HARRISBURG, Pa. -  Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf on Wednesday sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue urging him to immediately publish a plan to support agriculture producers, food processors, workers, and local food systems, regardless of size of operation. FULL ARTICLE

HARRISBURG, Pa. - The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) on Wednesday announced that it is making temporary changes to Pennsylvania’s Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to keep families enrolled in CHIP for the duration of the public health emergency and to ease access to medical services for children being screened or receiving treatment for COVID-19. FULL ARTICLE

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Amid growing concern for how COVID-19 is disproportionately affecting minority and other vulnerable populations in Pennsylvania and adding to existing health disparity issues, on Wednesday Gov. Tom Wolf and Lt. Gov. John Fetterman announced the creation of a COVID-19 Response Task Force for Health Disparity that will help communicate issues with how the pandemic is affecting those populations. FULL ARTICLE

HARRISBURG, Pa. – The number of firearms purchase denials in Pennsylvania rose nearly 50 percent in the first quarter of 2020 from the first quarter of 2019 despite not even a 15 percent increase in checks conducted. FULL ARTICLE

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf updated the public on Pennsylvania’s response to the 2019 novel coronavirus. FULL ARTICLE