News Digest :: July 31, 2020
Legislature Minority-owned small businesses were largely shut out of Pa.’s first coronavirus loan program https://www.inquirer.com/business/spl/pennsylvania-coronavirus-small-business-loans-grants-minority-owned-20200731.html Gov. Wolf, GOP critic spar over social...Pennsylvania Partners with Staffing Agency to Hire 1,000 More COVID-19 Contact Tracers
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Health today announced a nearly $23 million federally funded contract with Insight Global to recruit, hire, train, and support 1,000 paid contact tracing staff to further COVID-19 contact tracing efforts in...Human Services Secretary: Assistance is Available for Pennsylvanians Experiencing Homelessness, Unable to Pay Rent and Mortgages
Harrisburg, PA – Department of Human Services (DHS) Secretary Teresa Miller today reminded Pennsylvanians that help is available and encouraged for anyone affected financially by the COVID-19 public-health crisis by taking advantage of rent and mortgage...Gov. Wolf Visits Lancaster EMS to Thank Emergency Responders for Work During COVID-19
Governor Tom Wolf visited the Millersville location of Lancaster EMS today to thank first responders and learn about how they are adapting their critical work during the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “During the pandemic, our emergency responders have...Senators Collett, Kearney, Muth, L. Williams Announce Bill to Suspend Per Diem Pay for Legislators During COVID-19 Pandemic
Harrisburg, Pa. – July 30, 2020 — Senators Maria Collett (D-12 Montgomery/Bucks), Tim Kearney (D-26 Delaware/Chester), Katie Muth (D-44 Berks/Chester/Montgomery) and Lindsey M. Williams (D-38 Allegheny County) have introduced a bill memo for co-sponsorship to...Department of Health Provides Update on COVID-19, 860 Positives Bring Statewide Total to 111,078
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed as of 12:00 a.m., July 30, that there are 860 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 111,078. All 67 counties in Pennsylvania have cases of COVID-19....News Digest :: July 30, 2020
Legislature The true fight for police reform is in statehouses across the U.S. This is why | State Sen. Art Haywood The true fight for police reform is in statehouses across the U.S. This is why | Opinion Mullery bill in Democratic package to help restaurant, bar...The true fight for police reform is in statehouses across the U.S.
Op-ed by Sen. Art Haywood
Black Lives Matter protests erupted in the US and beyond following the cruel killing of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis. Weekly, and in some places daily, rallies and marches demand an end to police brutality and to systemic racism.
And less than two months later, at least 13 states have passed legislation to curtail police brutality.