Pennsylvania allows opioid emergency declaration to lapse
The Republican-controlled General Assembly rejected Gov. Wolf’s request to renew the opioid disaster declaration, saying it was no longer necessary.
The Republican-controlled General Assembly rejected Gov. Wolf’s request to renew the opioid disaster declaration, saying it was no longer necessary.
The federal appeals court ruled that since Gov. Wolf’s stay-at-home order, limits on crowd size and business closures are no longer in effect, there is “consequently no relief that this court can grant.”
The bill allows the waivers to last through Sept. 30, unless Wolf’s administration ends them sooner.
A spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader Kim Ward said the Senate was working to keep some of the waivers in place.
House Democrats said the majority Republicans were playing games with people’s health and well-being.
A new study from Franklin & Marshall College’s Center for Opinion Research shows people responded differently to one of the ballot questions in next week’s primary based on how it’s written.
Under state law, an emergency disaster declaration gives governors the authority to issue or rescind executive orders and regulations, access stockpiles of emergency supplies and equipment, and other powers.
The GOP-controlled state legislature is trying to get voters to decide on as many of these constitutional changes as possible during the primary in May.