06.17.20 |
New and returning students will be back on campus at the university when classes begin in mid-August. New COVID-19 safety measures will be in place including smaller class sizes and mandatory mask-wearing. Meanwhile, more than 1,000...
06.03.20 |
PA Education Secretary Pedro Rivera has announced today that elementary and secondary schools in the yellow and green phases of re-opening will be able to return to in-person instruction starting July 1st. He says districts in those counties...
05.13.20 |
Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine announced the "robust, universal testing strategy" for nursing home staff and residents on Tuesday. After 8-weeks of dealing with COVID-19, why the testing push now? Levine says the Department of Health now...
05.11.20 |
A third of all Pennsylvania counties entered the state's initial phase of reopening May 8, and at least six others aim to emerge from stay-at-home orders without the "go-ahead" from the governor. Part of Senator Dave Argall's district includes...
05.08.20 |
The Democratic governor signed an executive order Thursday that extends foreclosures and evictions through July 10. He says the move goes 60 days beyond the state Supreme Court's order. While punishment is delayed, Wolf notes "rent and mortgage...
05.08.20 |
The chief New York executive says the move also allows landlords to use the security deposit as payment. Mr. Cuomo says that down payment can be paid back to landlords "over a period of time." Additionally, the Empire State is banning fees for...
05.06.20 |
Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine says "a number of days in a row with less than a thousand cases is positive news." Levine insists the most important metric is to look at trends over time. Pennsylvania is using those metrics to reopen the...
05.04.20 |
Representatives Fred Keller and Glenn Thompson have teamed up to sponsor a measure that would require the federal Bureau of Prisons director be approved by the U.S. Senate. The Federal Prisons Accountability Act is companion legislation to a...
04.30.20 |
The governor says elective surgeries will be allowed in regions "that don't have a fear of a COVID surge." Cuomo noting 35 Upstate counties are included. Erie, Monroe, and Onondaga counties are not among that list.
04.29.20 |
Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine says the numbers continue to decline as the state looks at multi-day trends. Levine cautions that outbreaks will need to be dealt with "very, very quickly" as the state transitions from its red to yellow...