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Gov. Tom Wolf on Monday ordered Philadelphia and five other counties to keep counting ballots in the primary election that arrive by mail for seven days after Tuesday's 8 p.m. deadline.
A continued point of concern about small business owners and employees in attendance was with big box stores and their ability to continue operating under Gov. Tom Wolf's orders.
The governor made that endorsement in a video call with the former vice president on Wednesday morning.
Health officials reported 115 new deaths, bringing the statewide death toll to 4,984.
Gov. Tom Wolf signed the bill into law on Thursday.
Wolf said he has been in touch with major professional organizations including NASCAR, the NFL, NHL, Major League Baseball and others to figure out how they can resume.
Epidemiologists say the close proximity makes it difficult to keep from infecting others, but owners say they are taking preventative measures.
A bill that would allow some Pennsylvania businesses to sell mixed drinks-to-go passed the state Senate last week and the governor is onboard to make it a reality.
Gov. Tom Wolf is expected to make an announcement Friday about more counties in Pennsylvania reopening.
His success in the next challenge — containing the growing resistance to his efforts — is to be determined.
York County authorities announced the charges Tuesday.
Wolf says counties opening prematurely is like "surrendering" to the enemy.
Gov. Tom Wolf will announce that 13 more western counties, including much of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, can shed his most restrictive pandemic orders on movement and businesses next week, joining much of northern Pennsylvania that began emerging Friday.
Health officials have long said the densely-populated area would be among the last in the state to reopen.
The number of COVID-19 cases in Pennsylvania is nearing 49,000 as the death toll has topped 2,500.
At the Ridley Township Marina, managers say customers are relieved and excited to get back on the water.
City and health officials say densely-populated Philadelphia and its more than 11,000 positive coronavirus cases is nowhere near this timeframe.
The online portal comes after the commonwealth received many inquires from people who want to help during the crisis.
Pennsylvania has extended its stay-at-home order until next month.
Pennsylvania will gradually reopen its economy using a "regional, sector-based approach" and a modeling tool that will help public officials decide when it's safe, Gov. Tom Wolf said during a press conference on Friday.
Wolf issued the stay-at-home order for Philadelphia and its surrounding counties, including Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties.
Gov. Wolf says the cases are in Delaware and Wayne Counties and both patients are isolated in their homes.
The governor said the money would go to programs that are proven to work to reduce gun violence.
Gov. Tom Wolf wants to create a major new program for college scholarships, require public schools to provide full-day kindergarten and pump $1 billion into cleaning up lead and asbestos in aging school buildings in his budget proposal rolled out Tuesday.
