Harrisburg University Professor Who Made 3D Face Shields Dies Of COVID-19
(Harrisburg, PA) A Harrisburg University professor who is known for creating 3D face shields for first-line healthcare works is dead after battling COVID-19. Dr. Charles Shearrow passed away at 61-years old on Tuesday due to complications of the coronavirus. Harrisburg University said yesterday that Dr. Shearrow and his students made about 2,300 3D printed face shields for local healthcare workers during the pandemic. He worked at TE Connectivity in Harrisburg before he became a professor and served on the university s staff for over two years. Air Quality Action Day Issued In Harrisburg
Senator Hughes calls on Pa. Senate GOP to seat Senator Brewster following federal court ruling
PHILADELPHIA January 12, 2021 State Senator Vincent Hughes (D-Philadelphia/Montgomery) issued the following statement after U.S. District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan validated the 2020 Election win of state Senator Jim Brewster (D-Allegheny/Westmoreland).
“Today’s ruling is certainly in order with the facts of the case. Senator Brewster won the popular vote, all state and federal court proceedings, and was certified by the Pennsylvania Secretary of State. The Senate Republicans need to accept these facts and swear Senator Brewster in immediately. They must accept the will of the voters, and the rule of law, and give the residents of the 45th Senatorial District the Senator they chose. Seat Jim Brewster now.”
Positive COVID-19 Cases on the Rise in Pennsylvania
(Harrisburg, PA) Positive COVID-19 cases are continuing to rise in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Department of Health announced over 7,200 new cases yesterday. The total number of cases in the state has now reached 733,000 since the beginning of the pandemic. There are currently more than 5,200 people who are hospitalized in the state with the coronavirus. Over 18,000 people have died during the pandemic because of COVID-19. City of Harrisburg Requires All City Employees to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine
(Harrisburg, PA) The City of Harrisburg is now requiring that all city employees receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Mayor Eric Papenfuse announced the mandate yesterday and the city is the first municipality in the state to require vaccinations for all employees. The decision comes after some new federal guidelines were released this week that allows employers to require employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine if they want to
‘It is disgraceful’: Residents of Western Pa. demand Democratic senator be seated
Updated Jan 08, 2021;
Posted Jan 07, 2021
Allegheny County resident Sarah Stulga called it disgraceful that Senate Republicans chose to leave open the Senate seat in the district where she lives, leaving her unrepresented in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jan. 7, 2021
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Allegheny County resident Sarah Stulga doesn’t like being left without representation in the state Senate in a pandemic because of what she views as a “political charade” by the chamber’s Republicans to not seat a 45th District senator .
“We reached a milestone of over a thousand deaths in Allegheny County this week from COVID, and this is what is going on in Harrisburg?” she said. “There is no one in the Senate to work on my behalf. It is disgraceful.”
Beaten Republicans Follow Trump In Seeking to Overturn Their Election Defeats
On 1/5/21 at 6:25 PM EST
As President Donald Trump continues his efforts to overturn his defeat to President-elect Joe Biden, two beaten Republicans have followed suit in refusing to concede and contesting the results of their elections.
Two months have passed since the 2020 presidential election and Trump has still not conceded. Biden secured 306 Electoral College votes, surpassing the 270 needed to win, but the president, with 232 Electoral College votes, has repeatedly claimed that widespread voter fraud caused his defeat. Judges have slapped down virtually all of the dozens of lawsuits filed by Trump s campaign in disputed states seeking to reverse his election loss.