Pennsylvania
With underemployed goats and closed restaurants, farmers brace for coronavirus losses
N.J. and Pa. farmers are bracing themselves as business drops and commodity prices fall while the COVID-19 pandemic rages. They see little help on the way.
6 years ago
Listen 3:09In one of the quickest meetings in Philadelphia City Council history, members approved $85.4 million in emergency funding to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
6 years ago
Cheesecake Factory is getting a COVID-19 pass on rent. Should Pa. help all renters?
Many businesses in Pa. aren't paying April rent thanks to a provision common in commercial leases. Should the same protection apply to everyone?
6 years ago
Coronavirus shutdown reveals inequity of student internet access across Pa.
Forced to shift learning online due to school closures, districts in rural Pennsylvania have to get creative to get students connected.
6 years ago
Listen 3:56Wolf extends stay-at-home orders across Pa.; Worker at Limerick nuclear power plant tests positive
Gov. Tom Wolf extended his stay-at-home order to all 12.8 million people in the state.
6 years ago
‘Corona discount’: Gov. Wolf to ban Airbnb after Poconos become per-capita COVID leader
As of Wednesday morning, Monroe County had 236 confirmed cases, the most per capita in Pa., leading the five-county Philadelphia area.
6 years ago
Delco faces COVID-19 without its own health department
The coronavirus has exposed gaps across America’s health care system. One that's been much debated in the Philly region: Delaware County's lack of a health department.
Air Date: March 31, 2020
Listen 14:20Some of the dysfunction stems from a 2016 political spat that led to major layoffs in the division that handles unemployment claims, staffing levels never fully recovered.
6 years ago
Gov. Wolf extends stay-at-home order to four more Pa. counties
Pennsylvania has quarantined its entire prison population of 44,600 people following the first confirmed COVID-19 case in one of the state’s correctional facilities.
6 years ago
Pa. schools closed indefinitely due to coronavirus
Prior to Monday’s announcement, Pennsylvania’s school-closure order extended through Monday, April 6.
6 years ago
After working with people with substance use disorder for nearly a decade, it’s second nature for Clayton Ruley to remind them not to share syringes for injecting drugs.
6 years ago
State environmental regulator cancels public hearings due to COVID-19
The state Department of Environmental Protection canceled seven public hearings
6 years ago
In an effort to boost the number of health care professionals on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak, Pennsylvania is chipping away at the bureaucratic barriers.
6 years ago
With the coronavirus outbreak leading to layoffs, and a record spike in unemployment claims, Pennsylvania has delayed the deadline for filing personal income tax returns.
6 years ago
Gov. orders Delaware visitors to self-quarantine; Pa. reports first COVID-19 case in state prison
Delaware Gov. John Carney is ordering anyone coming from outside the state to self-quarantine for 14 days.
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