Stories tagged: "Tom Wolf"

Voting Philadelphia election workers process mail-in and absentee ballots for the general election in November at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
Voting Pennsylvania Won’t Change its Election Laws Before the May Primary

Five months after the state's narrow and bitterly contested presidential race, it's clear no changes will be enacted in time for Pennsylvania's spring primary election.

Associated Press Associated Press March 30, 2021 4:46 pm EDT
LGBTQ Rachel Levine fist bumps Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., at the end of her confirmation hearing before a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. (Caroline Brehman/Pool via AP)
LGBTQ Senate Confirms Levine, Who is Now the Nation’s Highest Ranking Transgender Official

Former Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine has become the first openly transgender person confirmed to a government position in the nation’s history.

Patrick Abdalla Patrick Abdalla March 24, 2021 6:48 pm EDT
State Rep. Mark Rozzi, D-Berks, checks his phone after speaking with members of the media at the Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Monday, March 22, 2021. Majority Republicans in the state Senate announced Monday they will not employ a rarely used emergency process to amend the Pennsylvania Constitution to give victims of child sexual abuse a two-year window in which to file civil lawsuits. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
State PA Senate GOP Won’t Let Child Sex Abuse Lawsuit Amendment Move Through Special Process

The proposed amendment likely won't finally pass until 2023.

Associated Press Associated Press March 23, 2021 11:12 am EDT
Coronavirus Gov. Tom Wolf talks about his economic agenda for 2021, including increasing the minimum wage. (Flickr/Office of Gov. Tom Wolf)
Coronavirus Wolf to Ease Some Restaurant/Bar Restrictions on April 4

Gov. Tom Wolf will expand more business and event capacity limits and lift a raft of long-standing coronavirus restrictions on bar service starting on Easter Sunday, April 4.

Associated Press Associated Press March 15, 2021 2:51 pm EDT
Coronavirus Ciro Cinti died from the coronavirus. His daughter Nina Bocci also caught the virus. (Courtesy of Nina Bocci)
Coronavirus A Year in the Pandemic in Pennsylvania: Loss, Frustration, and Hope

The coronavirus pandemic arrived in Pennsylvania on March 6, 2020. A year later, the state has dealt with loss and frustration. With new vaccines, hope has returned.

Patrick Abdalla Patrick Abdalla March 5, 2021 12:04 pm EST

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Some of the founders of VaccinatePA talk on a Zoom call. Clockwise, from top left: Zhengming Wang, Richard Goulazian, Andrea Michael, and Courtney Sheridan. (Courtesy of VaccinatePA) Coronavirus VaccinatePA Is Empowering Pennsylvanians to Get Vaccinated
Acting state Secretary of Health Alison Beam speaks during a news conference on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. She said that the pause in administering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is "out of an abundance of caution." (Screenshot) Coronavirus Pennsylvania Joins National Pause on J&J Vaccine
(Keystone Graphic/Morgaine Ford-Workman) Economy 4 Pennsylvania-Based Companies Paid $0 in Federal Taxes in 2020
A person wearing a face mask to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walks along Market Street, Dec. 8, 2020, in West Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) Coronavirus COVID Blog: Tracking the Spread and Impact of Coronavirus in PA
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Coronavirus Acting Health Secretary Says ‘Bold’ Changes Will Get More People Vaccinated Quickly

After weeks of criticism for their coronavirus vaccine rollout, Pennsylvania officials are changing course.

Patrick Abdalla Patrick Abdalla February 12, 2021 5:34 pm EST
Coronavirus Teachers including Kathy Volin, right, and Dana Cohen, center, conduct their classes online from laptops during freezing temperatures outside the Joseph Greenberg School in Philadelphia, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. A mediator will decide if Philadelphia school teachers must return to their classrooms despite safety concerns as the district plans to resume in-person instruction later this month. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Coronavirus Educators, Wolf at Odds Over Vaccine Rollout

Several educational organizations—groups that aren’t always on the same side—are asking Gov. Tom Wolf to make vaccinating school staff against the coronavirus a priority.

Patrick Abdalla Patrick Abdalla February 12, 2021 11:26 am EST