Stay-at-home order expands as overflow facilities get ready

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf put another 2.5 million Pennsylvania residents under an order that restricts people from leaving home Friday, as his administration confirmed more coronavirus cases and deaths and major facilities were enlisted to help with hospital overflows. Wolf, in a statement,...

Governor vetoes petrochemical plant tax break bill

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday followed through on his threat to veto a bill to provide potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks for petrochemical plants that use natural gas extracted in the state. In his veto message, Wolf said he could support awarding an incentive like...

Jobless claims swamp Pennsylvania amid rise in virus cases

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Pennsylvania rose by 50% to more than 1,600 cases, while record numbers of state residents filed for unemployment compensation, the most in the nation, according to figures released Thursday. The state Department of Health also said five...

Pennsylvania court upholds 'sexually violent predator' laws

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld laws Thursday that require offenders deemed “sexually violent predators” to undergo lifetime counseling and registration and be the subject of community notices. The requirements have the legitimate purpose of keeping the community...

Governor extending stay-at-home order to two more counties

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf's administration reported more coronavirus-related deaths in Pennsylvania on Wednesday and ordered residents of Lehigh and Northampton counties to stay home, with few exceptions, as more of the state is put under the directive in an effort to slow the virus' spread....

Pennsylvania lawmakers vote to delay primary election

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania lawmakers voted Wednesday to delay the state's primary election by five weeks to June 2, potentially past the spike of the state's spreading coronavirus cases. The measure passed both chambers of the Republican-controlled state Legislature on Wednesday and Gov. Tom Wolf,...

Pennsylvania lawmakers delay primary to June 2 over COVID-19 outbreak

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Pennsylvania's newspapers: As coronavirus spreads, we need to stay the course and stay home — difficult as it is LNP March 25 We can’t believe we even have to say this but here goes: Grandparents must not be sacrificed to save our economy....

Wolf reopens gun shops, orders more residents to stay home

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Even as he ordered residents of another county to stay at home, Gov. Tom Wolf on Tuesday quietly allowed gun shops to reopen on a limited basis during the coronavirus pandemic after several justices of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court urged him to do so. Firearms dealers may now sell...

2 in PA, NJ accused of coughing on people, citing virus

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Authorities in New Jersey and Pennsylvania say individuals in both states have been charged with coughing on people in stores and saying they were infected with the coronavirus. The New Jersey attorney general's office said Tuesday that 50-year-old George Falcone of Freehold is accused...