivors To Sue Perpetrators Years Away Now

Charles Thompson: 10 Years Ago Today, Jerry Sandusky Was Outed As Child Predator

PennLive: Where Are Key People In Sandusky Child Sex Abuse Scandal Now?

PennLive: PA Advocates Draw Attention To Victims Of Child Abuse And Neglect

Op-Ed: Here’s What Happened To A Child Who Spent 18 Months In Prison

WHYY: Philly Police Chief Says Agency Can’t Fund Violence Prevention Even As Spending Grows

PennLive: Harrisburg Police Seized 256 Guns In 2020

PG Editorial: ACLU, League Of Women Voters Were Right: Victims’ Rights Constitutional Amendment Is Flawed

ABC27: Gov. Wolf Looks To Move Money From Horse Racing Fund To College Scholarships

Inquirer: Club At Temple Creates Prosthetics, Other Biomechanical Devices For Humans, Animals

WHYY: Protesters Again Push Drexel, Penn To Pay Payments In-Lieu Of Taxes To Philly Public Schools

Inquirer: Philly’s Pandemic Budget Hole Big Compared With Other Cities

Cap-Star: Black-Owned Brewery In Philly Debuts Its First Beers

TribLive: Steelworkers Begin Strike At ATI In Pittsburgh

TribLive: Effort To Override Allegheny County Executive’s Veot Of Paid Sick Leave Law Fails

Inquirer: Landlord Locks Out Tenants In Philly Despite Judge’s Order, Then Leaves To Sail The Caribbean

Inquirer: Immigration Activists Sue Berks County Commissioners To Learn Plans For ICE Detention Center

Biden Infrastructure Package

TribLive: Biden In Pittsburgh Today To Unveil Major Infrastructure Plan

NPR: Biden Set To Unveil Expansive $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan

Cap-Star: In Pittsburgh, Biden To Unveil $2 Trillion Plan To Rebuild Infrastructure, Create Jobs, Move To Clean Energy

White House: The American Jobs Plan Fact Sheet

National/International

Inquirer: Braddock’s Mayor Picks Rep. Kenyatta Over Lt. Gov. Fetterman In U.S. Senate Race

ScrantonT Editorial: Take A Chance To Make Politicians Honest With Federal Election Reforms

The Hill: Republican Voter Suppression Law In Georgia Prohibits Giving Water Or Food To Voters Waiting In Line To Cast Ballots  

PA’s Role In Assault On U.S. Capitol

NPR: U.S. Capitol Assault Conspiracy Cases Show Plans For Violence, Not Necessarily For Breach [PA Defendants Included]

ErieT: Erie County Republicans Vote To Censure Toomey Over Vote To Convict Trump Of Inciting Jan. 6 Assault On U.S. Capitol

WHYY: Months Into Biden Administration, Election Tensions Are Still Raw In This Bucks County School District

Coronavirus

Dept. Of Health: PA Accelerating Vaccine Eligibility To Phases 1B, 1C and 2

Dept. Of Health: Reports 44 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 4,557 New Cases-- 3.31.21

Dept. Of Health: Reports 34 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 5,032 New Cases-- 3.30.21

MCall: PA COVID Case Rate Increases 34% In One Week

WITF: COVID Cases, Hospitalizations On Rise As PA Prepares To Loosen Rules

TribLive: Allegheny County, PA See Highest COVID Hospitalizations In A Month

Inquirer: Philly Health Official: Pandemic ‘Returning To Where It Began A Year Ago’

Inquirer: Hospitalized COVID Patients In Philly Region Are Getting Younger

PG: COVID Now Widespread In 13 University Of Pittsburgh Residence Halls As Officials Fear End Of Semester Surge

TribLive: Pitt: COVID Is ‘Widespread’ In Residence Halls, Adds 30 Cases

Dept. Of Health: Update On COVID Investigations, Contact Tracing, Monitoring Efforts

Dept. Of Health & Education: Update COVID Guidance For K-12 Schools To Match CDC Guidance

PG: PA Aligns School Social Distance Guidance With CDC

Ford Turner: PA Reduces Safe COVID Social Distancing In Many Schools To 3 Feet; Reduces School Closure Time After Outbreaks

PennLive: PA Changes COVID Guidance For Schools

Fox56: PA Will Have Essentially The Same Summer Camp Guidance This Year As Last Year

Gov. Wolf: Visits Mass COVID Vaccination Clinic In Dauphin County, Discusses Vaccine Success

PG: Gov. Wolf Says End Of Phase 1A Vaccinations Coming Soon

WITF: Wolf Still Won’t Say When People In Phase 1B And Beyond Will Be Eligible For COVID Vaccine

Ford Turner: Wolf Says PA On Track To Have All Phase 1A Shots Scheduled By Wednesday; Fight On ‘Vaccine Passports’ May Be Brewing

House Republican Leader: Opposes “Passport” As Proof Of COVID Vaccination As Intrusion Into People’s Personal Lives

AP: PA In Talks to Expand COVID Vaccine Eligibility

ErieT:  Erie County: Time For Phase 1B Of Vaccination Plan

ErieT: Who’s Getting Vaccinated In PA?  It Depends On Where You Live

PennLive: Wednesday Cumberland County Goes Live With Phone Number For Vaccination Appointments

PG: PA’s Shift To Bigger Vaccine Distributors Leaves Out McKean County

PennLive: WellSpace Has COVID Vaccine Appointments Available In York, Adams, Franklin, Lebanon, Lancaster Counties

ScrantonT: Vaccination Clinic On Montage Mountain To Reach More Than 3,000 People

WITF: Central PA Immigrant Farmworkers Welcome Vaccines

LancasterOnline Editorial: Wolf Needs To Come Clean On Wasted COVID Vaccine Doses

ScrantonT: Wright Medical Center In Scranton Admits Patients Wrongly Billed For Office Visits For COVID Tests; Following Wrongly Billing Patients For Vaccination Office Visits

TribLive Editorial: COVID Testing In Jail Is Better Late Than Never

MCall: OraSure Seeking FDA Approval For COVID Rapid Test

Dept. Of State: COVID License Enforcement Actions March 21-28

CentreDT: Senior Centers Ease Into Reopening With COVID Restrictions In Place

TribLive: Pittsburgh Schools Prepare For Students’ Return To In-Person Classes

MCall: 2 More Lehigh Valley Schools Close Temporarily Due To COVID Cases

CourierT: Bucks Schools Deliver Millions Of Free Meals

AP:  States Struggle To Get Rent Relief To Tenants Amid Pandemic [Includes PA]

PG: Pittsburgh Council To Consider ‘Clarifying Language’ For Eviction Moratorium

PennLive: Central PA Restaurants, Bars Desperate To Fill Positions 

LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Commissioners Expected To OK $6 Million For Area Tourism, Hospitality Businesses

PG: Allegheny County Courts Order Judges To Offer Remote Access After Lawsuit

National/International

Cap-Star: 5 PA Republican Congressmen Haven’t Said If They Are Vaccinated

The Hill: COVID’s 4th Wave Is Hitting The U.S. Hard [Includes PA]

AP: Germany To Restrict AstraZeneca Use In Under-60s Over Clots

The Hill: U.S. Joins 13 Countries In Raising Concerns With Data In WHO Team’s COVID Origins Report

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