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Pennsylvania

A federal medical station is set up at Temple University's Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Monday, March 30, 2020, to accommodate an influx in hospital patients due to the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Health

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

Gov. Tom Wolf. (Spotlight PA)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

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

(Courtesy of Aaron Arnold)
Health
Spotlight PA

Syringe exchanges deemed ‘life-sustaining’ during Pa. coronavirus shutdown, raising hopes for eventual legalization

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

In this file photo, Mariner East 2 pipeline construction crews work in the backyards of homes on Lisa Drive in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, on May 2, 2018 after sinkholes opened in the area. That caused one of the ME2 project's many delays. (Marie Cusick / WITF)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

State environmental regulator cancels public hearings due to COVID-19

The state Department of Environmental Protection canceled seven public hearings

6 years ago

(Tim Tai/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Health
Spotlight PA

Pa. eases rules for health care workers as coronavirus crisis reveals ‘inflexibility’ in professional licensing

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

(PA Department of Revenue)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Delay of tax deadline due to the coronavirus will cause ‘significant disruption’ to Pa.’s budget process

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

Clinical staff workers conduct a drive-through COVID-19 test Wednesday, March 18, 2020, at Allegheny Health Network's Wexford Health + Wellness Pavilion in Wexford, Pa. (Steph Chambers/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP Photo)
Health

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.

6 years ago

(Spotlight PA)
Health
Spotlight PA

Pennsylvania is now streaming its daily coronavirus briefings with Spanish captions

The Wolf administration added Spanish captions to a web stream of its daily coronavirus briefing Friday.

6 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf. (Spotlight PA)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Wolf administration lays off about 2,500 state employees as financial fallout from the coronavirus deepens

The Wolf administration has laid off about 2,500 part-time and seasonal employees and interns as the financial fallout from the coronavirus deepens.

6 years ago

Beginning Saturday, officials plan to send new male inmates and parole violators to SCI Retreat in Luzerne County, while transferring most of the people currently held there to other prisons in the state. (Department of Corrections)
Health
PA Post

Pennsylvania corrections officers, advocates worry a prison coronavirus outbreak is inevitable

As of early Friday evening, there were no reported cases of the coronavirus inside the state prison system, either among those incarcerated or corrections officers.

6 years ago

Philadelphia and its surrounding counties have been hard-hit by COVID-19. Now, they want to share resources with areas that didn’t get the brunt of the pandemic. (Michael Bryant/Spotlight PA)
Health
Spotlight PA

How many people in Pa. will be infected with the coronavirus? Scientific modeling is trying to find the answer.

With the rate of new coronavirus cases increasing across the United States, some of the country’s top scientists are racing to understand how bad the outbreak is going to get.

6 years ago

(Ed Mahon/PA Post)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Businesses tied to Gov. Tom Wolf, top Pa. senator close after questions about how they qualified as ‘life-sustaining’

Wolf's office said the state had rescinded a waiver granted to the governor's former cabinet supply company after inquiries from Spotlight PA and PA Post.

6 years ago

Philadelphia streets have slowed down in the wake of the coronavirus shutdown. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Philly will use Temple Liacouras Center for Coronavirus overflow space; first COVID-19 cases in city jails reported

Mayor Jim Kenney confirmed that Temple’s Liacouras Center, its parking garage and a nearby pavilion will be available for patient overflow space.

6 years ago

Voters drop off ballots in the Washington State primary, Tuesday, March 10, 2020 in Seattle. Washington is a vote by mail state. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)
Radio Times

Safeguarding elections in a pandemic

We examine the steps states and the federal government are taking to ensure safe and secure elections as the coronavirus continues to spread.

Air Date: March 27, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 46:56
A student walks alone at Penn State’s University Park campus, where coronavirus has suspended in-person classes. (Min Xian / WPSU)
Courts & Law

DOE: Penn State violated Title IX after Jerry Sandusky case

Penn State University will be required to make major changes to how it deals with sexual assault complaints

6 years ago

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