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Pennsylvania

Officers at the Cumberland County Prison walk the halls in Carlisle, Pa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Courts & Law

Pa. state prison system ready to start ‘working back to normal’

The five-stage plan coincides with the state’s color-coded reopening plan.

6 years ago

Bridget Kreider, right, helps her three-year-old daughter Maggie pull on her protective face covering before entering a store, Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in Harmony, Pa. Customers entering stores are required to wear face coverings to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus during the COVID-19 pandemic under the state yellow phase reopening guide. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Health

Coronavirus update: First Pa. counties go green; all counties to partially reopen by June 5

Under the state government’s three-tiered color-coded reopening system, all businesses in ‘green’ counties will be allowed to reopen without limits on social gathering

6 years ago

A row of signs advertising jobs are posted in front of a Burger King restaurant, Thursday, May 21, 2020, in Harmony, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania jobless rate hits 15.1% as payrolls collapse

Meanwhile, payrolls fell by more than 1 million to the lowest level in at least three decades.

6 years ago

Health Secretary Rachel Levine (Commonwealth Media Services/Natalie Kolb)
Health

Pa.’s coronavirus data collection raises eyebrows

Pa.'s Department of Health confirmed reporting by The Atlantic magazine, that the state includes results of both viral and antibody tests in its total coronavirus case count.

6 years ago

State Rep. Russ Diamond (R-Lebanon) speaks during a House Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee on April 27, 2020. (Ed Mahon / PA Post)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Pa. House Republican: It’s an ‘open question’ whether Wolf could veto resolution to end coronavirus emergency

Republicans in the Pa. House are moving forward with legislation to end the disaster emergency declaration Gov. Tom Wolf issued on March 6 in response to the spread of covid

6 years ago

(Shutterstock)
Health

Coronavirus update: Philadelphians struggling to pay water bills get a reprieve

Philadelphians who are behind on their water bills don’t have to worry about the city shutting off service until at least July 10.

6 years ago

Phillie Phanatic
Community

Pennsylvania working to pave the return of sporting events

Gov. Tom Wolf says he expects that his administration will, in the coming days, produce guidelines for the various sports venues and activities to resume.

6 years ago

A group of children walk with their caregivers on Vine Street. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

‘Desperate’ Pa. child care industry to receive $51 million lifeline

The disbursement will be distributed to the state’s roughly 7,000 licensed child care providers in mid-to-late June.

6 years ago

A man buys groceries in a supermarket.
Community

Coronavirus update: Pa. gets federal funds to fight food waste and insecurity 

More than $50 million in federal funding is coming to Pennsylvania to fight food insecurity during the pandemic.

6 years ago

A pedestrian walks by the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Friday, June 28, 2019.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Politics & Policy

Lobbyists become essential as Pa. debates who gets to reopen

Pennsylvania businesses seeking to reopen are finding success hiring lobbyists, but who can afford that access?

6 years ago

Narberth Ambulance Paramedic Andrew Schifferli, left, and EMT Eric McKeever, right, wear full PPE during a call at a nursing home in Wynnewood, PA, on April 17, 2020, in Ardmore, Pa. (Jessica Griffin/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Health

Pa. caves to pressure, reveals data showing COVID-19 battered smaller nursing homes

Among facilities in the 5-county region with 5 or more deaths, the average infection rate was 44%; nearly half of residents tested positive, new data show.

6 years ago

The Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. (Russ Walker/PA Post)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Gov. Wolf vetoes bill that would halt new regulations during pandemic

Environmental groups opposed the bill, while the Pennsylvania GOP says lawmakers and agencies need time to focus on COVID-19.

6 years ago

Children in a classroom
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Lawsuit says Pa. is failing special needs kids during coronavirus school closures

The lawsuit is an early test of whether the state and school districts are doing enough for special needs students in the pandemic.

6 years ago

Circles drawn on the lawn of Domino Park in Brooklyn help enforce social distancing guidelines. (Two Trees Management)
Health

Coronavirus update: Masks and distancing still necessary outdoors, says Philly mayor

Kenney blamed the White House in part for spreading “ridicule and dangerous” ideas that social distancing isn’t necessary.

6 years ago

Sharon Patrick and Melissa Fratanduono-Meo
Courts & Law

Lawsuit seeking to hold Cosmo DiNardo’s parents liable for Bucks County slayings can continue

Cosmo DiNardo confessed to luring four young men ages 19 to 22 to his family's Solebury Township farm in July 2017.

6 years ago

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