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TODAY 1:30: Department of Health Provides Final Flu Season Update. Watch Live: pacast.com/live/doh or https://www.facebook.com/pennsylvaniadepartmentofhealth/
Paul Muschick: It’s Time For PA Legislators To Stop Accepting Gifts Like Conferences In The Bahamas
John Baer: Memorial Day A Time To Remember, We Should Do That In The Broadest Sense
Inquirer: PA Primary Showed Running Elections Is Complicated, Do Is Changing Election Law
WHYY: Legislature Has New Power To Overrule Wolf On Emergencies, The 2 Camps Differ On Details
YorkDR: Playing Politics In A Time Of Crisis Is A Dangerous Game
Politics PA: New Poll On Republican Governor’s Race: Mastriano- 19%; Barletta 16%; Undecided 49%
Inquirer: Lou Barletta Is Reintroducing Himself To PA Voters As He Runs For Governor After Rough 2018 Campaign
City & State: Q/A With ‘Trump House’ Creator, Freshman Rep. Leslie Rossi
Inquirer: Philly Will Count 1,300 Undated Mail Ballots The PA Supreme Court Said Should Be Thrown Out
Inquirer: PA Horse Racing Commission Finds Syringes, Drugs At Parx Racing/Casino
ScrantonT: State Police: Duryea Man Won $13,000 While Cheating At Casino
TribLive: 2 Fmr Allegheny County Constables Plead Guilty To Theft, Fraud
TribLive: Peace Rally Held In Penn Hills After 4 Students Die Within Weeks
PG Editorial: 10 More Dead, Action Needed Now On Gun Control
WBTimes: Non-Verbal Student With Perfect GPA Chosen To Give Luzerne Community College Graduate Address
Inquirer: Swarthmore College Divided Over Bringing Retired Military In As Faculty
LancasterOnline: Elizabethtown College Receives 2nd Largest Gift In School History
Spotlight PA: Milton Hershey School-- America’s Richest School Serves Low-Income Kids-- But Much Of Hershey’s Fortune Isn’t Being Spent On Core Mission
CitizensV: Wyoming Valley School Board Rejects Motion To Fill Board Seat, Uncertain If Board Member Died
PennLive: East Pennsboro School Group Wants Answers On Why So Many Teachers, Staff Are Leaving
Inquirer: Philly High Schools Should Start Later; Massive Schedule Changes Are ‘Evolving’
WHYY: Philly Won’t Use Test Scores For Admissions To Selective Schools For 2022-23
PG Editorial: Incremental Step Toward Necessary Student Debt Relief
MCall: Allentown Nonprofit School Receives Donation From Cabot Oil & Gas
WHYY: Philly Data Breach Impacted Health Employees Emails Also Hit Other Departments
MCall: Sheetz To Begin Accepting Cryptocurrency
CitizensV Editorial: Luzerne County Council Wastes Everybody’s Time On Crowd-Pleasing Meaningless Votes
MCall: Closing Of Major Private Foundation In Lehigh Valley Shakes Up Philanthropy
Biden Infrastructure Plan
PG: Toomey, Republican Senators Offer White House Nearly $1 Trillion Deal On Infrastructure
The Hill: White House Sends Positive Signal On $928 Billion Republican Infrastructure Proposal
Civil Justice
PA Cap-Star: House Republican Bill Would Punish Districts That Teach Critical Race Theory
ErieT: 1 Year After George Floyd’s Murder: What Has Changed In Erie?
Tony Norman: Is This The Kind Of Country We Want To Be? [1 Year After George Floyd’s Murder]
WBTimes Editorial: Wilkes-Barre Golf Course Manager Should Be Fired For Racist Remark
WHYY: ‘Monumental Leap’: Philly Council Passes Bill Establishing New Police Oversight Board
Inquirer: Philly Moved Toward New Police Oversight As A Report Said The Current System Is In ‘Dire Need’ Of Overhaul
Inquirer Editorial: A Year After George Floyd Protests, The Police Union Still Handcuffs Philly’s Chance For Police Reform
Inquirer: Philly Man Arrested For Allegedly Torching Cop Car During Racial Injustice Protests Last Year
PA's Role In Assault On U.S. Capitol
PennLive: Dauphin County Woman Accused Of Stealing Pelosi’s Computer Granted Release From Home Detention
CNN: Gov. Ridge, Fmr Homeland Security Secretaries Tell U.S. Senate To ‘Put Politics Aside’ And Support Commission To Investigate Assault On U.S. Capitol
LancasterOnline Editorial: Sen. Toomey, Please Vote For Jan. 6 Commission, Our Democracy Depends On The Truth
AP: U.S. Senate Republicans Poised To Block Probe Of Assault On U.S. Capitol
Coronavirus
Dept. Of Health: Reports 24 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 1,007 New Cases; 53.1% Fully Vaccinated (Age 18+) -- 5.28.21
Dept. Of Health: COVID Mask Order To Be Lifted By June 28; Assuming 70% Of Adults Are Fully Vaccinated
AP: Pennsylvania To Lift Mask Mandate June 28 At Latest, If 70% Of Adults Are Fully Vaccinated
MCall: PA Mask Mandate Will Be Lifted June 28 Or When 70% Of Adults Fully Vaccinated
Inquirer: Vaccinations Have Hit Key Threshold Across PA, But Still Lag In Philly, Some Rural Counties
WHYY: Increase Incentives, Go Door-To-Door To Reach Undervaccinated, PA Lawmakers Say
PennLive: PA Vaccinates Thousands Of 12 to 15-Year-Olds, Hopes To Sustain Demand
Inquirer: As COVID Vaccines Enable Region To Reopen, Health Experts Share Thoughts On This New Freedom
WHYY: Legislature Has New Power To Overrule Wolf On Emergencies, The 2 Camps Differ On Details
Dept. Of Health: Reports 40 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 941 New Cases; 52.7% Fully Vaccinated (Age 18+) -- 5.27.21
TribLive: As COVID Vaccinations Continue, PA, Allegheny, Westmoreland Counties See Fewer Cases
ErieT: Erie Health Officials: COVID ‘Still Very Much Here’
Inquirer: Exhausted, Traumatized Nurses Are Still Fighting, Even As COVID Cases Decline
PG: COVID Mask Mandates Ending Soon, Is It Safe For The Family To Go To The Pool?
WBTimes: Judge Won’t Dismiss Charges Against Woman Who Spit On Food In Grocery Store During COVID Outbreak
Gov. Wolf: First Lady Frances Wolf, Medical Professional Hold Discussion On COVID Vaccinations And Reproductive Health
CitizensV: NE PA Casinos Update Mask Rules To Meet CDC Requirements
Paul Muschick: Here’s Why I’d Open At 100% Today Instead Of Monday When Gov. Wolf Lifts Restrictions
MCall: Lehigh Valley Business School Set To Reopen Next Week After COVID Closure
Federal COVID Relief
CitizensV: Wilkes-Barre Officials To Propose Uses For COVID Rescue Plan Funds
WHYY: Philly Comptroller Report Rips Mayor Kenney’s Plans For Federal Recovery Dollars
Inquirer: Health Insurance On Sale At Steep Discount Thanks To Latest COVID Relief Law
PennLive: SBA Accepting Applications From Small Business Groups To Support Businesses Owned By Socially, Economically Disadvantaged
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[Posted: May 28, 2021]
