Secrecy on legislator's COVID-19 illness roils a statehouse
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May 29, 2020
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A bitter partisan fight over a Pennsylvania lawmaker's decision to wait a week before disclosing his COVID-19 diagnosis spread to the House floor Thursday, and the state attorney general declined to investigate.
A day after Republican Rep. Andrew Lewis' announcement through a news release that he had self-isolated and recovered from the illness that has killed at least 100,000 people in the U.S., Democrats expressed anger and demanded changes that would require masks on the floor and in committee meetings.
The Legislature has continued to meet during the pandemic under r...
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