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The governor has directed the following state agencies and local officials to enforce the closure orders to the full extent of the law: Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board Department of Health Department of Agriculture Pennsylvania State Police Local officials, using their resources to enforce closure orders within their jurisdictions MORE: https://www.media.pa.gov/Pages/PA-State-Police-Details.aspx?newsid=520  

Download the council packet  HERE .

Emergency personnel responded to a vehicle fire on the 500 block of Walnut Street shortly after 2 p.m. today. Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze.

LANCASTER, Pa. (WHTM) — A Turkey Hill employee in Lancaster tested positive for coronavirus. Turkey Hill announced the employee worked at the 410 East Chestnut Street location in Lancaster. They say they are taking all appropriate steps following guidance from local health officials. MORE: https://www.abc27.com/news/local/lancaster/lancaster-turkey-hill-employee-tested-positive-for-coronavirus/  

Governor's Order List of life-sustaining businesses:  LINK

Pennsylvania is now  up to 133 confirmed cases of COVID-19  and the state, sadly,  has seen its first fatality , a resident of Northampton County. On Wednesday,  U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-8th District, announced he'd gone into self-quarantine after  coming into contact with someone suffering from the illness . And the rest of us are working from home or are in our own form of self-isolation. Which got us thinking: So what is quarantine, anyway? And what are your legal rights when the government tells you to Netflix and couch it? We're turning things over to University of Oregon Legal Research Professor Latisha Nixon-Jones, who has some answers. She wrote the piece below for The Conversation,  where it first appeared . MORE: https://www.penncapital-star.com/covid-19/coronavirus-quarantines-and-your-legal-rights-4-questions-answered-thursday-morning-coffee/  

The Distilled Spirits Council and the American Distilled Spirits Association sent a letter to Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday afternoon urging him to reconsider his decision to close all of the Fine Wine & Good Spirits stores. Those closures took place at 9 p.m. Tuesday. MORE: https://www.pennlive.com/coronavirus/2020/03/distilled-spirits-groups-ask-gov-wolf-to-reconsider-his-coronavirus-related-shutdown-of-the-state-stores.html