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Matt Rourke
Studies confirm racial, ethnic disparities in COVID-19 hospitalizations and visits
Two new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studies shed additional light on the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on communities of color, with implications for vaccine distribution.
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Chris Delmas
Would you use an app to verify your vaccine status? The idea is here to stay
From sporting arenas to colleges and cruise ships, many businesses are planning to ask customers to prove they’ve had their shot. Smart phone apps may be coming soon.
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Commonwealth Media Services
Pennsylvania: All adults eligible for vaccine on Tuesday
State health officials said Monday that the quicker rollout was enabled by “ongoing appointment availability” in many parts of the state. Gov. Tom Wolf says the accelerated timetable is necessary to keep up with increase coronavirus case counts and hospitalizations.
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Kate Landis
Pennsylvania makes essential workers eligible for vaccine
Workers in transportation and logistics, construction, public health, public safety, finance, legal services, media and several other industries in Phase 1C of the state’s vaccine rollout became eligible to sign up for the vaccine.
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Matthias Schrader
Once ‘haphazard,’ state system for allocating vaccine rollout evolves as shot availability widens
By mid-April, every Pennsylvanian will be eligible to get jabbed. As manufacturers continue to ramp up production, millions of doses of vaccine will flow into the commonwealth over the coming weeks.By Kiley Koscinski/WESA
Regional & State News
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Foundation grant aids Pittsburgh’s Black opera landmark
The Richard King Mellon Foundation announced it was awarding $500,000 to efforts to restore the National Negro Opera Company House.
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J. Scott Applewhite
Pa. man accused of leaving impeachment manager vulgar voicemails
Authorities have charged a man accused of leaving a series of vulgar voicemails at the Pennsylvania district office of U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean as she worked as an impeachment manager in the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump.
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Steven Senne
White House issuing reports on Pennsylvania and other states’ infrastructure needs
Pennsylvania’s schools are short $1.4 billion for maintenance and upgrades.
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Ximena Conde
At Montgomery County vigil for victims of anti-Asian attacks, community looks for ways to push back
Organizers like 24-year-old Serena Ngoc Hanh Nguyen spoke about what it was like to grow up Vietnamese American in Lower Moreland and how she often felt othered by classmates who made fun of her for her noodle-based lunches or her eye shape.
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Mark J. Terrill
Kings trade Jeff Carter to Penguins for pair of draft picks
The former Flyers star has played 16 years in the NHL with the last nine-plus seasons coming with the Kings, who he helped to a pair of Stanley Cup titles.
By Joe Reedy/The Associated Press
Politics & Policy
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Caroline Brehman
Taxpayers footed Pa.’s bill for election lawsuits. Costs went into the millions
The Pennsylvania Department of State paid law firms over $3.4 million for work on election-related lawsuits. They came from at least three political parties.
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Some in power are still mad that Pa.’s Supreme Court ruled on election law. Here’s why it matters now.
Several court watchers say the belief is more complicated than it seems, while political strategists say it’s part of a wider plan to make voting in Pennsylvania more difficult.
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Patrick Semansky
Biden sets up commission to study Supreme Court reform
The announcement marks the culmination of a campaign promise Biden made when repeatedly pressed on whether he would expand the Supreme Court to pack it with justices more aligned with his worldview.
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AP Photo/Mary Altaffer
Pennsylvania Supreme Court flips on signature rules for nominating petitions
The court had previously held that a petition signature could not be invalidated just because the voter’s address did not match their voter registration address.
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Fred Adams
Pa. lawmaker wants to compel Wolf administration to release details of wasted COVID-19 vaccine doses
The Health Department said just 1,589 of the more than 2.3 million doses administered as of Feb. 26 — or just .06% — were reported by providers as wasted, mostly due to vials broken in handling, syringe issues, such as bent or broken needles, or clients refusing after the vaccine dose was drawn.
By Ese Olumhense/Spotlight PA
National & World News
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Gene J. Puskar
After Georgia: Here are 4 states to watch next on voting legislation
In the wake of last year’s massive voter turnout, lawmakers across the country have proposed hundreds of bills to reform how their states conduct elections.
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John Minchillo
Police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright in Minnesota with ‘accidental discharge’ is identified
“It is my belief that the officer had the intention to deploy their Taser but instead shot Mr. Wright with a single bullet.”
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Windsor Police
Va. attorney general investigating Windsor Police Department over traffic stop involving Black Army officer
Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring announced an investigation into whether there has been an unlawful pattern of misconduct with these particular officers or more broadly with the Windsor Police Department.
By Matthew S. Schwartz and Emma Bowman/NPR
Energy & environment
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Susan Phillips
Neighbors and anglers cry foul over Sunoco’s pollution of Chester County trout stream
The discharge is not toxic, but it can hurt stream life. And people who live near the work site are fed up with a project one says moves ‘full steam ahead’ no matter the consequences.
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Emma Lee
Cool for the spring: Pennsylvania park programs are open again
Outdoor and in-person park programs have resumed and are limited to 40 participants per program.
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Paul Sancya
‘Green New Deal’ leaders see Biden climate plans as a victory, kind of
The Green New Deal was never a hard-and-fast policy proposal; it was a nonbinding resolution that broadly called for an overhaul of the economy intended to benefit workers and the environment.By Danielle Kurtzleben/NPR -
Increasing rain, aging infrastructure lead growing number of municipalities to adopt stormwater fees
Supervisors in one Centre County township recently passed a stormwater fee, but not everyone thinks it was needed.
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Courtesy Plug Power
Pennsylvania’s first green hydrogen plant planned for Lancaster County
Green hydrogen is seen as a possible solution for industries with hard-to-cut emissions, like shipping and aviation
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Dani Fresh/WHYY
Smart Talk: Byrnes Health Education Center hits milestone
Health education in the community and in partnership with families
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Michael Bryant
Smart Talk: Will sexual abuse survivors finally get window to sue?
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Smart Talk: The Move Over Law puts drivers on notice
By Staff