Pennsylvania
Coronavirus update: Pa. Health Department pilots new drug, begins broader nursing home testing
Pennsylvania’s Department of Health said Wednesday that it is working to distribute an antiviral drug, remdesivir, to hospitals across the commonwealth.
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Pa. officials revoked business waivers the night before publishing list of recipients
Just hours before the Wolf administration disclosed the first details about which businesses received waivers, officials were still revoking exemptions without explanation.
4 years ago
No more DMV! Pa. driver’s license renewals to be done online
Existing photos will be used for all renewals, allowing drivers to avoid having to go to a local Division of Motor Vehicles center.
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U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean talks to Jennifer Lynn about the passing of her mother in law from COVID-19, how Pa. should reopen, and the need for tests.
4 years ago
Listen 6:06‘Troubling’ number of anti-Semitic incidents recorded in Philadelphia region
Pennsylvania and New Jersey both ranked in the top five states that saw anti-Semitic incidents in 2019.
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Coronavirus update: Pa. distributes antiviral drug remdesivir to 51 hospitals
The federal government sent its first shipment of 1,200 doses of investigational antiviral drug remdesivir to the Pennsylvania Health Department on Tuesday.
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COVID-19 has slowed green energy industry, but experts say it should bounce back
“We’re all doing the best we can in the new normal here,” said Kevin Gombotz, vice president of Envinity, a green design and construction company.
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“It wasn’t about getting masks out to the public. It was about saving his company and making as much money as possible."
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Pa. taxpayers foot bill to supply legislators, army of aides
An AP review of more than 6,000 pages of 2019 spending line items found lawmakers often use the latitude their own rules provide to decide what to buy and from whom.
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Pennsylvania lawmakers’ spending on their own operations
Here are some highlights of how the Pennsylvania General Assembly spent taxpayer money on its own operations during the fiscal year that ended June 30.
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Pa. counties rebel against closures and Gov. Wolf threatens funding
GOP members of the legislature are organizing to reopen Pennsylvania faster than Gov. Tom Wolf wants. Businesses that defy orders could lose state licenses.
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Oil and gas companies asked, then received changes to Fed coronavirus stimulus program
Help with refinancing debt could help shale companies in PA
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Coronavirus update: Wolf threatens to withhold funds from counties that go rogue
At least six Pa. counties have said they would no longer enforce the governor’s business shutdown orders, meant to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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Lancaster, Schuylkill, Lebanon and Dauphin counties have all announced plans to move from the more restrictive “red” phase to “yellow.”
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Workers in Pa. with preexisting health conditions fear a call to return to work
With no guarantee they can collect unemployment if they refuse to go to work, immunocompromised workers fear a near-impossible choice: Risk losing their jobs, or their life.
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