May 13, 2021 Governor Defends Memorial Day Date For Lifting COVID Restrictions
(Mechanicsburg, PA) Governor Tom Wolf is defending his decision to lift all COVID-19 restrictions, except mask wearing, on Memorial Day. Some Republican lawmakers, including state Senator Scott Martin, have been asking the governor to ease restrictions sooner, saying that it could benefit businesses as people travel for Memorial Day weekend. The governor argues that the decision for the May 31st date wasn t simple as vaccination rates were taken into account. Wolf says he s not trying to play games. He added that he s trying to do the best he can.
Lawmaker urges school districts to rethink graduation and Gov. Wolf to rethink May 31 date
Sen. Scott Martin wants districts to give families more than two tickets to graduation and for Gov. Wolf to push up the date to end to COVID-19 mitigation orders. Author: Grace Griffaton (FOX43) Updated: 4:36 PM EDT May 6, 2021
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. With commencement just around the corner for many high school seniors, Senator Scott Martin is thinking back on his own high school graduation I was the oldest of seven kids, he said. I couldn t imagine what we would do in that scenario and say ah, the rest of the family, you can t come.
Pennsylvania is tripling its rent relief funding after families missed out on millions of dollars in aid last year. Some counties are creating their own programs.