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County sues Wolf, seeking $13M in coronavirus funding he withheld
Wolf withheld nearly $12.8 million in funding from Lebanon County, where local Republican leaders voted in mid-May to lift pandemic restrictions in defiance of the governor.
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Educators express doubts about Philadelphia’s school opening plan
More than 30 principals plan to speak at Thursday's board meeting.
4 years ago
Will the $600 bonus expire? Here’s the situation with unemployment benefits in Pa.
Economists say ending the boost could trigger a downturn that would cost Pennsylvania another 250,000 jobs.
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Colleges spent months planning for fall, but a COVID-19 surge is changing everything
As the start of classes inches closer, more and more colleges are rolling back their earlier, more optimistic proclamations of an in-person or hybrid fall.
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Black mayors call for governors to let them enforce rules to fight COVID-19
Black mayors in many of the nation's largest cities formally called on governors to repeal orders prohibiting them from enacting strategies that reduce COVID-19 spread.
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Temple Hospital workers demand hazard pay for coronavirus duties
Members of 1199C, National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees, were joined by state and local officials and rallied on behalf of 800 colleagues.
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Pa. coronavirus recovery: Pandemic ‘is not over,’ Philly health commissioner warns
Over the past week, Philadelphia averaged 138 new cases of COVID-19 each day — an increase over the previous week’s daily average of 110 cases.
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Del. coronavirus recovery: Carney ‘mad as hell’ state back on N.J., N.Y. quarantine list
The governor once again bristled at the inclusion of his state on the list of places whose residents are advised to quarantine for 14 days.
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The bill's sponsor and transparency advocates are urging the governor to reconsider.
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More financial assistance may be on the way for Pennsylvanians struggling to pay utility bills
PennPIRG, a nonpartisan group that advocates for consumers, said nearly 800,000 households and 55,000 businesses in Pennsylvania are at risk of a shutoff.
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Need a respite from the brutal heat? Philly offers 10 public cooling centers
City officials opened 10 air conditioning spaces during the first heat emergency of 2020. But few people knew about the resource on Monday.
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With the stage off limits, Wilma Theater tries something new: a radio play
The Wilma Theater will present its final production the 2019-20 season, the Afrofuturist work “Is God Is,” as a radio play — something it’s never done before.
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As deadline looms to renew $600 jobless benefits, Pa. ‘workers are terrified’
The $600-a-week federal supplement was designed to make the average worker whole during the worst economic downturn in at least four decades.
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Chambersburg postal workers refuse to wear masks, and the state can’t do anything about it
The situation highlights how safety precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 have become part of election-year politics.
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N.J. coronavirus recovery: Monday’s numbers may be skewed due to reporting glitch
Officials said Quest Laboratories, one of the private labs involved with COVID-19 testing, had problems reporting results electronically.
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