January 8, 2021
What we witnessed on Wednesday in our nation’s Capitol was nothing short of sedition. As Congress gathered to carry out its constitutional duty to certify Joe Biden’s electoral victory, Donald Trump and his Republican allies held a rally where he incited a violent...
January 8, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – The Department of Health today highlighted that Pennsylvania is above the average national testing rate as noted in the White House Task Force Weekly Report dated January 3. According to the report, Pennsylvania was at the yellow...
January 8, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine today announced beginning Tuesday, January 12, regional drive-thru and indoor walk-in testing clinics will be held in Bradford, Clarion, Fulton, Lancaster and Pike counties. The counties with testing...
January 8, 2021
Chester County residents, both Republican and Democrat, are outraged that Trump supporters stormed the Capitol and forced lockdowns and evacuations Wednesday in a violent attempt prevent the certification of the duly-elected president and vice president. Many blamed...
January 7, 2021
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Two Pennsylvania lawmakers, one former and one current, are receiving backlash after posting pictures of themselves at the Capitol on Wednesday. As a result of the school’s investigation into Saccone’s participation at the...
January 7, 2021
Harrisburg – January 7, 2020 − At the request of state Senators Anthony H. Williams (D- Delaware/Philadelphia) and Sharif Street (D- Philadelphia) the Senate Democratic Policy Committee today held a virtual public hearing on the impacts of COVID-19 on the communities,...
January 7, 2021
Chester, January 7, 2021 − State Senator John Kane (D, Delaware/Chester) released the following statement calling for the immediate resignation of Senator Doug Mastriano. “Yesterday, a sitting Pennsylvania state Senator, Doug Mastriano, drove down to Washington....
January 7, 2021
A number of the commonwealth’s state and federal prosecutors are planning to press charges against anyone from Pennsylvania found to have been involved in the attack on the U.S. Capitol Wednesday that temporarily disrupted the certification of the nation’s Electoral...
January 7, 2021
January 7, 2021
Harrisburg, Pa. – The Pennsylvania departments of Health (DOH) and Education (PDE) today provided school administrators and school boards with updated recommendationsOpens In A New Window as to which instructional models they should consider using...
January 7, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed as of 12:00 a.m., January 7, that there were 9,698 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 693,087. There are 5,613 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19,...
January 7, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine today announced the first confirmed case of the COVID-19 variant, SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7, in Pennsylvania. The confirmed case is in Dauphin County. This variant is the same one that was first discovered in...
January 6, 2021
Chester, PA – January 6, 2021 – Senator John Kane (D, Delaware/Chester) released the following statement on riots in nation’s Capitol: “Yesterday, the PA GOP refused to set a duly-elected Senator. Today, Trump supporters stormed the Capitol and forced...
January 6, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – Department of Human Services (DHS) Secretary Teresa Miller today recognized the unshakeable commitment of commonwealth employees whose service and sacrifice have protected the lives, health and safety of individuals receiving care at...
January 6, 2021
January 6, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed as of 12:00 a.m., January 6, that there were 9,474 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 683,389. There are 5,684 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19,...
January 6, 2021
January 6, 2021
Chester, PA – January 6, 2021 – Senator John Kane (D, Delaware/Chester) congratulated West Chester and Cheyney Universities on receiving over $55,000 in grants through Governor Wolf’s It’s On Us PA program, to help end sexual violence on campus and improve campus...
January 5, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – The Department of Agriculture today released data related to COVID-19 restaurant enforcement actions from December 28, 2020 through January 3, 2021. The information is specific to COVID-19 mitigation requirements for restaurants, including...
January 5, 2021
Wolf Administration Director of Testing and Contact Tracing, Michael Huff, and Special Assistant on Contact Tracing for the Department of Health, Lindsey Mauldin, today presented an update on the state’s COVID-19 testing and contact tracing efforts, emphasizing the...
January 5, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – The Department of State’s Bureau of Enforcement and Investigation (BEI) today released data related to COVID-19 enforcement actions from Dec. 27 through Jan. 3. With the high number of COVID cases across the commonwealth, the...
January 5, 2021
January 5, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed as of 12:00 a.m., January 5, that there were 8,818 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 673,915. Due to technical maintenance to the data server on...
January 4, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – The Department of Health today shared its weekly update on Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 case investigation and contact tracing data and encouraged Pennsylvanians to download the COVID Alert PA app, as more than 731,000 have already done to...
January 4, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – Pennsylvania State Police Liquor Control Enforcement Officers visited 1,091 licensed liquor establishments from Thursday, December 31, 2020 through Sunday, January 3, 2021 to ensure businesses are abiding by COVID-19 mitigation requirements,...
