News Digest :: May 18, 2020
Coronavirus – COVID-19 State reaches 62,234 positives, Levine says infection rate declining https://www.timesonline.com/news/20200517/state-reaches-62234-positives-levine-says-infection-rate-declining No new COVID-19 deaths in Western Pa., according to state...Gov. Wolf Stresses Roles of PA Emergency Management Agency, National Guard in Pandemic Response
When it comes to a crisis, preparedness is everything, and today Governor Tom Wolf stressed the critical roles the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) and PA National Guard play in coordinating the state’s preparedness and response to COVID-19. He was...Department of Health Provides Update on COVID-19, 822 Positives Bring Statewide Total to 63,056
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed as of 12:00 a.m., May 18, that there are 822 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 63,056. All 67 counties in Pennsylvania have cases of COVID-19. There...Republican Reopening Scam Is the Worst Kind of Politics
Op-ed by Sen. Vincent Hughes
In the last few weeks, Pennsylvania Republicans have ramped up the political theatre in a brazen attempt at politicizing the Wolf Administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
From staged political rallies organized by out-of-state, extreme right-wing agitators to attempts at strong-arming local officials to ignore the governor’s executive order on reopening, it’s clear that Republican legislators have decided that propping up President Trump — and by extension themselves — is more important than the public health.