Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Wednesday PA Capitol & COVID NewsClips 5.5.21

House
returns to voting session May 5, 24, 25, 26

Senate returns to voting session May 10, 11, 12

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ErieT: $7 Billion In COVID Relief Money Is Coming State Govt: Where’s The State’s Plan To Spend It?

ScrantonT Editorial: Wild West Campaign Fundraiser Theme Perfect For PA

PG Editorial: Legislative Leaders Failed In Their Duty To Select Reapportionment Chair

Dept. Of State: One Week Left To Apply For Mail-In Ballot For Primary Election

WLVR: Voting By Mail In Pennsylvania Dates Back To Colonial Times

Meadville Tribune: Wolf Withdraws Cabinet Nominees In Spat With Senate Republicans

Politics PA: Trevor Southerland Named New HDCC Executive Director

ErieT: PA Teacher Retirement System Is Under Investigation, What You Need To Know

PG: Turnpike Adds Nearly $200 Million To Capital Spending As Commercial Traffic Returns

Inquirer: Chancellor Of State-Owned Universities Faces Tough Questions From Lawmakers

WHYY: PA Lawmakers Debate Plan To Consolidate State-Owned Universities

PA Cap-Star: Report: PA Has 2nd Highest Number Of People In U.S. Serving Life Without Parole

WHYY: A ‘Progressive’ Approach To Taxing Land Gains Traction In Philly Council

Inquirer: Some Suburban Commuters Not Returning To Philly, City Council Skeptical Of Giving Them A Tax Cut

PA Cap-Star: Rising Rents And Renovations Have Displaced Pittsburghers, Added To City’s Ongoing Gentrification Issues

WESA: Upcoming Pittsburgh School Board Elections Could Mean ‘Potentially Huge’ Shift For City District

PennLive: Criminally Charged Hawbaker Construction Firm Temporarily Banned From Bidding On PennDOT Work

PG: U.S. Steel Has Options To Consider After Canceling Mon Valley Upgrade

PG Editorial: Tesla And Self-Driving Vehicle Industry Needs Federal Oversight

National/International

ScrantonT Editorial: EPA To Reduce Emissions Of Important Greenhouse Gas

Civil Justice

TribLive: Black State Trooper Alleges Racism At Greensburg Barracks In Federal Lawsuit

Coronavirus

Dept. Of Health: Reports 56 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 2,597 New Cases-- 5.5.21 [From App]

Gov. Wolf To Lift Mitigation Orders On Memorial Day, Masking Order Once 70% Of Adults Fully Vaccinated [PaCN]

YorkDR: Vaccine Hesitancy Could Squash PA’s Herd Immunity Goal

Senate Republican Leaders: Respond To Gov. Wolf’s Lifting Of COVID Restrictions On Memorial Day

Jan Murphy: Lifting COVID Mitigation Orders Welcomed, But Republicans Say It’s Overdue

AP: Pennsylvania Lifting COVID Restrictions, Except Masking, On Memorial Day

PA Cap-Star: PA To Life COVID Restrictions By Memorial Day; Mask Order Once 70% Of Adults Fully Vaccinated

PennLive: PA Lifts COVID Restrictions On Businesses Memorial Day; Mask Order Will End When 70% Are Fully Vaccinated

Ford Turner: Gov. Wolf Says COVID Restrictions To Be Lifted Memorial Day, But Masking Will Continue

MCall: ‘People Are Itching To Get Out’: End of COVID Restrictions A Giant Step Toward Normalcy In Lehigh Valley

TribLive: Wolf’s Announcement Lifting Restrictions Welcomed News For Pirates Fans

PEMA: Discusses Need For Flexible Disaster Emergency Declarations For Long-Duration Disaster Incidents

Dept. Of Health: Reports 58 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 3,133 New Cases-- 5.4.21 [From App]

TribLive: Declining COVID Hospitalization Streak Ends In PA, Allegheny County

TribLive Editorial: A Positive Incentive To Become A Vaccinated Pens Fan

Wolf Administration: Rite Aid Partner To Ease COVID Vaccine Scheduling For People With Intellectual Disabilities And Autism

CitizensV: Walmart, Sam’s Club Administering Walk-Up Vaccines

WESA: Health Care Providers Push Vaccination In PA’s Amish, Mennonite Communities

MCall: Lehigh Valley Jail Inmates To Be Vaccinated Next Week

LancasterOnline Editorial: Lawmakers: End Philosophical, Religious Exemptions To Childhood Vaccinations In PA

WBTimes: Alleged Supermarket Spitter Competent To Stand Trial In Luzerne

PennLive: Middletown Elementary School Closes Due To COVID

PennLive: Restaurant Takeout Boom: Pandemic-Fueled Food Ordering Habits Not Likely To Change Soon

Inquirer: Unemployment Remains High, Yet Many Businesses Say They Can’t Find Enough Workers

Inquirer: How Some Philly-Area Businesses Are Solving Their Supply Chain Crisis

Federal COVID Relief

ErieT: $7 Billion In COVID Relief Money Is Coming State Govt: Where’s The State’s Plan To Spend It?

PennLive: Who Qualifies For SBA’s $5 Billion Supplemental Targeted Advances, How Can A Business Or Nonprofit Apply?

NYT: Federal Paycheck Protection Program Is Out Of Money, Closed To New Applications

National/International

AP: Biden Aims For Vaccinating 70% Of Adult Americans By July 4

The Hill: White House: States Not Ordering Their Full Allocation Of Vaccine Will Have them Reallocated To Other States

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