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Officials urge Pennsylvanians to take COVID-19 seriously

Tuesday, October 20 by wcednews

Harrisburg, PA - As a fall resurgence of COVID-19 becomes more evident in Pennsylvania and across the country, Governor Tom Wolf and Sec. of Health Dr. Rachel Levine presented an update on the COVID-19 Early Warning Monitoring System Dashboard and case data, and asked Pennsylvanians... Read More.

Gathering limits softened to allow more people at events in PA

Wednesday, October 7 by wcednews

Harrisburg, PA - As Pennsylvanians continue to do their part by adopting healthy behaviors to combat the spread of COVID-19, today Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine amended existing COVID-19 orders to allow for adjusted capacity to gathering limits while keeping... Read More.

Senator Pat Toomey will not seek re-election, won’t run for governor

Tuesday, October 6 by wcednews

Harrisburg, PA - Republican Senator Pat Toomey from Pennsylvania says he will not be running for re-election in 2022. Toomey also says that, although he had previously considered it, he will not be running for PA Governor. He will finish out his term and then go... Read More.

Gov. Wolf expected to speak today about sports crowd limits

Tuesday, October 6 by wcednews

Harrisburg, PA - Governor Tom Wolf is expected to hold a press conference today at 10 a.m., giving new details about crowd capacity limits at sporting events. This could impact high school, college, and professional sports. So far, the current gathering limits are 25 people indoors... Read More.

Gathering limits back in place, unclear how football crowds will be handled tonight

Friday, October 2 by wcednews

UNDATED (AP) — A federal appeals court says Pennsylvania can restore pandemic restrictions on indoor and outdoor gatherings, putting on hold a judge’s ruling that threw out statewide limits on crowd size. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday said the administration of... Read More.

49 state employees honored with Governor’s Awards for Excellence

Thursday, October 1 by wcednews

Harrisburg, PA – 49 state employees were honored yesterday with the Governor's Awards for Excellence, showing bravery, innovation, persistence, and dedication to the residents of our state. This includes four PA State Police troopers, a couple employees from PennDOT centers, workers from the unemployment office... Read More.

Four PA State Troopers earn the Governor’s Awards for Excellence

Wednesday, September 30 by wcednews

Harrisburg, PA – Four Pennsylvania State Troopers will be recognized by Governor Tom Wolf for individual and group actions that prevented injury or loss of life and improved the quality of life of Pennsylvanians. The men are among 49 employees from nine agencies who... Read More.

PA House of Reps fails to override sports veto, but fed judge ruling still allows sports

Thursday, September 24 by wcednews

Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania House of Representatives failed to override Gov. Tom Wolf’s veto of House Bill 2787, legislation that would ensure decisions about school sports and spectators can be made at the local level. However, despite this sports decision by Gov. Wolf, some... Read More.

Bill to loosen restrictions on bars/restaurants sent to gov, expected to veto

Thursday, September 24 by wcednews

Harrisburg, PA (AP) — A bill to loosen pandemic restrictions on bars and restaurants is on its way to the Pennsylvania governor, who has threatened to veto it. Lawmakers on Wednesday passed the measure, which would end a requirement that customers buy food when they... Read More.

Judge denies Wolf’s request to keep gathering limits in effect

Wednesday, September 23 by wcednews

Pittsburgh, PA — After the Wolf administration had asked a federal judge to hold off on the decision that gathering limits were unconstitutional, that federal judge says no. That means that, at least for now according to that judge's ruling, there is technically no limit... Read More.

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