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Pa to resume work-search rule for jobless benefits

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania will resume work search requirements in July for hundreds of thousands of people receiving unemployment compensation, a top Wolf administration official said Monday.Gov. Tom Wolf's acting labor and industry secretary, Jennifer Berrier, told a state House of Representatives committee hearing the requirement will resume July 18, meaning people claiming jobless benefits will have to search for work during the previous week.She also said a work registration requirement will resume in September.

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Pennsylvania firing vendor that mishandled contact tracing data

Pennsylvania's Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam. (The Office of Governor Tom Wolf) HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania is firing a company that performed COVID-19 contact tracing and exposed the private medical information of tens of thousands of residents, state officials said Thursday.Employees of Insight Global used unauthorized Google accounts — readily viewable online — to store names, phone numbers, email addresses, COVID-19 exposure status, sexual orientations and other information about residents who had been reached for contact tracing.

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Pennsylvania voters become first in U.S. to impose new limits on governor's powers

(Office of Gov. Tom Wolf) HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania voters became the first in the nation to impose restrictions on a governor's authority under an emergency disaster declaration, approving constitutional amendments sped to a statewide referendum by Republican lawmakers angry over how Democratic Gov.

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Pennsylvania primary: Fight over virus orders, high court seat lead Tuesday's ballot

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania’s primary election on Tuesday will determine nominees for a seat in the state's highest court, the extent of a governor’s authority during disaster declarations and other contests.Voters of all kinds, including independents, can vote on four ballot questions, including two that stem from Republican lawmakers' dissatisfaction with how Gov.

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Pennsylvania to raise capacity on indoor, outdoor events on Monday

VALLEY FORGE, Pa. - Pennsylvania is bumping up capacity limits on indoor and outdoor events on Monday as America begins to slowly emerge from the coronavirus pandemic that ravaged the country for more than a year. Beginning at midnight large indoor events like weddings, proms and conventions can welcome up to 50% of the room's maximum occupancy. Outdoor spaces, which health officials believe limit the spread of COVID-19, can bump up to 75% capacity.The modest increase in occupancy comes two weeks before Pennsylvania takes an enormous step forward in its return to normalcy.

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First ballot test of governor’s pandemic powers starts in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (Office of Gov. Tom Wolf)HARRISBURG - Republican lawmakers across the country have tried to roll back the emergency powers that governors wielded during the COVID-19 pandemic, as they ordered businesses shut, mask-wearing in public and students home for distance learning.Pennsylvania’s Legislature is now taking its case to the ballot.In the first vote of its kind since the coronavirus outbreak, voters statewide will decide twin constitutional amendments that would give lawmakers much more power over disaster declarations, to apply whether the emergency is another pandemic or natural disaster.The questions were placed on Tuesday’s primary ballot by the Republican-controlled Legislature, which has had a

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Philadelphia expected to unveil updated reopening plans Tuesday

PHILADELPHIA - The City of Philadelphia is expected to unveil its updated reopening plan during Tuesday's COVID press briefing, FOX 29 has learned. Philadelphia relaxed some of its restrictions on indoor and outdoor dining on Friday, including increased capacity and new table allowance. Last week, Governor Tom Wolf said Pennsylvania will lift nearly all COVID-19 restrictions on Memorial Day, promising to restore something approaching normalcy to the state more than a year into the pandemic and just in time for summer.The state’s mask mandate will remain in place, but even that could be dropped — if enough people get vaccinated.

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Voter ID is a flashpoint in Pennsylvania election law discussions

(Commonwealth of Pennsylvania) HARRISBURG - Republicans wanting stricter voter identification provisions in Pennsylvania is emerging as an early flashpoint with Democratic Gov.

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Wolf urges colleges kids urged to get vaccinated as statewide demand flags

Gov. Tom Wolf urged college students to get vaccinated against COVID-19 before summer break.

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Pennsylvania to lift all COVID-19 restrictions on Memorial Day

(Office of Gov. Tom Wolf) HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania officials say the state will lift almost all of its COVID-19 mitigation orders except for remaining masked.The Wolf administration announced on Tuesday that all mitigation orders except masking will be lifted on Memorial Day.The current order requiring Pennsylvanians to wear masks will be lifted when 70% of Pennsylvanians age 18 and older are fully vaccinated."We continue to make significant progress in the fight to stop the spread of COVID-19 and as more Pennsylvania adults get vaccinated and guidance from the CDC evolves, we can continue to move forward with our reopening efforts," Department of Health Acting Secretary Alison Beam said.

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Pa GOP: Wolf should fire vendor that mishandled virus data

(Office of Gov. Tom Wolf)HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania should immediately terminate the no-bid state contract of a company that performed COVID-19 contact tracing and exposed the private medical information of tens of thousands of residents, Republican state lawmakers said Monday.GOP leaders also called for state and federal probes into the Atlanta-based contractor's mishandling of the data, and what they said was the slow response by the Wolf administration.Employees of Insight Global used unauthorized Google accounts — readily viewable online — to store names, phone numbers, email addresses, COVID-19 exposure status, sexual orientations and other information about residents who had been reached for contact tracing.

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'Unacceptable': Gov. Wolf visits Philadelphia for roundtable discussion addressing rise in gun violence

PHILADELPHIA - Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf and other state and local leaders met in Philadelphia on Friday to discuss the explosion of gun violence that has plagued the city for more than a year.Sen. Anthony H.

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Gov. Wolf to visit Philadelphia on Friday to discuss rise in gun violence

PHILADELPHIA - Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf and other state and local leaders will meet in Philadelphia on Friday to discuss the explosion of gun violence that has plagued the city for more than a year.Attorney General Josh Shapiro and Democratic Senator Anthony H. Williams will join Wolf on his trip to Philadelphia, according to a press release.

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Gov. Tom Wolf receives first dose of COVID-19 vaccine

PHILADELPHIA - Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.While it is not known whether he received the Moderna vaccine or the Pfizer vaccine, Wolf called the experience a "privilege".In a tweet, he wrote "I decided to wait until ALL Pennsylvania adults were eligible to be vaccinated.

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Pa. National Guard activated to Philly ahead of verdict in Derek Chauvin trial

(Photo by Cory Clark/NurPhoto via Getty Images) PHILADELPHIA - Governor Tom Wolf signed a proclamation of disaster emergency Friday, activating more than 1,000 Pennsylvania National Guard troops to support local officials in Philadelphia ahead of the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial.The action was taken at the request of the City of Philadelphia. The city is bracing for the potential of possible unrest. "This declaration allows the commonwealth to take preemptive steps to ensure the safety of our fellow Pennsylvanians," said Governor Wolf.

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Pennsylvania officials sound alarm on vaccine hesitancy

HARRISBURG, Pa. - A growing number of unfilled appointments and low uptake among nursing home workers are early signs that vaccine hesitancy is becoming an issue in Pennsylvania, prompting state officials to sound the alarm Friday and urge residents to get their COVID-19 shots as quickly as possible.After months of demand outstripping supply, vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna are more readily available, and the Wolf administration said the challenge now is to assuage the concerns of people who are reluctant to get it.Gov. Tom Wolf and state health officials on Friday toured a community vaccination clinic in Hershey that had opening.

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Wolf: Vaccine 'winning' against virus despite state surge

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania is "winning" the race to contain a recent spike in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations thanks to its accelerating vaccine rollout, the governor said Wednesday, as state officials sought to address what they view as the pandemic’s next big challenge — persuading stragglers to get the shot.The Wolf administration is pushing people to get inoculated against the coronavirus as soon as possible, saying vaccines will be what end the pandemic, and has so far shown little appetite for new mitigation measures to address the latest surge in infections and hospitalizations."It’s a race between the vaccine and the upsurge, this fourth upsurge, and I think the vaccine is winning," Gov.

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Pennsylvania to allow 75% capacity at some restaurants, bar seating returns

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Self-certified restaurants in Pennsylvania will be allowed to open at 75% capacity on Sunday as the state carefully peels back more of its coronavirus restrictions on social settings.Restaurants that have not self-certified with the state can raise occupancy limits to 50% beginning at midnight.Patrons will no longer have to purchase food in order to buy alcohol and restaurants will be allowed to sell booze beyond 11 p.m., according to Gov. Tom Wolf.MORE: Pennsylvania to make all adults vaccine eligible by April 19Bar seating will be permitted for the first time in about a year, though social distancing guidelines will need to be implemented along with physical barriers.

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Pennsylvania in talks to expand COVID-19 vaccine eligibility

HARRISBURG, Pa. - With Pennsylvania still vaccinating its most vulnerable population, Gov. Tom Wolf said Tuesday that his administration is discussing when to make the COVID-19 shot more widely available and that he expects it to happen relatively quickly.Providers under the state’s jurisdiction are supposed to schedule all currently eligible people who request a vaccine — including people aged 65 and older and younger people with high-risk medical conditions — by Wednesday.

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Prison guard sues AG Shapiro over scuttled prosecution

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Pennsylvania eases mask mandate for vaccinated people

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2 mass vaccination sites to be placed in southeastern Pennsylvania

PENNSYLVANIA - The leaders of Philadelphia’s suburban counties remain at odds with Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf over his plan to drop state-run mass vaccination sites in their region when they say they can do it better.On Friday, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf visited the Doylestown area Friday to tour a vaccine clinic hosted by the Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU). Amy Stribling says she’s wanted a COVID vaccination but likely never thought she’d get one with the governor looking on. "It was a nice, small needle, nice thin needle all good.

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Philadelphia to lift ban on large outdoor events, spokesperson says

PHILADELPHIA - A City of Philadelphia spokesperson confirmed to FOX 29 that a ban on large outdoor events will be lifted. Any plans for food at an event will limit the size to 100 people, but that could change as public health guidance changes, the spokesperson said.Additional details will be released Tuesday.The news comes on the same day Gov.

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Wolf confident Pa. will meet Biden’s directive to make everyone eligible for a vaccine by May 1

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Police officers, firefighters and grocery workers will start getting the single dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine in about two weeks, as the current effort to immunize school workers wraps up, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf said Friday.Wolf also said he was confident that Pennsylvania will meet President Joe Biden's directive to make everyone eligible for a vaccine by May 1."We can meet that timeline," Wolf said, appearing by video with lawmakers on a vaccine task force.

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Pennsylvania to lift last moratorium on utility shutoffs in April

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (Office of Gov. Tom Wolf)HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania’s Public Utility Commission on Thursday approved the lifting of its year-old moratorium preventing utilities from terminating service to all non-paying customers, adopted as Gov.

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COVID-19 vaccine allocation in southeastern Pennsylvania counties hasn’t been unfair, Wolf says

PENNSYLVANIA - Getting as many people vaccinated as possible is arguably the biggest step toward normalcy. However, getting the shot continues to be a frustrating process for many people, especially in southeastern Pennsylvania counties.Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf says COVID-19 vaccine allocation to Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties hasn't been unfair.After a tour of a new vaccine clinic in Lancaster and press conference highlighting transportation options for those in southcentral counties, FOX 29 asked him about the southeastern counties where leaders sent a letter this week saying they were shortchanged and are calling on more doses and more data.Gov.

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Counties in southeastern Pa. 'frustrated' by lack of transparency over vaccine distribution

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Governor Wolf: 'Light at the end of the tunnel' in virus fight

HARRISBURG, Pa. - One year after the pandemic hit Pennsylvania, Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday acknowledged the severe toll that COVID-19 has taken on his state but said that he sees "light at the end of the tunnel" with the growing availability of vaccines.Wolf announced on March 6, 2020, that Pennsylvania had confirmed its first two cases of the new coronavirus.

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Teachers to get 1-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine, Wolf says

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Philly not easing indoor COVID guidelines, yet, but city officials say a review is underway

SOUTH PHILADELPHIA - Governor Tom Wolf’s announcement easing restrictions for indoor and outdoor events doesn’t mean Philadelphia will follow suit.

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Sen. Rand Paul criticized for questions during Dr. Rachel Levine's confirmation hearing

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HARRISBURG - Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania on Thursday used a hearing to ask Gov. Tom Wolf’s top health official whether it was a mistake to order COVID-19 patients to be readmitted to nursing homes, although it is far from clear that the policy led to an outbreak or death.Since Pennsylvania’s first coronavirus spike in cases last spring, Republicans have accused Wolf’s administration of fueling the outbreak in nursing homes by ordering the facilities to readmit residents who had been treated for the virus in a hospital.Despite a high number of nursing home deaths in Pennsylvania, no investigation has thus far pointed to the policy as a cause of death or outbreak.

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More Pennsylvania vaccine providers forced to reschedule appointments due to supply

PHILADELPHIA - Governor Tom Wolf unveiled a hopeful recovery plan for the Keystone State Monday, but the long wait for the hard-to-find COVID vaccine keeps creeping back in."All the states in the United States have a severance tax right now. Pennsylvania stands out as one that does not," Wolf said.A $300 million a year natural gas severance tax to help Pennsylvania rebound that was the heart of Governor Tom Wolf's Facebook Live presser. But things kept swinging back to Pennsylvania’s lackluster vaccine rollout."We obviously need to do a better job. Right now we're doing an okay job. But we need to do a better job and that's especially true when it turns on the populations of color. Pennsylvania needs to do a better job.

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Pennsylvania looks to boost electric car sales

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Gov. Wolf's tax plan takes center stage as budget hearings begin

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (Office of Gov. Tom Wolf)HARRISBURG, Pa. - Lawmakers kicked off budget hearings Tuesday as Pennsylvania state government faces a multibillion-dollar revenue gap, a hangover from the ongoing pandemic, and Gov.

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Educators urge Gov. Wolf to allow teachers to be vaccinated immediately

HARRISBURG - An unusual coalition of education groups — from superintendents and school boards to teachers unions — asked Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday to prioritize school staff for the COVID-19 vaccine, calling it an "absolutely essential" step toward reopening schools and keeping them open.Teachers and other school staff had been higher up on the vaccine priority list until the Wolf administration, following guidance from the federal government, made people age 65 and older and younger people with serious medical conditions newly eligible for the vaccine.That Jan.

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Fetterman makes it official: Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. will run for US Senate in 2022

HARRISBURG, PA - JANUARY 15: Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman (D - PA) delivers an introduction for Governor Tom Wolf during an inaugural ceremony on January 15, 2019 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Wolf won by more than 17 percent in November to clai HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania’s larger-than-life lieutenant governor, the 6-foot-8, bald, and tattooed John Fetterman, will run for U.S.

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Pennsylvania governor to sign $912M pandemic relief bill

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Gov. Tom Wolf will sign legislation approved Friday by lawmakers that carries over $900 million in pandemic-driven aid for hard-hit hospitality businesses, private schools and people struggling to pay rent or utility bills.Both chambers passed the bill unanimously Friday and Wolf's office said he will sign it.

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Gov. Wolf launches a budget fraught with deficits, uncertainty

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Snow delays Pennsylvania Gov. Wolf's budget address a day

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Gov. Tom Wolf will move his annual budget address to Wednesday, amid a snowstorm that was prompting restrictions on highways across Pennsylvania and the cancelation of legislative hearings and sessions, his office said.The release of Wolf's budget proposal and his address had been scheduled for Tuesday.Pennsylvania governors typically deliver their messages about state spending plans and priorities on the Tuesday in the first full week of February. In 2005, then-Gov.

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Gov Wolf signs disaster declaration for Pa. as storm affects travel across the commonwealth

Snow covered roadways across Pennsylvania prompted Gov. Tom Wolf to sign a disaster declaration for the commonwealth Monday HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed a disaster declaration Monday afternoon as a powerful nor’easter dumped snow across Pennsylvania.PennDOT Deputy Secretary for Highway Administration Melissa Batula explained the importance of the declaration in order for crews to do their job this way, "We are in the middle of one of the most impactful statewide storms we’ve had in a long time.

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What to watch for in Pennsylvania governor Wolf's budget proposal

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Gov. Wolf, now a lame duck, wants billions for workforce aid

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (Office of Gov. Tom Wolf)HARRISBURG - Facing a deep, pandemic-inflicted budget deficit, Gov.

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State lawmakers are pushing to curb governors' virus powers

Irritated by the sweeping use of executive orders during the COVID-19 crisis, state lawmakers around the U.S. are moving to curb the authority of governors and top health officials to impose emergency restrictions such as mask rules and business shutdowns.

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Pennsylvania Senate approves $912M pandemic recovery aid bill

(Commonwealth of Pennsylvania) HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania’s state Senate on Wednesday unanimously approved legislation to distribute just over $900 million to aid schools and hospitality-related businesses hit hard by the coronavirus, as well as people struggling to pay rent or utility bills.The bill still requires approval from the state House of Representatives and Gov. Tom Wolf.Most of the $912 million being directed by the bill is from Pennsylvania’s share of federal aid approved by Congress in a coronavirus recovery package it passed last month.MORE: Limits on Gov. Wolf's disaster authority nears statewide voteSome of it, $145 million, is reserve cash from a worker’s compensation fund that Wolf last month had asked lawmakers to send to

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Limits on Gov. Wolf's disaster authority nears statewide vote

HARRISBURG - The Republican-controlled Senate passed a measure Tuesday to take some emergency management power away from Pennsylvania’s governors as lawmakers struck out at Gov. Tom Wolf’s handling of the pandemic response.The Senate voted, 28-20, in a clash that fell largely along partisan lines.

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Gov. Tom Wolf pins vaccine difficulties on supply overpromises

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Democratic lawmaker slams Pennsylvania over vaccine rollout

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf HARRISBURG, Pa. - A Democratic state lawmaker criticized Pennsylvania’s vaccine rollout as muddled on Friday — saying other states are doing a much better job at distribution and communication — while unions representing police and prison guards expressed outrage at having been shoved farther back in line for COVID-19 shots.Although Republicans have been more than happy to attack Democratic Gov.

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