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Gov. Tom Wolf, who withheld $12.8 million in federal money from Lebanon County because it violated his closure orders, said the county will receive the money — and use $2.8 million to promote the benefits of face maks. The governor and county announced they’d reached the agreement regarding the CARES Act money that calls for the county to launch a campaign to “emphasize the importance of wearing face masks to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and protect lives,” according to a release from the administration. In May, Commissioners Robert Phillips and Bill Ames voted to put Lebanon in the yellow...

Pa. Health Department Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine started her daily coronavirus response briefing Tuesday with a response to the “multiple incidents of LGBTQ harassment, and specifically transphobia directed at me, that have been reported in the press.” A Tioga county tavern recently apologized for a menu item that mocked Levine, who is a transgender woman, while a Facebook post about a fundraiser at the Bloomsburg Fair featured a male wearing a woman’s dress and a wig. The post suggested that it was a Levine impersonation.