-- 2022 Priorities
--- Gov. Wolf Highlights Strong Financial Position Of Commonwealth Going Into Next Budget [He forgot to thank Biden & Congress for billions in federal aid]
-- PA Cap-Star: Wolf Touts Multi-Billion State Surplus, But Projections Depict Gloomy Fiscal Future
-- TribLive: Wolf Joins Pittsburgh Leaders To Tout PA’s Fiscal Improvements
-- WESA: ‘Seize The Moment’: Gov. Wolf Talks About His Legacy And Sets Table For Budget Speech
-- MCall - Paul Muschick: Wolf Touts PA’s Strong Financial Position, Why That’s Only Half The Story
-- Governor’s Budget Address Feb. 8
-- Spotlight PA: Jan. 27 Panel Discussion On 2022 Legislative Agenda And What’s At Stake
-- PA’s Role In Assault On U.S. Capitol
-- WPost: As Giuliani Coordinated Plan To Get Fmr President Electoral Votes In States Biden Won, Some Electors Balked [PA Republican Actions]
-- New Voting Districts - Senate, House, Congressional
-- Spotlight PA: Effort To Redraw PA Voting Districts Enters Final Stretch To Complete House, Senate Maps
-- PA Cap-Star: PA Creeps Closer To Voting District Map Deadline Without Final Lines In Place
-- PA Cap-Star: Lawsuit Asks State Court to Clean Up PA’s Political Calendar Disrupted By Redrawing Voting Districts
-- AP: Commonwealth Court Sets Jan. 30 Deadline To Break Stalemate On Congressional Voting Districts Map
-- Spotlight PA: Proposed Congressional Voting District Map Advances As Wolf, Lawmakers Prepare For Court Battle
-- WHYY: With Court Deadline Looming, Lawmakers Ready One Last Congressional Map Attempt
-- PA Cap-Star: Senators Interrogate Wolf Congressional District Map, Though No One Could Speak For It
-- TribLive: Westmoreland Officials Favor Congressional District Map That Unifies County
-- TribLive: Candidate Withdraws From Race For Rep. Gainey’s House Seat Due To New Voting District Map
-- PA Cap-Star: Where To Draw Voting District Lines In Black, Latino Communities At Center Of PA Legislative Map Fight
-- TribLive Guest Essay: House Redistricting Plan Will Improve Latino Representation - Reps Burgos, Cruz, Guzman (Ds)
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: End Prison Gerrymandering: Count People In Philly-Run Jails In Their Home Districts
-- PA Cap-Star Guest Essay: We’re PA Small City Mayors, Fair Voting District Maps Will Aid Our Recovery
-- PA Cap-Star Guest Essay: Prison Gerrymandering: Who Counts In PA? That Depends On Who’s Counting
-- YorkD Editorial: Republicans March Backwards On Redistricting
-- WilliamsportS Editorial: Gerrymandering Truest Form Of Election Fraud
-- ScrantonT Editorial: Reject Republican Bill To Gerrymander Judicial Branch
-- Governor’s Race
-- LancasterOnline: Republican Candidate For Governor Dave White Puts $3 Million Of His Own Money Into Campaign
-- AP: Republican Candidate For Governor Bill McSwain Endorsed By Billionaire Campaign Funder Jeffrey Yass
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Republican Sen. Martin Is ‘Running’ For Governor, Well More Like Scooting These Days With Broken Leg
-- ABC27: Republican Mike Turzai Opts Against Run For Governor
-- Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Sen. Corman Calls On House Leaders To Begin Impeachment Proceedings Against Philly DA Krasner [Corman worked to overturn 2020 election results]
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Republican Corman Calls For Impeachment Of Philly DA
-- ScrantonT Editorial: Corman Could Help Fight Crime In Philly Rather Than Pander
-- TribLive Editorial: Open Governor, U.S. Senate Seats Chance To Step Up
-- Inquirer: AG Shapiro, Republican Candidates For Governor Call For School Pension Plan To Disclose Investigation Results
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Republican Candidate For Lt. Gov. Ends His Campaign, Endorses Jeff Coleman
-- U.S. Senate Race
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Jeff Bartos Emerging As Republic Faithful’s Favorite For U.S. Senate
-- AP: Democrats’ No. 1 Issue In PA’s U.S. Senate Race? Kill The Filibuster
- PG: Conor Lamb Gets Big Boost In U.S. Bid With Endorsement From Philly Mayor Kenney
-- ScrantonT: Dr. Oz A No Show At Campaign Event In Wyoming County
-- ScrantonT: Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Dr. Oz Visits Lackawanna County
-- PG - Gene Collier: We’re Looking At 10 Months Of TV Ads From The Land Of Oz
-- Election Reform/2020 Election Fallout
-- WITF: Election Experts Say PA’s Voting Process Well-Protected From Ballot Tampering
-- WESA: Fulton County’s Voting Machine Review Has Its Roots In 2020 Election Fraud Lies
-- PA Cap-Star: What We Know About 2020 Fulton County Republican Election Review Thru Open Records
-- WITF Smart Talk: Looking At Fulton County Voting Machine Issues
-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Republicans To Provide Election Training To Conservative Group That Regularly Spreads Disinformation On Election Fraud, COVID
-- LancasterOnline: PA Republicans’ Hedge Language May Save Them From Prosecution Over Fake Electoral Vote Scheme
-- MCall Guest Essay: Why It’s Dangerous For Our Society To Tolerate Intolerance
-- Gov. Wolf Urges U.S. Senate To Pass Voting Rights Act
-- PA Cap-Star: Casey, Toomey Split Vote On U.S. Senate Filibuster Change For Voting Rights Bill
-- LancasterOnline Editorial: Fierce Urgency Of The Battle For Voting Rights Demands We Join It
-- Harrisburg Potpourri
-- Spotlight PA: PA Republicans Answered Wolf’s Pandemic Vetoes With Constitutional Changes, That Strategy Is Here To Stay
-- YorkD Editorial: Amending The State Constitution Is An Easy Trick For Republicans, It Shouldn’t Be
-- PennLive - John Baer: COVID And Politics In PA And Beyond - Where Time Stands Still
-- ScrantonT Editorial: Reject Republican Bill To Gerrymander Judicial Branch
-- CourierT Guest Essay: Can PA Republicans Ride A Republican Wave?
-- PA Cap-Star: Updated PA Incumbent Retirement Tracker
-- WTMZ: Rep. Rosemary Brown Will Not Seek Reelection
-- The Sun: Republican Rep. Ryan Not Running
-- ReadingE: Rep. Knowles Announces He Will Not Run For Reelection
-- TribLive Editorial: PA Senate Shouldn’t Be Childish With Open Records
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Proposed Constitutional Amendment Would Get State Out Of Liquor Business
-- MCall - Ford Turner: Legislative Report Seeks Action On PA Primary Care Doctor Shortage
-- AP: Senate Passes Bills Aimed At Ransomware, Data Breaches
-- TribLive: Allegheny Health Network Patients Possible Victims Of Data Breach
-- PG: CMU, City Of Pittsburgh Have Concerns About Proposed Bill For Self-Driving Vehicles
-- WESA: Pittsburgh Could Make $200 Million From Republican Convention, But There’s No Guarantee
-- The Patch: William J. Green Dies, Was Notable Pittsburgh Political Analyst
-- PennLive: Bill Green, Longtime Political Analyst Who Served Multiple Roles Under Thornburgh, Dies At 76
-- PennLive: Budd Dwyer’s Suicide At Press Conference After 35 Years Still Shocks
-- YorkDR: Fmr Auditor General’s Official Portrait Pays Homage To Star Wars, Football
-- Budget 2022
-- Gov. Wolf Highlights Strong Financial Position Of Commonwealth Going Into Next Budget [He forgot to thank Biden & Congress for billions in federal aid]
-- PA Cap-Star: Wolf Touts Multi-Billion State Surplus, But Projections Depict Gloomy Fiscal Future
-- TribLive: Wolf Joins Pittsburgh Leaders To Tout PA’s Fiscal Improvements
-- WESA: ‘Seize The Moment’: Gov. Wolf Talks About His Legacy And Sets Table For Budget Speech
-- MCall - Paul Muschick: Wolf Touts PA’s Strong Financial Position, Why That’s Only Half The Story
-- Governor’s Budget Address Feb. 8
-- MCall - Paul Muschick: Remember The Republican Plan To Tax Retirement Income In PA? It’s Back
-- PA Cap-Star: PA To Get $1.6 Billion Extra For Bridge Funding, But Toll Plans Still On Amid Funding Shortfalls
-- Gaming Control Board Reports 2021 Revenue Of $4.7 Billion, All-Time Calendar Year High
-- PG: PA Casinos Had Record-Breaking Year In 2021
-- Gaming Control Board Reports $406.3 Million In December Gaming Revenue
-- AP: PA Sets State Record For Gambling Revenue In 2021
-- TribLive: PA Casinos Shatter Record, Generate $4.7 Billion In Revenues In 2021
-- Dept. Of Drug & Alcohol Programs Releases Report On Impact Of Interactive Gaming In PA - Half Exhibit At Least One Problem Gambling Behavior
-- Inquirer Editorial: Lawmakers Must Seize The Opportunity To Upgrade Public Transit In PA
-- PA Gaming Control Board: Awards Mini-Casino License in Cumberland County
-- PennLive: Shippensburg Mini-Casino Wins State License; Opening Expected By Year’s End
-- Inquirer Pro/Con: Should We Ban Sports Betting Ads During Games?
-- PG: Turnpike Seeking New Contract For Processing Toll Payments
-- CitizensV: Horse Racing Vital To State’s Economy And Agricultural Industry
-- ScrantonT: Proposed Legislation Would Pay Retention Bonuses To Long Term Care Facility Employees
-- PennLive: PA’s Nursing Loan Forgiveness Program’s Popularity Outstrips Available Funding
-- COVID Pandemic In PA
-- Dept. Of Health Weekly Update On COVID Trends, Vaccinations, Hospitalizations
--WHYY: Overwhelmed Delaware County Hospitals Get Help From Volunteers During COVID Surge
-- ErieT: Erie County Set COVID Case Record For January After Just 16 Days
-- ErieT: COVID Cases Drop Nearly 18% In Erie County, But Peak Might Not Have Passed
-- TribLive: PA COVID Data Follows Recent International Trends, But Hospitals Remain Busy
-- CitizensV: COVID Surging Again At Luzerne County Nursing Homes
-- CentreDT: Centre County Sets More Daily COVID Case Records
-- WHYY: COVID Surge Has Peaked In Philadelphia; City Issues New School Guidance
-- PG: Allegheny County Officials Say COVID Cases Stabilizing
-- TribLive: Westmoreland Group Holds Prayer Vigil For COVID Victims
-- MCall: Berks County Medic Pepper-Sprayed During COVID Call
-- TribLive/AP: White House Soft-Launches Free COVID Test Request Website
-- PG: Here’s How To Get Free At-Home COVID Tests
-- Dept. Of Health Adds New Free COVID Test Sites Across PA
-- WHYY: Company That Opened Pop-Up COVID Testing Site In Philly Faces Lawsuit
-- PG Editorial: Free At-Home COVID Tests A Milestone In Public Health
-- CentreDT: Patton Township Puts Indoor Masking Requirement Back In Place
-- ErieT: Biden Administration To Ship 400 Million Free N95 Masks Across The U.S. Starting This Week
-- TribLive: Experts Back CDC Guidance Recommending N95, KN95 Masks
-- Reuters: Is COVID Retreating In U.S.? Data Paints Encouraging Scenario
-- PennLive - John Baer: COVID And Politics In PA And Beyond - Where Time Stands Still
-- TribLive: Republican Rep. Nelson Wants ‘Natural Immunity’ Exemption For Employer Vaccine Mandates [Science Isn’t There Yet To Determine Natural Immunity Levels]
-- PG: UPMC Doctor’s Advice On Having Respectful Conversations About COVID Vaccine Hesitancy
-- Inquirer: Philadelphia’s Full Vaccine Mandate Now In Effect; COVID Cases Dropping Across Region
-- WHYY: Philly Again Delays Vaccine Mandate For City Workers Due To Union Disputes
-- PG: Other Transit Agencies Not Suffering From Vaccine Mandate Proposed By Pittsburgh Authority
-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Doctors Start Prescribing Antiviral COVID Pills, Supplies Limited
-- Dept. Of Health Update On Flu Season, Urges Pennsylvanians To Get Flu Vaccine
-- MCall - Ford Turner: Legislative Report Seeks Action On PA Primary Care Doctor Shortage
-- PG: Staffing Issues Stresses Western PA 911 Centers Due To COVID
-- ScrantonT: Proposed Legislation Would Pay Retention Bonuses To Long Term Care Facility Employees
-- PennLive: PA’s Nursing Loan Forgiveness Program’s Popularity Outstrips Available Funding
-- ErieT: In 1894, PA Supreme Court Ruled In Favor Of Smallpox Shots For Students. What Does It Mean Today?
-- COVID - Schools
-- ErieT: Erie County Reports First Child Death Due To COVID
-- TribLive: COVID Hospitalizations High Among Young Children In Allegheny County
-- TribLive: Parents Sue Upper St. Clair School District Over Lifting Mask Mandate
-- TribLive: Federal Judge Rejects Request To Reinstate Masking In Upper St. Clair Schools
-- TribLive: Judge Orders North Allegheny School District To Reinstate Universal Masking
-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Public Schools Close, Cancels Activities Tuesday Due To COVID Surge
-- TribLive: More COVID Tests From Feds Likely To Help On Western PA Schools Already Using Them
-- CourierT: Photo Of Teacher Taping Mask To Student’s Face Causes Outrage In Montgomery County School District
-- ScrantonT: Some NE PA Colleges Increase COVID Restrictions As Students Return
-- PG: College Students Struggling In The Pandemic, But Mental Health Awareness Is Growing
-- Opioid Epidemic
-- MCall - Ford Turner: Lawmakers Propose Needle Exchange Programs As Drug Crisis Worsens
-- Inquirer: Staff At Montgomery County Addiction, Behavioral Hospital Say They’re Understaffed And Unprotected From COVID
-- School Funding/Administration
-- PA Cap-Star Guest Essay: PA Constitution Supports Fair Education For All - Rich And Poor Alike
-- ScrantonT Editorial: No Automatic Tax Credit Increases For Private Schools
-- PA Cap-Star: Senate Committee Advances Bill To Increase Tax Credit Caps To Fund Private Schools
-- YorkD Guest Essay: It’s Long Past Time For Legislature To Pass Private Charter School Reform - Rep. Bernie O’Neill (R) and Fmr Auditor General Eugene DePasquale (D)
-- LancasterOnline: Efforts To Ban Books In Lancaster County School Districts Part Of National Trend
-- The Mercury: Teen Come Out For Newly Created Kutztown Banned Book Club
-- LancasterOnline Editorial: Lancaster County School Officials Shouldn’t Surrender To Those Seeking To Ban Books From School Libraries
-- Inquirer: AG Shapiro, Republican Candidates For Governor Call For School Pension Plan To Disclose Investigation Results
-- Spotlight PA: School Pension Fund Board Members Asked To Sign Secrecy Oaths
-- Inquirer: Lawmakers Mull Pension Reforms As School Pension Fund Remains Under Scrutiny
-- ScrantonT Editorial: No Excuse To Withhold School Pension Fund Investigation
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Black Community Needs Better Internet Access Now
-- Inquirer: Penn To Invest Nearly $5 Million Over 5 Years In Another West Philly School
-- PG: Technology Glitches Fixed Saying 2,400 Pitt Students Owed Thousands More In Tuition
-- ReadingE: State Of The Art Esports Facility Coming To Albright College
-- AP: Penn Pledges To Work With NCAA, Support Transgender Swimmer
-- TribLive Guest Essay: State Legislators As College Administrators? It Would Be An Improvement
-- PG Editorial: Firing Professor Who Scuffled With Counter-Protester Would Taint Penn State
-- ErieT Guest Essay: Diversity Of Talent And Experience Tapped To Lead New Erie Community College
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Don’t Blame COVID For Turnover In PA College Presidents
-- Gun Violence/Law Enforcement
-- PA Cap-Star: Senate Committee Advances Local Firearm Ordinance Preemption Bill
-- ScrantonT Editorial: Republican Senators Should Stop Accommodating Gun Traffickers
-- WHYY: Police Commissioner: 2022 Brings ‘Same Troubling Trends’ For Crime In Philly
-- Inquirer: Community-Based Violence Prevention Works, But It Needs Sustained Support
-- Gov. Wolf Announces $15 Million In Grants For Gun Violence Prevention
-- Inquirer: Family Believes Jamaican Immigrant’s Death From 9 Gun Shots In Venango County Was A ‘Modern-Day Lynching’
-- WHYY: How One Survivor Dealt With Philadelphia’s Gun Violence
-- KYW: 16-Year-Old Shot Seven Times In West Philadelphia
-- AP: Pittsburgh Student Dies After 2 Shoot Into School Van At Dismissal Time
-- WESA: New Mayor Says Pittsburgh Need To Address Gun Violence Following Deadly Shooting Of 15-Year-Old
-- TribLive Editorial: Truth Is Kids Need To Be Safe From Gun Violence - 15-Year-Old Marquis Campbell Should Not Be Dead
-- PG Editorial: Pittsburgh School Van Shooting A Call For Action
-- PG Editorial: Give Young People A Voice On Gun Violence
-- TribLive: 3 People Injured After Shooting At Butler County Mall
-- AP: Suspected Arrested In Butler County Mall Parking Lot Shooting That Injured 3
-- TribLive: Police: Woman Had Protection Order Against Ex Accused Of Killing Her With Her Own Gun
-- TribLive: Accused Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooter Wants Trial Moved Out Of Western PA
-- TribLive: Judge Denies Motion To Suppress Statements Made By Defendant In Pittsburgh Synagogue Murders
-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit Jan. 21 Goes Virtual Again For ‘Equity In Action’ Program
-- PG: Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit Addresses Equity Issues In Black Communities
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: My Father Survived the Holocaust By A Miracle, It Shouldn’t Take A Miracle To Be Jewish And Alive - Cong. Houlahan [Most Recent Synagogue Shooting]
-- TribLive Editorial: Big Criminal Cases Defy Change Of Venue
-- PG Editorial: Don’t Play Politics With Antisemitism
-- AP: 3 Police Officers Charged In Shooting Death Of 8-Year-Old Girl In Delaware County
-- WHYY: 3 Police Officers Fired After Being Charged In 8-Year-Old's Shooting Death In August
-- TribLive: Court Won’t Force Pittsburgh To Turn Over Jim Rogers Taser Death Report To DA’s Office
-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Considers Stop-And-Frisk Policy For Police
-- PA Cap-Star: Advocates Call For Further Investigation After Allegheny County Jail Officials Deny Abuse Allegations
-- PA Cap-Star: Allentown Police In Line To Undergo Active Bystander Training
-- TribLive: FBI Warning Of Hoax Mexican Kidnapping Scam Targeting Western Pennsylvanians
-- CentreDT: Why State College Ranks Among The Best For LGBTQ Community Protections
-- PennLive: Chambersburg Poised To Become First To Repeal LGBTQ Protections
-- PennLive: Biden Nominates First Black Woman To Federal Court In PA
-- PA Economy
-- PennLive: Staffing Shortages Still Hurting Retailers As Sales Are ‘Through The Roof’
-- ScrantonT: Grocery Stores Continue To Feel Effects Of Supply Chain Issues
-- PG: Western PA Hotels Could Bounce Back To Near Pre-Pandemic Levels In 2022
-- PG - Anya Litvak: PPG Details Supply Chain Difficulties - ‘If We Could Make Product, We Could Sell Product’
-- MCall: Untold Numbers Of Lehigh Valley Workers Have Joined The ‘Great Resignation,’ Here Are Their Stories
-- WESA: Unemployment Fraud Problems Continue For State, Laid-Off Claimants In PA
-- Dept. Of Labor & Industry Offers Free Credit Monitoring Services To Unemployment Claimants Amid Ongoing Fraud Investigation
-- Dept. Of Labor & Industry Reports PA Unemployment Rate Fell 0.3% to 5.4% In December; Workforce Decreased Over 18,000
-- AP: PA Payrolls Grew In December Amid Labor Shortage
-- TribLive Guest Essay: PA No. 22 By Site Selection Trade Magazine - Sen. Aument (R)
-- CitizensV: Horse Racing Vital To State’s Economy And Agricultural Industry
-- ScrantonT: Proposed Legislation Would Pay Retention Bonuses To Long Term Care Facility Employees
-- PG: Staffing Issues Stresses Western PA 911 Centers Due To COVID
-- ScrantonT: Scranton’s 30-Year Designation As Financially Distressed Finally Ending
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