U.S. judge refuses to override Gov. Wolf’s coronavirus business closure, stay-at-home orders

As Pennsylvania edges out of its coronavirus lockdown, a federal judge Thursday refused to call even a temporary halt to Gov. Tom Wolf’s orders that have kept the state all but closed to business during the pandemic. U.S. Middle District Judge John E. Jones III’s ruling marks an early defeat for a GOP state House candidate from Perry County and several business owners who filed suit claiming …