News Digest :: June 14, 2020

Legislature Firing bad cops is harder in Pennsylvania because of a law that ties the courts’ hands https://www.mcall.com/news/pennsylvania/mc-nws-pa-police-discipline-arbitration-20200614-zytjrnbsh5fenbm3csuqlvdobe-story.html COVID-19 Health Department reports 463 new...

News Digest :: June 13, 2020

Legislature Police reform measures to get hearing in Pennsylvania Senate https://triblive.com/news/pennsylvania/police-reform-measures-to-get-hearing-in-pennsylvania-senate/ Measures approved to rename roads, bridges in Washington, Greene after departed heroes...

News Digest :: June 12, 2020

Legislature Scranton’s Act 47 designation as financially distressed extended through 2021 https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/news/scranton-s-act-47-designation-as-financially-distressed-extended-through-2021-1.2637542 Embraced heavily during COVID-19, is...

News Digest :: June 11, 2020

Legislature Pa. lawmakers approved a resolution ending Wolf’s coronavirus emergency declaration. Next up: a legal battle....

News Digest :: June 10, 2020

Legislature Lawmakers vote to end Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 emergency disaster, but Gov. Wolf says it’s not over https://www.pennlive.com/news/2020/06/lawmakers-vote-to-end-pennsylvanias-covid-19-emergency-disaster-but-gov-wolf-says-its-not-over.html Next move Wolf:...

News Digest :: June 9, 2020

Legislature Sen. Tim Kearney: Will we change this time? https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2020/06/09/Tim-Kearney-racial-injustice-hard-truths-Pennsylvania/stories/202006090009 In party-line vote, Pa. Senate panel votes to end Wolf’s COVID-19 emergency...