Newly revealed emails and documents show that local public health leaders consistently implored Dr. Levine to bolster support for nursing homes amid Covid’s decimation of the elderly.
By Todd Shepherd
Guy Ciarrocchi: Haphazard Covid vaccine distribution reveals enormous national trust deficit
The long-term damage from Covid may not only be scores of deaths and economic and psychological turmoil. The Covid era may also be a breaking point for our nation’s ability to trust.
By Guy Ciarrocchi
Pandemic lockdown closed 30 percent of Pennsylvania businesses, second most in nation
Gov. Wolf’s extended lockdowns throughout the spring–and now again in the winter–have come with a steep, and often fatal, price for businesses.
By Christen Smith
Pennsylvania Gov. Wolf vetoes COVID-19 liability protections bill
Already faced with reduced income and minimal service, business owners now worry that liability lawsuits involving COVID-19 could put them under.
By Christen Smith
George Hofmann: Holiday shutdown restrictions are an assault on American values — and our mental health is the collateral damage
The latest wave of lockdowns in PA, aimed primarily at Thanksgiving and the holiday season, will only further isolate those feeling the most isolated and deteriorate residents’ mental health.
By George Hofmann
Patty-Pat Kozlowski: Kenney, Levine, Pelosi — the Pork Roll Sneaks
Rule #1: you don’t just sit there and eat Pork Roll in front of others who are hungry — unless you’re a politician, that is.
By Patty-Pat Kozlowski
Jesse Topper: Never remove the “people” from “we, the people”
The Wolf Administration ignored the other branches of Pennsylvania Government and failed to provide transparency and accountability, ignoring the Constitutions of the United States and Pennsylvania.
By Jesse Topper
Christen Smith: Pennsylvania ‘optimistic’ about students returning to the classroom
The Wolf administration is planning for students to return to the classroom this school year. Though with the surge in Covid-19 cases in the past few days, will Gov. Wolf keep them open?
By Christen Smith
Christen Smith: Pennsylvania nursing homes plead for liability protection
Providers said the readmission policy and Levine’s prior comments that one-time universal testing would provide little useful information has left them vulnerable to even more litigation.
By Christen Smith