Robert Casey
In this April 7, 2021 photo, a senior receives the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at the Aaron E. Henry Community Health Service Center, in Clarksdale, Miss. Medicare will require nursing homes to report COVID-19 vaccination rates for residents and staff, the government said Tuesday, in what officials hope will become an incentive to keep giving shots even as the worst ravages of the pandemic ease in facilities across the land.(AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Medicare requires nursing homes to report COVID vaccinations

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar May. 11, 2021 11:15 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 8, 2021, file photo President Joe Biden speaks about gun violence prevention in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington. Biden released a $1.5 trillion wish list for the federal budget on Friday, asking for an 8.4% increase in agency operating budgets with substantial gains for Democratic priorities like education, health care, housing and environmental protection. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Biden's ambitious expansion of long-term care sparks debate

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Apr. 09, 2021 11:46 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 18, 2021, file photo, Mary Claire Lane, 86, left, a resident at Hellenic Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, in Canton, Mass., is greeted by her daughter Anne Darling, of Attleboro, Mass., center, during a visit, at the nursing home, in Canton. Nursing homes have to publicly disclose their vaccination rates for flu and pneumonia, but there’s no similar mandate for COVID-19 shots. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
Lawmakers: Require nursing homes to disclose vaccine data

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Mar. 25, 2021 12:27 AM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2018, file photo, Lou Barletta speaks after a debate in the studio of KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh. Barletta, a former congressman who unsuccessfully challenged U.S. Sen. Bob Casey in 2018, said Friday, March 19, 2021, that he will make a decision in the next few weeks on whether to seek the Republican nomination for governor of Pennsylvania in 2022. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Barletta to decide soon on whether to run for governor

By Marc Levy Mar. 19, 2021 12:12 PM EDT

US aid to states draws warning to use it for one-time costs

By Marc Levy Mar. 09, 2021 05:49 PM EST
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania state government is expected to receive more than $7 billion from the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue package making its way...

Editorial Roundup: West Virginia

By The Associated Press Feb. 24, 2021 07:51 AM EST
Recent editorials from West Virginia newspapers: ___ Feb. 22 The Intelligencer on keeping pets warm...

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press Jan. 27, 2021 02:26 PM EST
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Pennsylvania’s newspapers: State must meet duty on recovery homes ...

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., looks on in the House Chamber after they reconvened for arguments over the objection of certifying Arizona’s Electoral College votes in November’s election, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)
Fury at the shaken Capitol over the attack, security, virus

By Calvin Woodward And Alan Fram Jan. 13, 2021 12:12 AM EST

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., looks on in the House Chamber after they reconvened for arguments over the objection of certifying Arizona’s Electoral College votes in November’s election, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)
Fury at the shaken Capitol over the attack, security, virus

By Calvin Woodward And Alan Fram Jan. 12, 2021 06:12 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press Dec. 23, 2020 03:27 PM EST
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Pennsylvania’s newspapers: Transportation funding would benefit region ...

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press Dec. 02, 2020 02:16 PM EST
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Pennsylvania’s newspapers: Ongoing GOP vote claims do real damage ...

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press Oct. 07, 2020 02:19 PM EDT
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Pennsylvania’s newspapers: Police body cameras a win for Erie ...

Churchgoers participate in a procession at the Holy Apostles Church in Milwaukee, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. For decades, Roman Catholic voters have been a pivotal swing vote in U.S. presidential elections, with a majority backing the winner — whether Republican or Democrat — nearly every time. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
In battleground states, Catholics are a pivotal swing vote

By David Crary Sep. 22, 2020 09:03 AM EDT

Churchgoers participate in a procession at the Holy Apostles Church in Milwaukee, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. For decades, Roman Catholic voters have been a pivotal swing vote in U.S. presidential elections, with a majority backing the winner, whether Republican or Democrat, nearly every time. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
In battleground states, Catholics are a pivotal swing vote

By David Crary Sep. 22, 2020 08:03 AM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2020, file photo, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testifies during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the Postal Service on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Donald Trump says he's open to an investigation of DeJoy after some of DeJoy's former employees said they felt pressured to donate to GOP candidates.(Tom Williams/Pool via AP)
Dem report: Postal Service changes delay prescription drugs

By Matthew Daly And Anthony Izaguirre Sep. 09, 2020 04:41 PM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2019, file photo Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., speaks during a Pennsylvania Democratic Party fundraiser in Philadelphia. The Trump administration was slow to comprehend the scale of COVID-19's impact on nursing homes and a disjointed federal response has only compounded the devastating toll, according to a report from Senate Democrats. “Unfortunately for the nation, it is a chronicle of deadly delay, and a lack of urgency, and the lack of a strategy,” said Casey, ranking Democrat on the Aging Committee. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Dems: Government's 'deadly delay' devastated nursing homes

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Jul. 01, 2020 12:07 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 20, 2020, file photo emergency medical technicians transport a patient from a nursing home to an emergency room bed at St. Joseph's Hospital in Yonkers, N.Y. A grim blame game with partisan overtones is breaking out over COVID-19 deaths among nursing home residents, a tiny slice of the population that represents a shockingly high proportion of Americans who have perished in the pandemic. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Harrowing blame game over COVID-19 toll in nursing homes

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Jun. 15, 2020 12:15 AM EDT

Casey says test suggests he had COVID-19 earlier this year

May. 29, 2020 04:09 PM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bob Casey said Friday he received an antibody test result this week that indicated he probably had COVID-19 when he fell ill...

Bridget Kreider, right, helps her three-year-old daughter Maggie pull on her protective face covering before entering a store, Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in Harmony, Pa. Customers entering stores are required to wear face coverings to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus during the COVID-19 pandemic under the state yellow phase reopening guide. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Pennsylvania working to pave the return of sporting events

By Marc Levy And Michael Rubinkam May. 20, 2020 03:57 PM EDT

FILE - This May 2018 file photo ,shows an aerial view of the Holyoke Soldiers' Home in Holyoke, Mass. Nearly 70 residents have died from the coronavirus at the central Massachusetts home for aging veterans, as state and federal officials try to figure out what went wrong in the deadliest outbreak at a long-term care facility in the U.S. (Patrick Johnson/The Republican via AP, File)
Oversight of veterans homes to be probed after virus deaths

By Alanna Durkin Richer May. 14, 2020 06:03 PM EDT