Erie County Sheriff's Deputy Jonathan Clover assists Shahram Abdollahi, of Erie, Pa., before he passes through a metal detector Thursday, March 19, 2020, at the front entrance of the Erie County Courthouse in Erie, Pa.. Much of the county's court business is shut down through at least early April under a Pennsylvania Supreme Court order issued on Wednesday in response to COVID-19, the new coronavirus. (Jack Hanrahan/Erie Times-News via AP)
March 20, 2020
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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.