Monday PA Capitol & COVID NewsClips 4.19.21

House returns to voting session April 19, 20, 21

Senate returns to voting session April 19, 20, 21

Senate Budget Hearing Schedule

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PA Cap-Star Editorial Cartoon: The Debate Over The Emergency Powers Amendment, Explained

Inquirer: Your Guide To PA’s 2021 Primary Ballot Questions

PA Cap-Star: We Tried Drawing Our Own PA Congressional Maps, Here’s What We Came Up With

PG Editorial: PA Finally Upgrading Unemployment Computer System, But Claimants Will Have To Do Without During The Process

PA Cap-Star: An ‘Off-Year’ Election?  There’s No Such Thing For These Local Officials

PennLive: Fmr Patriot-News Building Purchase Part Of FBI Probe Of PA School Employees Pension Fund

Inquirer: How Philly, The Nation’s Most Supervised Big City, Cut Its Probation Numbers By A Third

Op-Ed: ‘Ghost Gun’ Regulations A Step In The Right Direction - AG Shapiro

Op-Ed: I’m Glad Messiah College Is Named In LGBTQ+ Discrimination Lawsuit

AltoonaM Editorial: State Police Can’t Relax Standards

TribLive Editorial: PA State-Owned Universities Take Right Step To Curb Crazy Tuition Rates

PennLive: The PA Cannabis Festival In Kutztown With Lt. Gov. Fetterman

PennLive: Rally For Marijuana Legalization Planned For April 20 In Harrisburg

TribLive Editorial: Swatting Back The Scam Artists That Flock To A Crisis

TribLive: Westmoreland School District Resource Officer Fields 70 Tips This Year For Students In Distress

ScrantonT: Shortages Of School Bus Drivers, Substitute Teachers ‘Devastating’ To NE PA Districts

YorkDR: York County Students Brainstorm Ideas To Solve PennDOT’s Funding Woes.  Would They Work?

ErieT: Court: Erie Clerk Of Court Candidate Back On Primary Ballot

PG: Federal Grand Jury Probes Dark Money In U.S. Steel Industry: Money Laundering, Bankruptcies, Unpaid Taxes, Hundreds Out Of Work 

TribLive: Craft Beer Makers Look To Western PA Farms To Grow Grains

Biden Infrastructure Plan

PG Editorial: An Aggressive Broadband Program Must Be A Top Federal Goal

PG: Are User Fees, Middle Class Take Hike A Fairer Way To Pay For Infrastructure In Pittsburgh?

Civil Justice

USA Today: As Protests Continue Over Police Killings, State Lawmakers Try To Add To List Of Crimes Protesters Could Face

PA’s Role In Assault On U.S. Capitol

PG: Accused Mercer County ‘Bullhorn Lady’ Charged In Capitol Assault In Trouble With Federal Judge Over Mask

Op-Ed: Gaslighting Democracy And Trying To Rewrite The Narrative Of The January Assault On The U.S. Capitol

AP: Some Capitol Assault Defendants Try To Use Journalism As A Riot Defense

AP: Faith Leaders Across U.S. Join In Decrying Voting Restrictions     

Coronavirus

Dept. Of Health: Reports 2 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 1,914 New Cases-- 4.19.21 [From App]

Dept. Of Health: Reports 27 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 3,761 New Cases-- 4.18.21 [From App]

PennLive: Acting Secretary Of Health: PA Can Improve Pandemic Response Capability, Shouldn’t Let Partisan Politics Interfere

PennLive: What Should PA Learn From COVID?  And Will We Embrace The Lessons In Such Divided Times?

CourierT: What We Know About Vaccine Side Effects In PA

Inquirer: It’s Too Soon To Declare Herd Immunity Against COVID, My Blood Helps Explain Why

Inquirer: We Asked Philly-Area Residents How They’re Doing A Year Into The Pandemic, Here’s What They Said

WHYY: Free Therapy Program For Black Men Ramps Up Amid Pandemic-Era Stressors

ScrantonT: Shortages Of School Bus Drivers, Substitute Teachers ‘Devastating’ To NE PA Districts

LancasterOnline Editorial: We Need Serious Discuss About County Health Dept.

Inquirer: Chester County’s West Pharmaceutical Services Helps Deliver COVID Vaccines, So Business Is Booming

PG: Post-Pandemic Push For Federal R&D Infrastructure Could Boost Pittsburgh-Area Labs

TribLive: Swimming Pool Demand Deepens In Western PA During Pandemic

Federal COVID Aid

ErieT: How Erie County Might Spend $275 Million In Federal COVID Relief Money

National/International

The Guardian: Dr. Fauci: Republican Vaccine Deniers Are Hurting Efforts To Life COVID Restrictions 

Inquirer: Dr. Fauci Expects J&J Vaccine To Resume Later This Week

AP: Michigan Governor: State’s COVID Surge May Be Ending

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[Posted: April 19, 2021]