Sunday, August 6, 2023

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

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else--


-- Gov. Shapiro

-- AP: Gov. Shapiro Says Millions Will Go To Help Train Workers For Infrastructure Projects

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Here’s What Gov. Shapiro Says About Permitting Reform In PA 


-- Budget 2023

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Gov. Shapiro Signs State Budget Bill, But Vetoes $100 Million For Private School Tuition Vouchers

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: What’s Delivered In PA’s New State Budget And What Needs More Work

-- Post-Gazette: Pitt, Penn State Funding Still In Limbo Despite Shapiro Signing Main State Budget Bill

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: PA Budget Impasse Nears End As Gov. Shapiro Signs Main Spending Bill

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: Shapiro Signs Main Budget Bill, Moving Process Forward, Even As Challenges Remain

-- AP: Governor Signs PA’s Main Budget Leaving Work Ahead For Some Programs’ Funding

-- Gov. Shapiro Signs ‘Common Sense, Bipartisan’ State Budget Into Law

-- The Center Square: Property Tax, Rend Rebate Expansion Crosses Finish Line

-- TribLive Editorial: Pennsylvania Politics’ Annual Game Of Chicken

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: Republican Senate Leader Kim Ward Is A ‘Tough As Nails’ Force In PA’s Budget Drama

-- PA Capital-Star: Senate Republican Leadership Calls Senate Back Into Session To ‘Finalize’ PA Budget Today

-- The Center Square: Sudden PA Senate Return Signals State Budget Revival

-- PennLive - John Baer: Gov. Shapiro, Lawmakers Should Try Common Sense To Fix The Budget Mess

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: What We Must Do About The State Budget - By Sen. Kim Ward (R-Westmoreland) Senate President Pro Tempore  [Senate will sign House Bill 611, part of budget]

-- Spotlight PA: State Begins To Miss Education, Human Services Payments As Budget Impasse Continues

-- AP: PA Schools Face Spending Down Reserves Or Taking Out Loans As State Lawmakers Fail To Act

-- Inquirer: PA House Democrats Rally In Philly Against Private School Vouchers: ‘What Are They Going To Do For The 99% Left Behind’?

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: State A Partner, Not Just an ‘ATM’ For Higher Education Republican Lawmaker Says

-- Dept. Of Revenue Reports July State Tax Collections $2.9 Billion In July

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports July State Revenues Increased $185.3 Million, 6.9% Over Last Year

-- TribLive Editorial: PA Lawmakers Can Fix Court Filing Fee Problem [Surcharge Lapsed]


-- PA Senate/House

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: Republican Senate Leader Kim Ward Is A ‘Tough As Nails’ Force In PA’s Budget Drama

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA House Members May Soon Post Expenses Online

-- PennLive: Pittsburgh Republican State Sen. Devlin Robinson Apologizes For Calling Philly Firefighter A Vulgar Name


-- Special PA House Election

-- TribLive: Candidates Chosen For Sept. 19 House Special Election In Allegheny County

-- PA Capital-Star: For 3rd Time This Year, Special Election Will Decide Control Of PA House


-- U.S. Senate/House

-- Inquirer: Republicans Are All In On McCormick For US Senate Race, So Where Is He?

-- Post-Gazette: Cong. Deluzio Is Western PA’s Most Vulnerable Member Of Congress; It’s Not Denting His Progressive Streak


-- November 2023 Election

-- Erie Times: Mail-In Ballots Can Be Requested By PA Voters


-- November 2020 Election

-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Man Named In $10 Million Lawsuit Over 2020 Election Fraud Investigation [Involving Fulton County ‘Audit’]

-- PennLive: Conservative Patriots Group Appeal Ruling Dismissing Request For Forensic Audit Of 2020 Election Results In Lycoming County [A County Ex-President Won Big]


-- National Politics

-- PennLive: TV Host At Ex-President’s Rally In Erie ‘Retracts Statements” Agreeing With ‘Kill Them All’ Comment About The Left, RINOs On Air

-- Politics PA: Ads Sponsored By Republicans Against Ex-President Coming To PA

-- TribLive/PennLive: Republican Group Set To Air Anti-Ex-President Ads In PA As Post-Indictment Pressure Ramps Up

-- PennLive: Singer Jason Aldean Has A Problem: Why Fans Who Supported Him Last Week Against Charges One Of His Songs Is Racist And Supports Lynching Are Turning On Him Now

-- Inquirer Column: Florida Republican Gov. DeSantis Is Wrong - Slavery Did Not Benefit Black People - By Jenice Armstrong

-- The Guardian: Outrage After Republican Gov. DeSantis Says He’d ‘Start Slitting Throats’ In Federal Bureaucracy If Elected President


-- Flooding

-- WHYY: FEMA Tells Mid-Atlantic Residents To ‘Be Ready’ As Peak Hurricane Season Nears

-- Scranton Times: Engineer From PennDOT’s Dunmore Office Assisting With Flood Recovery In Vermont

-- Lancaster Farming: Managing Increased Drought And Flooding Risk For Pennsylvania

-- York Daily Record: Farmers’ Almanac: Don’t Expect A Mild Winter In Central PA Like Last Year

-- Erie Times: ‘A Catastrophe Has Befallen Us:’ The Mill Creek Flood Of 1915


-- Train Derailments

-- Gov. Shapiro: Darlington Twp., Beaver County To Receive $544,700 From Norfolk Southern To Pay For Road Repairs As A Result Of The Train Derailment

-- LancasterOnline: Norfolk Southern Fails To Notify Local Fire Crews Of Maintenance Work That Caused Dozens Of Small Fires Along Tracks

-- TribLive: Half A Year After Norfolk Southern Train Derailment, East Palestine’s Fight To Recover Continues

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: As 6-month Anniversary Of Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Nears, East Palestine, OH Residents Press Officials, Fight Burnout

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Rattled Region 6 Months Ago, Fight For Accountability, Safer Rail Freight Continues - By Cong. Chris Deluzio

-- AP: 6 Months After Norfolk Southern Train Derailment, Congress Is Deadlocked On New Rules For Safety
-- The Guardian: ‘It Feels Like An Apocalyptic Movie:’ Life In East Palestine, OH 6 Months After Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- WESA/AP: Norfolk Southern Changes Policy On Overheated Bearings, Months After Ohio Train Derailment


-- PA Politics Of Russian Invasion

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: Pennsylvania- $3.90; National- $3.83; Ohio- $3.44 

-- MCall: PA Region Gasoline Prices Show Biggest Weekly Increase In More Than A Year

-- TribLive: Gasoline Prices Soar Amid Heat-Related Refinery Outages, Analyst Says

-- AP: Saudi Arabia Extends Cut Of Oil Production Thru September, Trying To Boost Prices  

-- WFMJ: National Fuel Gas To Reduce Natural Gas Supply Charges 58% Due To Lower International Prices For Natural Gas

-- Buffalo News: Falling Natural Gas Prices Take A Toll On National Fuel Gas Profits

-- Reuters: Chesapeake Energy Profit Slides On Lower Natural Gas Prices [As War Profits Ebb]

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs-- 21-- Down 1 From Last Week

-- Inquirer Column: Why PA Should Lead On LNG Natural Gas Exports - By Former Rep. Becky Corbin 

-- Bloomberg: Weaker European Natural Gas Pricess Push LNG Imports To Lowest Since 2021

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Poised To Erase About 25% Of Value In July

-- Reuters Column: US Oil And Natural Gas Production Begins To Flatten

-- Reuters: US Oil Supplied Rises In May To Highest Since August 2019 - EIA


-- PA/Harrisburg Politics Potpourri

-- SpotlightPA - Stephen Caruso: Proposed Relief For Child Sex Abuse Survivors Won’t Reach Ballot In 2023


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

-- WITF/LancasterOnline: An Annotated Guide To The Distortions, Half-Truths And Outright Lies About The 2020 Election In Pennsylvania

-- WESA/WITF: Indictment Of Ex-President Spells Out Connections To Pennsylvania In Efforts To Overturn 2020 Election

-- PA Capital-Star: How Fake Electors In Pennsylvania, 6 Other States Are Central To Ex-President’s Indictment

-- City & State PA: Chronicle Of Ever-Growing Number Of Pennsylvanians Charged, Convicted Of Crimes Related To Assault On US Capitol

-- Inquirer: PA Republican Leaders Are Quiet On Indictment Of Ex-President

-- Post-Gazette: Pennsylvania Plays A Starring Role 5 Times In New Indictment Of Ex-President

-- WTAE: Pennsylvania Plays Key Role In Ex-President’s Indictment

-- Inquirer: Philly Political Strategist Played A ‘Major Operational Role’ In Ex-President’s Fake Elector Scheme

-- Inquirer: Charges Feature Ex-President’s Effort To Subvert Pennsylvania Election Results

-- City & State PA: Gov. Shapiro Weighs In On Ex-President’s Indictment: ‘Our Democracy Survived’

-- PennLive Guest Essay: New Indictments Against Ex-President Brings Clarity To Some Voters - By Mark Singel

-- Spotlight PA: Why ‘Fake Electors’ From Nov. 2020 Election In Pennsylvania Are Likely To Avoid Prosecution

-- WITF: Dickinson College Presidents Says Republicans Out Of Line For Assailing DOJ Over Indictment Of Ex-President

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: Legality Just One ‘Fake Elector’ Issue In PA

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Spread Solar Power


-- Health Care

-- SpotlightPA: PA Counties Face Uncertainty As They Grapple With How To Spend Opioid Settlement Funds


-- Education

-- AP: PA Schools Face Spending Down Reserves Or Taking Out Loans As State Lawmakers Fail To Act

-- Inquirer: PA House Democrats Rally In Philly Against Private School Vouchers: ‘What Are They Going To Do For The 99% Left Behind’?

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Public School Employees’ Retirement Fund Sues Firm That Admits To Investment Profit Error

-- The Center Square: Public School Employees’ Pension System Seeks Millions In Damages Against Advisor

-- TribLive Guest Essay: PA Students Are Struggling To Read, We Must Help Them - By Sen. Ryan Augment & Sen. Anthony Williams

-- Post-Gazette: Pitt, Penn State Funding Still In Limbo Despite Shapiro Signing Main State Budget Bill

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: State A Partner, Not Just an ‘ATM’ For Higher Education Republican Lawmaker Says

-- TribLive: Penn State Works To Trim Deficits That Have Place It In ‘Vulnerable State,’ President Says

-- TribLive Editorial: Cutting Support To Student Run Newspaper Shows Penn State Doesn’t Value Information


-- Law Enforcement

-- SpotlightPA - Stephen Caruso: Proposed Relief For Child Sex Abuse Survivors Won’t Reach Ballot In 2023

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooter Should Be Put To Death, Jury Decides

-- TribLive: Groups Combating Rising Antisemitism In Pittsburgh, Nationally


-- The Economy

-- AP: Gov. Shapiro Says Millions Will Go To Help Train Workers For Infrastructure Projects

-- Spotlight PA: PA Homeowners Desperate As Mortgage Aid Struggles Drag On: ‘It Shouldn’t Be This Difficult’

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Pennsylvanians Are Leaving, But Shapiro, Lawmakers Can Inspire Them To Stay - Commonwealth Foundation

-- TribLive Editorial: Liquor Control Board Racket Must End

-- Post-Gazette/AP: Cyberattack Disrupted Hospitals, Health Care In 5 State, Including PA


-- Other

-- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: A Government That Listens Is No Longer A Fish Story [Fish & Boat Commission Fish Stocking Rule Changes]

[Posted: August 6, 2023]

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