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Pennsylvania drops mask mandate

Jun. 28, 2021 10:37 AM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania lifted its mask mandate on Monday, more than 14 months after the administration of Gov. Tom Wolf began requiring people to...

Lawmakers vote to bank pandemic funds, boost schools funding

By Mark Scolforo Jun. 25, 2021 11:37 AM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A state budget that dumps billions in federal coronavirus money into savings, boosts spending on education and provides aid to nursing...

Lawmakers OK letting students repeat year because of COVID

Jun. 24, 2021 03:37 PM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Lawmakers made a final vote Thursday to approve a bill to let parents decide whether to have their children repeat a year of school, a...

House votes for 'vaccine passports,' Health secretary limits

By Mark Scolforo Jun. 23, 2021 05:38 PM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republicans in the Pennsylvania House on Wednesday voted to ban the use of so-called COVID-19 “vaccine passports” by colleges,...

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press Jun. 23, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
York Dispatch. June 22, 2021. Editorial: By coming out, former Penn State standout Carl Nassib proves his courage The...

Republicans juggle deficit, pandemic and schools in budget

By Marc Levy Jun. 17, 2021 11:26 AM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania are working to assemble a budget plan that would use billions in federal pandemic relief and...

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press Jun. 16, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
York Dispatch. June 14, 2021. Editorial: Awful ‘audit’ idea hatched by GOP in Pa. It seemed only a matter of time...

Pennsylvania's COVID-19 emergency declaration formally ends

Jun. 15, 2021 04:19 PM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf's administration on Tuesday certified the results of the May primary election, bringing a formal end to the disaster...

FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2020, file photo, state Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin, attends a hearing of the Pennsylvania State Senate Majority Policy Committee in Gettysburg, Pa. With Pennsylvania's wide-open races for governor and U.S. Senate taking shape, Republican candidates with strong ties to Donald Trump are running and considered strong contenders for the party's nominations, a powerful sign of the former president's enduring popularity in the GOP. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Pennsylvania Republicans eye referendums to get past vetoes

By Marc Levy Jun. 14, 2021 11:00 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 3, 2021 file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom listens to questions during a news conference outside a restaurant in San Francisco While governors across the country are ending all or most of their coronavirus restrictions, many of them are keeping their pandemic emergency orders in place. Those orders allow them to restrict public gatherings and businesses, mandate masks, sidestep normal purchasing rules, tap into federal money and deploy National Guard troops to administer vaccines. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
As virus cases wane, governors weigh ending emergency orders

By David A. Lieb Jun. 12, 2021 10:42 AM EDT

Wolf signs bill to extend pandemic regulatory waivers

Jun. 11, 2021 02:04 PM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday signed legislation to extend hundreds of waivers of regulations that his administration approved over the last...

Lawmakers vote to end emergency declaration, extend waivers

By Marc Levy Jun. 10, 2021 07:39 AM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s Republican-controlled Legislature on Thursday voted to end Gov. Tom Wolf's pandemic disaster emergency declaration and to...

Lawmakers look to extend waivers under disaster declaration

By Marc Levy Jun. 09, 2021 05:43 PM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s Republican-controlled Legislature appeared Wednesday to back off a wholesale end to the governor’s pandemic disaster...

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press Jun. 09, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 8, 2021. Editorial: Fetterman should stop flouting flag law and obey it Pennsylvania Lt....

House votes to end governor's pandemic disaster declaration

By Mark Scolforo Jun. 08, 2021 07:25 PM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's House of Representatives voted on party lines Tuesday to put an end to the governor's pandemic disaster emergency...

FILE - A cyclist rides past the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., in this March 22, 2021, file photo. Pennsylvania state lawmakers are returning to session Monday, June 7, 2021 with a big June agenda and sharp differences over the future of the state's finances, schools, energy sector and election procedures. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Lawmakers return for June with big agenda, sharp differences

By Marc Levy Jun. 07, 2021 11:20 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press Jun. 02, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. May 31, 2021. Editorial: Baseball boondoggle shows why Nutting should sell Pirates Step right...

Pennsylvania tax collections continue rebound from pandemic

Jun. 01, 2021 03:42 PM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania continued its rebound from the coronavirus pandemic, as the state reported Tuesday that tax collections through May were...

Dan Mehan, president and CEO of the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry, stands outside the chamber's office near the state Capitol in Jefferson City, Missouri, on May 24, 2021. The chamber supported Gov. Mike Parson's decision to use $300 million of federal coronavirus relief funds to shore up the state's unemployment insurance trust fund. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)
States tap federal aid to shore up empty unemployment funds

By David A. Lieb May. 27, 2021 11:49 AM EDT

State drops legal action against restaurants over pandemic

May. 26, 2021 12:18 PM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Pennsylvania Department of Health has dropped its legal action against more than 40 restaurants that were accused of defying state...