PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Department of Human Services (DHS) Acting Secretary Meg Snead on Wednesday joined Mayor Jim Kenney, Senator Anthony H. Williams, Representative Jordan Harris, and Gregory Heller, senior vice president at Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation and executive director of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, to discuss the upcoming end of the federal eviction moratorium and urge Pennsylvanians at risk of eviction or utility shutoffs because of COVID-19 to apply for assistance available through the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP). FULL ARTICLE

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania Acting Physician General Dr. Denise Johnson, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Secretary Patrick McDonnell, and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn on Tuesday met at Boyd Big Tree Preserve to discuss the high prevalence of ticks in Pennsylvania, highlight the numerous diseases that ticks can carry and remind residents of ways they can protect against tick bites. FULL ARTICLE

JEFFERSON CO., Pa. - Knox Township Municipal Authority received a $483,372 loan and a $2,837,625 grant to replace an existing water treatment plant, install a tank mixer, and upgrade a water distribution system through the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) projects announced by Governor Wolf on Monday. FULL ARTICLE

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Republican gubernatorial candidate Charlie Gerow was involved in a crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Chester County this week that killed a motorcyclist and shut down the highway for nearly seven hours, according to law enforcement and other officials. FULL ARTICLE

Wolf administration officials doubled down this week on pursuing more than $100 million in new pandemic-related emergency contracts as they faced questions from state lawmakers about the health department’s spending. FULL ARTICLE

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Delaware County state lawmaker has been charged with theft and other crimes following a years-long investigation into allegations that she misused campaign and taxpayer funds when seeking reimbursement for expenses. FULL ARTICLE

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Wolf administration on Wednesday released a long-awaited update to Pennsylvania’s decades-old nursing home regulations, acknowledging it must raise low quality care requirements experts have called dangerous. FULL ARTICLE

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania Republicans plan to reintroduce their election overhaul legislation — which Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed last month — now that Wolf has changed his public position to say he’s open to new voter ID requirements. FULL ARTICLE

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Attorney General Josh Shapiro on Wednesday announced a historic agreement with Cardinal, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen — the nation’s three major pharmaceutical distributors — and Johnson & Johnson, which manufactured and marketed opioids, to deliver up to $26 billion to address the opioid crisis. FULL ARTICLE

HARRISBURG, Pa. - The Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed that as of 12:00 a.m., Tuesday, July 20, there were 569 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 1,217,332. FULL ARTICLE