Marla Beason of Erie, and her children Samori, 8, left, and Durrell, 4, walk March 20, 2020, to their home in the 300 block of West 17th Street in Erie after shopping at a nearby store. Beason said her family started wearing the face masks recently because of COVID-19, the new coronavirus. She said they are taking other precautions like frequent hand washing and social distancing. (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.