Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Wednesday PA Capitol & COVID NewsClips 5.12.21

Senate
returns to voting session May 12

House returns to voting session May 24, 25, 26

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Spotlight PA: Taxpayers Foot Huge Bill To Run PA’s Full-Time Legislature, But Are Blocked From Many Details

Jan Murphy: Senate Majority Leader Kim Ward Discloses She Was Treated For Breast Cancer

TribLive: Senate Majority Leader Kim Ward Reveals Breast Cancer Diagnosis

PG: Sen. Kim Ward Being Treated For Breast Cancer

Inquirer: Bucks County Man Gets Probation For Threatening To Kill Gov. Wolf’s Family

Paul Muschick: My Challenge To PA Lawmakers: Defer Your Annual Salary Increase Until You Raise The Minimum Wage

ScrantonT Editorial: A Thousand Times ‘No’ To Emergency Limiting Ballot Questions

CitizensV Editorial: Proposed Constitutional Amendments Would Risk Pennsylvanians’ Safety

WITF: When It Comes To Ballot Questions, It May Not Be What You Say, But how You Say It

ScrantonT: Fewer Voters Seek Mail-In Ballots For This Year’s Primary In Lackawanna County

TribLive: Westmoreland County Puts Out Call For Poll Workers

Reuters: Ridge, Dent Among Anti-Trump Republicans Threatening To Form 3rd Party: ‘Rationals’ vs. ‘Radicals’ 

Inquirer: Thousands Of Pennsylvanians Still Waiting For Jobless Benefits, Advocates Want State To ‘Pay Benefits Now’

Stephen Caruso: Work Search Requirements, Digital Hearings Advance As Lawmakers Tinker With PA Unemployment

WESA/AP: Pennsylvania, Other States Push Jobless From COVID Recession To Return To Work

YorkD Editorial: Time To Reinstate Work-Search Requirement

Jan Murphy: State Government Employees Slowly Returning To Offices, But Some Are Still Working From Home

NYT: FBI Asking Questions After PA School Pension Fund Aimed High And Fell Short

PG: Some PA Student Debt Will No Longer Be Turned Over To Debt Collectors, Taken Over By Attorney General’s Office

WBTimes: Wilkes University Launching New Major In Civil Engineering

ErieT: Mercyhurst University Names New President

ErieT: Erie Teachers Discuss Building Bridges With Black Students

WESA: Young Black People More Likely To Serve Life Without Parole Due To Higher Rate Of 2nd Degree Murder Convictions

USA Today: Boy Scouts Sex Abuse Survivors Claim Censorship, Object To Bankruptcy Exit Plans

PG: AG Shapiro Urges Federal Lawmakers To Regulate DIY ‘Ghost Guns’

Inquirer: Philly Cops Going All Out To Defeat Philly DA

WHYY: Rendell Endorses Vega For Philly DA, Says Recent Wave Of Shootings Was ‘The Last Straw’

WHYY: Philly Crime Victims And Their Families Say DA Krasner Isn’t ‘There For Us’

Guest Essay: An Investment In Homecare Is An Investment In Healthy Families & Communities

Guest Essay: Lehigh Valley Senior Citizens Face Some Of Nation’s Toughest Financial Challenges

Inquirer: Philly’s Black-led Charter Schools Have Alleged Bias By The District, Now The Claims Will Be Investigated

WESA: Pittsburgh Mayoral Race: Peduto Outraises, Outspends Rivals, But Gainey Draws On outside Union Support In Bitter Campaign

PG Editorial: Gainey For Mayor Of Pittsburgh

Biden Infrastructure Plan

MCall: With An Eye On Underpaid Home Healthcare Workers, Casey Promotes American Jobs Plan

National/International

AP: Republican Sean Parnell Announces Run For PA U.S. Senate Seat

PG: Parnell Joins Crowded Republican Field In U.S. Senate Race

TribLive: Trump-Backed Sean Parnell Announces Bid For PA U.S. Senate Seat

Reuters: Biden Says Unemployed Americans Offered A Job Must Take It Or Lose Benefits

MCall: AAA On Pipeline Cyberattack: Gasoline Prices Are On The Rise In PA, Likely To Climb Higher

Reuters: Colonial Pipeline Outage Causes U.S. Gasoline Supply Crunch, Panic Buying

WBTimes: Casey Initiative Would Prevent Violence Toward People With Disabilities

Civil Justice

PG: Allegheny County Council To Create Group To Help Police Fund Body Cameras

WESA: Casey Introduces Police Reform Measures To Redirect Some 911 Calls Away From Law Enforcement

PA's Role In Assault On U.S. Capitol

NPR: 2 Pennsylvania Men Charged in Assaulting Capitol Police Officer Ordered Jailed Pending Trial

PA Cap-Star: New Yorker Profile Positions PA’s Sen. Mastriano As Icon Of Christian Nationalism

Reuters: Ridge, Dent Among Anti-Trump Republicans Threatening To Form 3rd Party: ‘Rationals’ vs. ‘Radicals’ 

NYT: Over 100 Republicans, Including Fmr Officials, Threaten To Split From Republican Party [Ridge, Dent]

AP: Republican Cong. Liz Cheney In Defiant Floor Speech: Trump On ‘Crusade To Undermine Our Democracy’

Coronavirus

Dept. Of Health: Reports 52 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 2,179 New Cases; 46.2% Fully Vaccinated-- 5.12.21 [From App]

Gov. Wolf: To Increase Indoor, Outdoor Event And Gatherings Maximum Capacity Limits On May 17

TribLive: Wolf: Indoor, Outdoor Event Spaces In PA Can Increase Capacity Next Week

WHYY: Philly To Lift All COVID Restrictions, Except Masking, On June 11

Dept. Of Health: Reports 57 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 2,385 New Cases; 45.6% Fully Vaccinated-- 5.11.21 [From App]

TribLive: PA COVID Case Average Drops To October Level

PG: COVID Infection Rates Up Among Younger Pennsylvanians

TribLive Editorial: This Merrier Month Of May, With Hard-Won COVID Caution

TribLive: Study Finds 8 Of 10 Hospitalized COVID Patients Have Neurological Symptoms

Gov. Wolf: COVID Early Warning Monitoring Dashboard Update For April 30-May 6

PennLive: 40 Counties Have High Spread Of COVID, Percent Positivity Drops For 3rd Straight Week

MCall: Desire To Get COVID Vaccine Very High Among PA LGBTQ Population, But So Are Barriers, Statewide Study Finds

LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Vaccination Site To Provide Vaccinations To Veterans Saturday

LancasterOnline Editorial: We All Need To Make The Case For Vaccination, Republican Officials Included

WilliamsportS Editorial: We’re Looking For Men To Take Jobs For Freedom

Dept. Of Health: Notes One More Step Required Before Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Approved For Use In 12-15 Year Olds

CourierT: Bucks County Registering Kids 12 And Up For Vaccine Once Approved

AP: 750,000 Kids Expected To Become Eligible For COVID Shot In Pennsylvania

PG: Allegheny Health Clinic Provides Pfizer Vaccine To ‘Small Number’ Of 12 to 15 Year Olds

MCall: Lehigh Valley Parents Say Pfizer Vaccine Approved For Children Will Get ‘Life Back To Normal’

WITF: As Signs Of Life Return To Erie County, Students And Places They Support Tread Carefully

Inquirer: Nearly Half Of Philly’s Firefighters, Police Have Skipped COVID Vaccines, Unions Say

CitizensV: Geisinger Health Starts COVID Survivors Support Group

WESA: Dept. Of Health Won’t Participate In Data Breach Hearing Tuesday, Citing Pending Litigation

PA Cap-Star: Thousands In PA Could Have Compromised Health Data, A Senate Panel Wants Answers

TribLive Editorial: In The War On COVID, Late Data Loses Battles

PG: Carnegie Mellon University Will Require Students Be Vaccinated This Fall

WESA/AP: Pennsylvania, Other States Push Jobless From COVID Recession To Return To Work

TribLive: Washington County Man Sues Fmr Employer, Says He Was Fired For Calling Off With COVID

Inquirer: Thousands Of Pennsylvanians Still Waiting For Jobless Benefits, Advocates Want State To ‘Pay Benefits Now’

Stephen Caruso: Work Search Requirements, Digital Hearings Advance As Lawmakers Tinker With PA Unemployment

WESA/AP: Pennsylvania, Other States Push Jobless From COVID Recession To Return To Work

YorkD Editorial: Time To Reinstate Work-Search Requirement

Jan Murphy: State Government Employees Slowly Returning To Offices, But Some Are Still Working From Home

Federal COVID Relief

City & State PA: Battle Looms Over Use Of $10 Billion In Federal Funds Coming To PA

City & State PA: How Should Pennsylvania Prioritize One-Time Education Funding Coming From Feds

PG: Pittsburgh School District To Seek Community Input On How To Spend $100 Million In Federal Aid

PA Cap-Star: Pittsburgh, Philly To Share In Federal Recovery Cash Rolling Into States, Cities & Counties

WBTimes: $330 Million Available To NE PA Counties, Cities Thru American Rescue Plan

ScrantonT: NE PA Colleges To Receive $58 Million In COVID Relief Funds

Reading Eagle: Democrats Tour Reading To Promote PA Rescue Plan

AP: Fewer Pennsylvania Renters Applying For Relief

Reuters: Biden Says Unemployed Americans Offered A Job Must Take It Or Lose Benefits

National/International

AP: Poll: Most In U.S. Who Remain Unvaccinated Need Convincing

Inquirer: U.S. Is Buying COVID Vaccine For Everyone, That Could Pave The Way For Drug Price Reform

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