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

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else--

-- PA Senate/House

-- AP: Democrats Keep PA House Majority, Positioning Part To Prevent Limits On Abortion Rights

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Proposed ‘Right To Organize’ Amendment To State Constitution Violates Constitution - By Fairness Center

-- Election Reforms

-- Politics PA: Republicans, Democrats Propose New Legislation On Elections

-- AP: PA’s Mail-In Voting Law Gets Beaten Up On Republican Campaign Trail

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA Republicans’ Fresh Embrace Of Mail-In Voting Is Starting To Pay Off

-- TribLive: Lawmakers Push For Earlier Presidential Primary

-- WESA/WITF: PA Election Skeptics Just Won Primaries, Stand Poised To Affect Voting In Their Counties

-- Spotlight PA: How Columbia County Runs Drama-Free Elections With Just 2 Staff People

-- May 16 Primary Election

-- AP: Democrats Keep PA House Majority, Positioning Part To Prevent Limits On Abortion Rights

-- AP: Democrat McCaffery, Republic Carluccio Win Primaries For PA Supreme Court Seat

-- Politics PA: 2023 Primary Voter Turnout

-- PA Capital-Star: Big Races, Low Turnout: Three Takeaways From Primary Election

-- PA Capital-Star: State Election Officials: Tuesday’s Election Was ‘Free And Fair, Safe And Secure’

-- TribLive: Innamorato Claims Democratic Nomination In Allegheny County Executive Race

-- Post-Gazette: Progressive Takeover Of Democratic Politics In Allegheny County Shows No Signs Of Slowing

-- WESA: Why Pittsburgh, Allegheny County Progressives Keep Winning; The ‘Rusted-Out’ Democratic Machine

-- Post-Gazette: Rocky Calls Self ‘Centrist’ As Republican Launches Allegheny County Exec Campaign vs Innamorato

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Progressive Still Need To Earn Victories In November

-- City & State PA: Cherelle Parker Wins Historic Philadelphia Democratic Mayoral Primary

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: PA Primary Election: When To Expect Results, How Vote Counting Will Work, More

-- TribLive: Mail-In Ballots Drive Westmoreland Primary Turnout, Democrats Had Higher Turnout Percentage, Twice As Many Mail-In Ballots

-- Observer-Reporter: Democrats Outpace Republicans In Voter Turnout For Washington County’s Primary Election

-- TribLive: School Board Races Serve As Culture War Battlegrounds

-- AP: Clues About Voter Sentiment Could Emerge From Kentucky, Pennsylvania Primaries

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA Republicans’ Fresh Embrace Of Mail-In Voting Is Starting To Pay Off

Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- State Agencies Hold Small Business Resources Fair May 17 In Beaver County To Help Community Recover From Impacts Of Norfolk Southern Train Derailment [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: Fetterman: ‘Same S**t, Different Day,’ With Latest Norfolk Southern Train Derailment In Lawrence County

-- Yahoo! News: Norfolk Southern Train Got Alarm Before Train Derailment In New Castle, Lawrence County - NTSB

-- PA Politics Of Russian Invasion

-- PUC Alerts Consumers To Electricity Price Changes Coming June 1-- From 20.7% Increase To 17% Decrease; Driven By Price Of Natural Gas  [PaEN]

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: PUC Alerts Consumers Of June 1 Electric Price Changes - PPL, UGI Decrease

-- Inquirer: Your PECO Bill To See 6% Increase In June

-- Reading Eagle: UGI Files For Rate Decrease For Natural Gas Customers [Finally Coming Down After Rate Spikes Over Last Year]

-- UGI Gas Rates To Remain Unchanged In June, Decrease Projected In Dec.

-- NRDC: PJM Interconnection Delays In Queue To Approve Renewable Energy Projects Threatens State Transition To Clean Energy; PJM Has Approved 35,000 MW Of Renewables Not Yet Connected  [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive: North American Electric Reliability Corp Issued Highest Alert Ever Urging Electric Generators, Transmission Owners To Take Measures To Prepare For Winter After Generator Nonperformance In 2018, 2021, 2022

-- Warren Times Editorial: Frustrations In The Gas Industry As Production Slips [PA Industry Says Its Red Tape, Pipeline Constraints - Not Said The Real Reason Is Low Natural Gas Prices, According To Companies Themselves]

-- Bloomberg: Natural Gas Drilling Collapses In U.S. At Fastest Rate In 7 Years Amid Tumbling Prices

-- AP: Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline Gets New Permit To Build In Appalachian National Forest

-- Reuters: U.S. Shale Oil Production Set To Rise To Highest On Record In June, EIA

-- Financial Times: ‘Halt Button’ Hit On Drilling In U.S. Oil And Gas Slowdown; Weakening Prices Accentuated Pullback

-- Bloomberg: U.S. Natural Gas Prices Surge 11% After Report Stockpiles Expanded Less Than Analysts Expected

-- PA/Harrisburg Politics Potpourri

-- The Center Square: States Called To Amend U.S. Constitution On Term Limits, Restrain Federal Spending

-- PennLive - John Baer: FBI, CNN Just Gave Ex-President’s Campaign A Boost

-- Budget 2023

-- The Center Square: Policy Pillars Erected For State’s ‘Great Compromise’ Budget

-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com-Robert Swift: Economic Development Issues Are Important In This Year’s PA Budget Debate

-- PA Gaming Control Board Reports Total April Revenue Up 3.27% Over April 2022

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Pass Yaw Bill To Regulate ‘Skill’ Gambling Games

-- The Economy

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Proposed ‘Right To Organize’ Amendment To State Constitution Violates Constitution - By Fairness Center

-- TribLive: Brooklyn Steel Company Hopes To Move Forward With $218 Million Project In Aliquippa

-- Other

-- PA Capital-Star: Through A Visitor’s Eyes: What You Say When You Fly Confederate Colors In PA

-- Inquirer: Philadelphia Inquirer Hit By Cyberattack Causing Newspaper’s Largest Disruption In Decades

[Posted: May 20, 2023]