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Mark Dowches, left, and Amanda Dowches load their daughter Morgan Dowches' belongings into their vehicle at her apartment, Thursday, March 19, 2020, at Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pa. The family, of Sayre, Pa., left with Morgan last week and returned Wednesday afternoon to find that the university had asked students to quarantine on campus following the discovery of a student who tested positive for COVID-19, the new coronavirus. (Christopher Millette/Erie Times-News via AP)

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Wolf retrenches sweeping order, amid complaints, lawsuits
March 20, 2020 9:09 p.m.

Wolf retrenches sweeping order, amid complaints, lawsuits

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Under fire from business groups and Republican lawmakers and facing lawsuits over a broad shutdown order designed to slow the spreading of the coronavirus, Gov. Tom Wolf's administration defended its actions as critical to preventing hospitals from being overwhelmed, but it also made a series of concessions.