Pennsylvania will lift its remaining COVID-19 restrictions on May 31, state officials announced Tuesday.
By Christen Smith
Pennsylvania governor gets first dose of COVID-19 vaccine amid lingering hesitancy
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf received his first dose of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine Monday as state officials grapple with lingering hesitancy among residents.
Beth Ann Rosica: QR codes for students? CHOP’s plan for testing your child
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Policy Lab is shopping a mass testing project to local counties and school boards. Will parents even have a say in whether their children are tested? And what happens to their personal information?
By Beth Ann Rosica, Ph.D.
A year since the shutdown, it’s time to reject government paternalism
It is beyond time to reject the paternalistic proposition that government exists to shelter us from all potential harm and to re-embrace the idea that our government exists to protect the unalienable rights of a free people.
By The Editors
Pandemic highlights shortcomings of Pennsylvania’s open records law
News outlets said last week that Pennsylvania’s Department of Health hides behind other state statutes to block the release of COVID-19 data – but it’s far from the only agency or organization to do so.
By Christen Smith
George Hofmann: How our masks may change us
It takes centuries to make a culture, and to understand that culture, a person must study with diligence the deepest thought of the centuries that formed it. To destroy it might be a much easier task.
By George Hofmann
Gina Diorio: The COVID-19 data that never existed
In response to a Right-to-Know request, the Pa. Department of Health (DOH) revealed that Gov. Wolf’s travel restrictions were unsupported by any data.
Report: Pennsylvania set for $13 billion from American Rescue Plan
A report from the Tax Foundation concludes that Pennsylvania will receive more than $13 billion in aid from the next federal stimulus package.
By Christen Smith
Pa. union official: Parents want schools open to avoid “babysitting”
“We are not a childcare center and I fear ‘babysitting’ drove parents to demand an amount of in-person instruction,” a Hatboro-Horsham union official wrote in an email.
By Todd Shepherd
Democrats’ discontent with Wolf’s vaccine rollout continues to grow
One Democratic congresswoman said it was “beyond time” to fix problems with the administration’s vaccine rollout while a state senator said the system was “disorganized.”
By Todd Shepherd