Sunday, March 6, 2022

Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else--
-- New Voting Districts - Senate, House, Congressional

-- Spotlight PA: A Complete Guide To PA’s Redistricting Court Challenges

-- AP: U.S. Supreme Court Asked To Intervene In PA Congressional Voting Districts Case 

-- WHYY: Will U.S. Supreme Court Wade Into The Battle Over PA Congressional Voting Districts Map?

-- Inquirer: Redistricting Put PA Supreme Court In Political Spotlight, Where It Doesn’t Want To Be

 

-- Governor’s Race

-- WESA: Republican Candidate For Governor Sen. Corman Gets Boost From Kellyanne Conway During Pittsburgh Visit 

-- PG: Republican Sen. Jake Corman Touts Trumpian Bona Fides, Conservative Record During Bethel Park Town Hall 

-- Newsweek: Chris Christie Slams Former Republican President For Calling Putin’s Decision To Invade Ukraine “Savvy” And “Genius”

-- Inquirer: Republicans Running For Governor Talk A Lot About Philly Crime, But Who Are They Talking To?

-- PA Cap-Star: Q+A With Republican Candidate For Governor Melissa Hart

-- ErieT Guest Essay: A CRIZ For Erie When I’m PA Governor - Dave White

 

-- U.S. Senate Race

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Franklin & Marshall Poll Shows Tight Race For Republican U.S. Senate Nomination, Fetterman Leads Lamb In Democratic Primary

-- Franklin & Marshall March 2022 Poll Results

-- Inquirer: Dr. Oz Knows How To Make TV Moments, Now He’s Doing It For His U.S. Senate Campaign

-- Inquirer: U.S. Senate Candidate Conor Lamb’s (D) Challenge: Build His Name, Take Down Fetterman, Do It All With Less Money

 

-- May 2022 Election

-- AP: PA Supreme Court Issues Order Keeping Mail-In Voting Law In Place For May Primary

-- TribLive: Western PA Republicans Blast New Congressional Districts Map; Democrats Invigorated By Changes

-- WHYY: PA’s Legislative Redistricting Is Done, But Local Impacts Still Unfolding

-- WHYY: Facing Inaction From The State On Election Changes, Philly Politicians Are Trying New Ways To Avoid Election Drama

 

-- Election Reform/2020 Election Fallout

-- WHYY: Facing Inaction From The State On Election Changes, Philly Politicians Are Trying New Ways To Avoid Election Drama

-- WESA: In A Time Of Political Hostility, This Pittsburgh Author Blames ‘The Death Of God’

-- LancasterOnline: PA Ranks Number One In Nation In Hate Propaganda, Anti-Defamation League Says

-- PennLive: Antisemitic, White Supremacist Propaganda Surges Across PA: ADL Report

-- Inquirer: PA Saw Big Increase In Reports Of White Supremacist Propaganda Last Year, But It’s Not Clear Why 

-- MCall - Paul Muschick: Spreading Hate: White Supremacist Groups Send Propaganda Throughout Lehigh Valley 

-- PA Cap-Star: Pittsburgh Advocates Call On Scaife-Linked Foundation To Stop Funding Anti-Immigrant Groups

-- PG: Ex-Pittsburgh Teacher Sues District Over Termination For Right-Wing Facebook Post

 

-- PA’s Role In Assault On U.S. Capitol

-- ScrantonT: Luzerne County Woman Gets 60 Days In Jail For Charges Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol

-- PG: Mercer County Man Who Pleaded Guilty To Charges Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol Has Died

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Man Accused Of Planning To Kill Democratic U.S. Senators To Plead Guilty

-- PA Cap-Star: A Year After Assault On U.S. Capitol Lives On In Hundreds Of Court Cases, Including Against 63 From PA [That’s 15.5% Of All Defendants]

-- AP: Many Trials Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol Hinge On First Trial’s Outcome [PA included]

-- York Dispatch Editorial: Enforce U.S. House Subpoena Against Republican Sen. Mastriano On Assault On U.S. Capitol

 

-- State Constitutional Amendments

-- Spotlight PA: Complete Guide To More Than 70 Proposed Amendments To State Constitution

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Voters Split Over Amendment To Sell Of PA’s State-Run Liquor Stores: Poll

 

-- PA Politics Of Russian Invasion

-- PA Natural Gas Politicians Want To ‘Unleash’ PA’s Gas Industry - What We Need First Is For Industry To Take Up The Slack; Oil & Gas 2.0; True Energy Independence [PaEN]

-- The Epoch Times: Republicans Urge Gov. Wolf To Unleash PA’s Immense Natural Gas Reserves

-- Gov. Wolf Blasts Republicans For Exploiting Crisis In Ukraine To Line Pockets Of The Natural Gas Industry 

-- PA Cap-Star: Wolf, Republicans Spar Over PA Natural Gas Exports, Russian Imports

-- Republican Rep. Metcalfe Calls On Gov. Wolf To Ban On Russian Sourced Energy, Unleash PA’s Full Potential To Power Free World

-- City & State PA: PA Republicans Call For Pipeline Expansions Following Invasion Of Ukraine 

-- Financial Times: Top US Shale Oil Boss Warns Crude Could Hit $200 With Western Energy Embargo, Can’t Replace Russian Supplies Because Of  Supply Chain Issues, Demands From Wall Street To Pay Dividends With New Windfalls [Pioneer Natural Resources]

-- The Guardian Guest Essay: Oil & Gas Lobbyists Are Using Ukraine To Push For A Drilling Free-For-All In The U.S.  [And Their Politicians]

-- PoliticsPA: The Politics Around Energy And Russian Invasion In PA

-- Guest Essay: Are We Nuts?  American Energy Is Key To Undermining Putin’s War - Sen. Yaw (R-Lycoming) 

-- PG Guest Essay: When It Comes To Natural Gas, Russia Is Putin Us On - State Treasurer Stacy Garrity 

-- MCall - Paul Mushick: How PA Politicians Are Uniting Against Russia

-- City & State PA: How Pennsylvania Is Responding To The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA State Agencies Moving To Rid Their Portfolios Of Investments In Russia

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA State Treasurer Divesting $2.9 Million Of State Investments From Russian Companies

-- PennLive: State Looking To Divestment Of Russian-related Assets In Pension Funds

-- AP: PA Moves To Divest State Pension Fund Holdings In Russian Assets

-- MCall/AP: PA School Pension Fund Has About $300 Million Invested In Russia, Belarus

-- AP: PA School Employees Pension Fund To Divest Of $300 Million In Russian Assets

-- Gov. Wolf Urges State Employees, School Employees Pension Funds To Divest From Russian Assets

-- PennLive: PA State Employees Pension Fund To Divest Russian Assets

-- PennLive Editorial: Pennsylvanians Have A Moral Obligation Not To Help Putin Get Richer While He’s Killing People In The Ukraine [Divesting Russian Assets]

-- Gov. Wolf Urges Liquor Control Board To Remove And Stop Selling Russian-Sourced Products

-- TribLive: LCB Removes Russian-Made Products From State Store Shelves

-- PennLive: Liquor Control Board Removes All Russian-Made Alcohol From Stores

-- PA Cap-Star: PA Liquor Control Board Will Yank Russian Products From Its Shelves

-- TribLive Editorial: Pour One For Ukraine, But Not With Russian Vodka

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: House Republican Leaders Want To Send Soon-To-Expire PPE In State Stockpile To Ukraine

 

-- Harrisburg Potpourri

-- PA Cap-Star: Protests Demanding Action Of Lawmaker Gift Ban Disrupt House Republican Leader’s Speech

-- PennLive - John Baer: PA Democrats Could Be In Trouble This Year, Maybe Beyond, Poll Shows

-- MCall: Biden Approval Hits New Low In PA Poll

-- Franklin & Marshall March 2022 Poll Results

-- AP: Republican Congressman Fred Keller Won’t Run For Reelection Against Another Republican

-- PG: Allegheny County Republican Chair Could Run To Fill Lamb’s Congressional Seat

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Eugene DePasquale Will Not Run Against Republican Congressman Scott Perry

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Army Veteran Rick Coplen Steps Forward To Challenge Republican Congressman Scott Perry

-- YorkD Editorial: Calling All Challengers: It’s Time To Stand Up And Oust Republican Cong. Scott Perry

-- PG Editorial: Shine A Light On PA Turnpike Commission

-- Warren Times: PA Mulls Potential $3 Billion A Year Industry - Legalized Marijuana

-- Inquirer: Legalizing Weed In PA Faces Complicated Demands

-- Inquirer: PA Medical Marijuana Sellers Offer Advice On Weed Legalization At PA Senate Hearing

-- PG: Western PA Leaders And Activists See Hope In State’s Marijuana Hearings

-- AP: Bill Sponsored By Republican Cong. Reschenthaler Would Increase Threshold For Tax Reporting Of Slots Winnings To $5,000

 

-- Budget 2022

-- WITF: PA Lawmakers Start Negotiations Over New State Budget

-- Dept. Of Revenue Reports February State Revenues Exceeded Estimates By $155.7 Million; Year-To-Date Up $2 Billion

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports February State Revenues Exceeded Estimates By $256.7 Million; Year-To-Date Up $2.46 Billion

-- Gov. Wolf Again Calls On General Assembly To Allocate Federal Funding To Support Pennsylvania

-- WBTimes Guest Essay: General Assembly Needs To Act On $1.7 Billion In Federal Aid Now - Gov. Wolf

-- PA Cap-Star Guest Essay: Wolf Drops State Police Fee In Budget Proposal, But The Problem Remains

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Wolf’s Strong Fiscal Management Has Us Poised To Deliver For PA - Secretary Of Revenue

-- PG Editorial: Legislators Should Approve State Corporate Tax Cut

-- MCall - Ford Turner: Will Some PA Residents Get Pandemic Relief Payments Up To $2,000?  Here’s Where Wolf’s Proposal Stands

-- PennLive: $100,000 Club: Who Are State Government’s Top Wage Earners?

 

-- COVID Pandemic In PA

-- MCall: First Cases Of COVID In PA Reported 2 Years Ago, These Charts Show The Pandemic’s Full Scale

-- WESA: As COVID Subsides, Thousands Of Pennsylvanians Could Lose Medicaid Coverage

-- Gov. Wolf: State Expands Access To Health Insurance Thru State Health Insurance Exchange

-- MCall - Ford Turner: Will Some PA Residents Get Pandemic Relief Payments Up To $2,000?  Here’s Where Wolf’s Proposal Stands

-- MCall: Under New CDC Guidance, Masks No Longer Recommended In All But These 15 PA Counties

-- Inquirer: Philly’s Restaurant Workers Reluctantly Embrace End Of Masking, But Don’t Trust It

-- Spotlight PA: PA Isn’t Likely To See More Local Health Depts Anytime Soon, We Found Out Why

-- WHYY: PA Gives Final Approval To Delaware County’s First Health Department

-- PG: UPMC Profit Jumps 36% During COVID-Challenged Year In 2021

-- PG Editorial: Realigning Priorities At UPMC, A ‘Nonprofit’ With $10.7 Billion In Cash And Investments

-- PG: Penn State Agrees To Nearly $900,000 Settlement To Resolve Alleged Health Care Claims Missteps

-- PG: Staffing Woes Driving Western PA Hospitals’ Struggles With Costs

-- PG Editorial: COVID Tests Arrived Too Late

 

-- COVID - Schools

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Public Schools Alone Among Largest Western PA School Districts To Continue Mask Mandate

-- WHYY: Philly Schools Plan To Drop Their Mask Mandate, Leaving Students To Worry About Safety, Confusion

-- LancasterOnline Editorial: Learn From Failures Of Free COVID Testing Program For Schools

-- LancasterOnline Editorial: Elizabethtown School Director Aludes To Holocaust In Remark About COVID Protocol, She Needs To Learn History

-- PG: Penn State To Lift Masks Rules At University Park, Nearly All Campuses

 

-- Opioid Epidemic

-- CourierT: Bucks County Gets $45 Million To Aid With Opioid Prevention, Treatment

 

-- School Funding/Administration

-- AP: PA Student Scores Fell, Delayed Test Results Show

-- ErieT: Student Test Scores Fell Dramatically In 2021 In Erie And Statewide

-- PA Cap-Star: PA Report Lower Performance On School Standardized Tests: ‘This Year’s Results Are Anything But Standard

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA Releases School Assessment Results, Which Hint At Impact Of Pandemic On Students

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA Lawmakers, Advocacy Groups Want To See Pandemic-Related Learning Gaps Closed

-- PG: Pittsburgh Schools’ Interim Superintendent Says District Is Exploring Options To Curb Unrest

-- WHYY: At Urban Navigation, Philly Kids Can Learn Music Production, Engineering Or How To Disarm A Gun 

-- PG: Ex-Pittsburgh Teacher Sues District Over Termination For Right-Wing Facebook Post

-- LancasterOnline: Elizabethtown School Board Continues Discussion Of Book Ban

-- TribLive: ‘Indefensible’ Social Media Posts About Girls, People Of Faith And Individuals With Down Syndrome Results In Call By Westmoreland School Board For One Of Its Members To Step Down [The Member Wasn’t At The Meeting, He Had 2 Wisdom Teeth Pulled] 

-- WITF: Latino Groups Push For Bilingual Trade Schools In Smaller Central PA Cities

-- PA Commission For Community Colleges: Community Colleges Educate For In-Demand, Local Careers In High Priority Occupations

-- PG: Third State-Owned University Returns To Flat-Rate Tuition For Full-Time Students

-- TribLive: Start Getting Used To These Words: Commonwealth University Of PA

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Temple University Mom Right To Hire Security To Help Keep Her Kid Safe Off Campus 

-- PG: Penn State Agrees To Nearly $900,000 Settlement To Resolve Alleged Health Care Claims Missteps

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Universities Can Be Vital In Cultivating Innovation And Stimulating Economic Growth - Outgoing President Of Penn State

 

-- Gun Violence/Law Enforcement

-- PennLive: PA Voters Overwhelmingly Oppose Dropping Concealed-Carry Gun License Rule

-- AP: Philadelphia Police Shoot, Kill 12-Year-Old Boy After Officers In A Car Were Shot, Officials Say

-- Inquirer: Mystery Deepens On Whether 12-Year-Old Was Armed When Philly Police Shot Him In The Back

-- AP: Philly Police Won’t ID Officers In 12-Year-Old Boy’s Death, Citing Threats

-- WHYY: At Urban Navigation, Philly Kids Can Learn Music Production, Engineering Or How To Disarm A Gun 

-- AG Shapiro Opens Investigation Into Social Media Platform TikTok’s Impact On Young People

-- PG: Pittsburgh Schools’ Interim Superintendent Says District Is Exploring Options To Curb Unrest

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Temple University Mom Right To Hire Security To Help Keep Her Kid Safe Off Campus 

-- WHYY: Philly Becomes The First Big U.S. City With A Law Banning Minor Traffic Stops

-- AP: Philadelphia Cop Charged With Perjury In Coerced Confession

-- TribLive Editorial: State Police Shouldn’t Be Above Scrutiny Of Outside Investigations

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Police Can’t Investigate Themselves

-- PennLive Guest Essay: 3 Ways To Build A Better Black Future In PA With Criminal Justice Reform

-- PG Editorial: Venango County Killing Demands Attention, Clarity

-- AP: PA Man Freed After Nearly 14 Years In Prison After New Trial, Charges Dropped

-- AP: Greensburg Priest Gets Prison Term For Sexually Abusing Altar Boy

-- Altoona Mirror: PA Supreme Court Scraps Procedures That Protected Minors Who Committed Murder From Life Without Parole

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Let’s End Mandatory Life Sentences For Young Adults

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Biden’s Supreme Court Pick Offers Lessons On Representation For PA Judiciary - Why Courts Matter-PA

 

-- PA Economy

-- LancasterOnline: New F&M Poll Shows Pennsylvanians Are Most Concerned About Their Finances Since 2010

-- PennLive: The Pandemic Has Changed The Way We Work In Central PA

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Residents Tell Why They Quit Jobs During The Pandemic

-- PennLive: Norfolk Southern Offering $5,000 Starting Bonuses For Conductor Trainees In Priority Locations

-- AG Shapiro Puts Auto Dealers On Notice For Unfair And Deceptive Practices

-- MCall: This Employment Agency Helps Companies Diversity Staff In The Lehigh Valley

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Ranks #2 For The Growth Of Its ‘Creative Class,’ And The Boom May Be Just Beginning

-- PG: Allegheny County, Pittsburgh Announce End Of Emergency Rental Assistance Program

-- ErieT: Erie Group Rolls Out Plan To Invest Millions In East Side Neighborhood

-- MCall: Ukraine Invasion Could Lead To ‘A Crippling Cyberattack On U.S., Lehigh Valley Political Leaders Warn

 

-- Other

--  LancasterOnline: High Family Transfers Stock From Its $570 Million Business To Charitable Foundation
[Posted: March 6, 2022]

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