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The battle to shut down a Pennsylvania detention center hasnt ended, despite the federal governments recent release of eight asylum-seeking families, including 15 children. The Berks Family Detention Center is one of only three facilities in the United States that holds both children and their parents who have entered this country as political refugees, seeking the protection of the U.S. government. They remain there to await their hearings with an immigration judge.   Some of those childr...

90.5 WESAs "The Confluence" for Thursday, March 4, 2021 On todays program: The executive director of Trying Together explains the state of the region’s child care industry, and how $303 million from the Wolf Administration could help; Environmental Health News found five southwestern Pennsylvania families were exposed to unhealthy levels of chemicals associated with oil and gas production; and how glitches in the distribution of the state’s Pandemic Unemployment Assistance has caused series...

COVID In Pennsylvania: Officials Outline Plans To Vaccinate School Teachers, Staff, Child Care Workers CBS Philadelphia 3/4/2021 Syndicated Local – CBS Philly PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The Pennsylvania Department of Health announced Thursday there will be dedicated regional clinics around the state for teachers and school staff to receive the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. They’re slated to open next week, according to state officials who explained how the plan will work...

Pennsylvania officials have released an outline of a plan to vaccinate teachers against COVID-19.Department of Health Acting Secretary Alison Beam, Department of Education Acting Secretary Noe Ortega and PEMA Director Randy Padfield reviewed the plan at a media briefing on Thursday. The Wolf administration is working with Intermediate Units and other education partners to give the one-dose Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) vaccine to Pre-K through Grade 12 public and non-public school staff acro...

The Pennsylvania National Guard (PANG) will be assisting with the state’s vaccination efforts following Governor Tom Wolf’s signing of House Bill 326.

Gov. Tom Wolf and members of the COVID-19 Vaccine Joint Task Force are expected to announce on Wednesday the launching of an educator vaccination program. It's aimed at getting children back in school and in child care centers so parents can return to work.

Updated: 10:26 AM EST Mar 4, 2021 Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration is asking the federal government to redirect more than $1 billion in food stamps money to help families cover the cost of missed school meals. The money would go to students who learned from home this year and didnt have access to free or reduced meals. The Wolf administration estimates that includes 928,000 students. The first round of benefits would be given six weeks after approval. The second round wou...

Daycare workers, first responders, grocery store employees and others who come in close contact with the public every day all remain in the second tier of Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout. So Gov. Tom Wolf’s decision to specially accommodate teachers was greeted with skepticism and even anger.

Pennsylvania House Republicans have announced an investigation into the Wolf administration’s handling of COVID-19 in nursing homes and long-term care facilities.Lawmakers said Monday that the investigation will be referred to the House Government Oversight Committee, which is comprised of five Republicans and four Democrats and has subpoena power. Since the beginning of the pandemic, about half of all Pennsylvania COVID-19 deaths are attributable to nursing homes, the GOP said.The GOP ...

Pennsylvania eases restrictions on public gatherings, travel Updated Mar 01, 2021; Posted Mar 01, 2021 Alison Beam, Pennsylvanias acting secretary of health, has slightly eased limits on public gatherings and out-of-state travel, effective today. (Screenshot) Facebook Share Pennsylvania took a small step back toward normalcy from the coronavirus pandemic Monday, as the Wolf Administration issued orders easing limits for attendance at indoor and outdoor public gatherings and eliminated restri...