HomeTopicsCoronavirusThe latest reporting on the Pennsylvania state government's response to the novel coronavirus, COVID-19.
March 27, 2020Department of CorrectionsPennsylvania corrections officers, advocates worry a prison coronavirus outbreak is inevitableby Matt McKinney of Spotlight PA
March 27, 2020Commonwealth Media ServicesPennsylvania is now streaming its daily coronavirus briefings with Spanish captionsby Cynthia Fernandez of Spotlight PA
March 27, 2020ED MAHON / PA PostBusinesses tied to Gov. Tom Wolf, top Pa. senator close after questions about how they qualified as ‘life-sustaining’by Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA and Ed Mahon of PA Post
March 26, 2020Commonwealth Media ServicesMore than half of all confirmed Pa. coronavirus patients are under 50 years old, new data showsby Sarah Anne Hughes of Spotlight PA and Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA
March 26, 2020Commonwealth Media Services (custom credit) / Commonwealth Media ServicesPa. Latinx groups slam Wolf administration for not providing daily coronavirus updates in Spanishby Cynthia Fernandez of Spotlight PA
March 26, 2020HEATHER KHALIFA / Staff PhotographerPa. hotels volunteer to make room for patients as state braces for possible coronavirus surgeby Wallace McKelvey of PennLive | The Patriot-News
March 26, 2020JESSICA GRIFFIN / Philadelphia InquirerPa. coronavirus shutdown wreaks havoc on economy as new unemployment claims top 645,000by Rebecca Moss of Spotlight PA
March 25, 2020Joe Hermitt / The Patriot-NewsPa. lawmakers approve $50 million in emergency coronavirus funding for needed medical suppliesby Gillian McGoldrick of LNP | LancasterOnline
March 25, 2020TIM TAI / Philadelphia InquirerLong-term care workers demand more protection as Pa. reports first coronavirus cases at nursing homesby Cynthia Fernandez of Spotlight PA
March 25, 2020ELIZABETH ROBERTSON / Philadelphia InquirerPa. unemployment claims skyrocket to 540,000 since coronavirus shutdown, shattering recordsby Rebecca Moss of Spotlight PA
March 24, 2020Screenshot via Pa. House livestreamPa. lawmakers gather at Capitol despite remote voting and calls for ‘social distancing’by Gillian McGoldrick of LNP | LancasterOnline
March 24, 2020Commonwealth Media ServicesPa. businesses are challenging Gov. Tom Wolf’s emergency powers. So far, Wolf’s winning.by Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA
March 24, 2020Contributed photoPennsylvania ‘particularly ill-prepared’ for financial blow caused by the coronavirusby Charlotte Keith of Spotlight PA
March 24, 2020Kalim A. Bhatti / Philadelphia InquirerPa. legislature pledges transparency as it prepares to vote remotely on coronavirus reliefby Gillian McGoldrick of LNP | LancasterOnline
March 24, 2020MONICA HERNDON / Staff PhotographerQuarantining patients at Pa. drug treatment centers could pose risk, but many have nowhere else to goby Aneri Pattani of Spotlight PA
March 23, 2020Commonwealth Media ServicesPa. Gov. Tom Wolf extends school closures until early April, issues stay-at-home order for 10 countiesby Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA
March 23, 2020Commonwealth Media ServicesGov. Tom Wolf’s office says he was tested for coronavirus, then backtracks and says he wasn’tby Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA
March 23, 2020JESSICA GRIFFIN / Philadelphia InquirerFULL LIST: What you can and can’t do under Gov. Tom Wolf’s coronavirus ‘stay-at-home’ orderby Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA
March 22, 2020JOSE F. MORENO / Philadelphia InquirerGov. Tom Wolf says Pa. coronavirus business restrictions, school closures could extend beyond two weeksby Sarah Anne Hughes and Angela Couloumbis
March 22, 2020TIM TAI / Philadelphia InquirerWhy workers’ compensation might not provide relief for Pennsylvanians sickened by the coronavirusby Rebecca Moss of Spotlight PA
March 21, 2020TOM GRALISH / Philadelphia Inquirer‘It’s going to hurt’: Struggling Pa. towns brace for financial gut punch from the coronavirusby Charlotte Keith of Spotlight PA
March 20, 2020Kalim A. Bhatti / Philadelphia InquirerEvictions, student loans, PSSAs, and more: What Pa. lawmakers are proposing in response to the coronavirusby Cynthia Fernandez of Spotlight PA and Gillian McGoldrick of LNP | LancasterOnline
March 20, 2020Commonwealth Media ServicesAdvocates call on Pa. officials to reduce inmate population amid coronavirus outbreakby Joseph Darius Jaafari of PA Post and Cynthia Fernandez of Spotlight PA
March 20, 2020Commonwealth Media Services (custom credit)Pa. supply chain disruptions imminent without change to shutdown order, manufacturers sayby Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA
March 20, 2020TIM TAI / Staff PhotographerDemand for ICU beds in Pa. will greatly surpass availability if coronavirus hits hardby Nathaniel Lash of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Brett Sholtis of WITF
March 19, 2020JESSICA GRIFFIN / Philadelphia InquirerUPDATED: A full list of which Pa. businesses must close, which are 'life-sustaining' under new coronavirus shutdown orderby Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA
March 19, 2020Commonwealth Media Services (custom credit) / Commonwealth Media Services: Natalie KolbGov. Tom Wolf orders all Pennsylvania businesses that aren’t “life-sustaining” to close, will enforce orderby Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA
March 19, 2020JOSE F. MORENO / Philadelphia InquirerPennsylvania police cut services, plan for shortages as coronavirus spreadsby Matt McKinney of Spotlight PA
March 19, 2020Commonwealth Media ServicesPa. eases take-home restrictions on meds for people in opioid recovery to reduce clinic crowdsby Aneri Pattani of Spotlight PA
March 19, 2020JESSICA GRIFFIN / Philadelphia InquirerUnemployment claims in Pa. and N.J. surge in wake of the coronavirusby Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA and Wendy Ruderman and Dylan Purcell of the Philadelphia Inquirer