Sunday, December 31, 2023

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

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else--

Top Stories Of 2023

-- PA Capital-Star: Top 10 PA Legislative Stories From 2023

--  City & State PA: Where 2023 Storylines Stand Going Into The New Year

-- PA Capital-Star: Top 5 Stores From Gov. Shapiro’s First Year In Office

-- WITF: Top Stories Of 2023: Pennsylvania Budget Impasse

-- WITF: Top Stories Of 2023: Shapiro’s Legislative Affairs Secretary Resigns Amid Harassment Allegations

-- WITF: 2023 Wraps Up With Record Low Unemployment In PA

-- The Center Square: Year In Review: PA Education Policy

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Editorial: Let’s Resolve To Be Nicer People In 2024


-- Gov. Shapiro

-- PA Capital-Star: Top 5 Stores From Gov. Shapiro’s First Year In Office

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Governor’s Falling Approval Rating Deserved [Conservative Commonwealth Foundation Poll]

-- WSJ: Inside Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro’s Bid To Push Penn On Antisemitism

-- LancasterOnline: Shapiro Purchased Automatic Dog Door; Massage Sofa; Big-Screen TVs For Governor’s Residence

-- WITF/LancasterOnline: Gov. Shapiro Returns $2,400 Electric Dog Door Bought For Governor’s Residence


-- PA House/Senate

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: PA Lawmakers’ Base Salary Now Tops $106,000; What You Need To Know About Automatic Pay Raises

-- Warren Times Editorial: PA House Must Be Wise On Break

-- PA Capital-Star: Weird Pennsylvania: Bills That Make You Go ‘Hummmm’


-- 2024 Elections

-- Inquirer: A Look At The Crowded Field For PA Attorney General

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Editorial: Let’s Resolve To Be Nicer People In 2024

-- Newsweek: 35,589 Democrats Flipped To Republican In Pennsylvania Swing State

-- Inquirer: Ex-President’s Impact On PA Republican Candidates; Biden’s Support In Philly Suburbs; Storylines We’re Watching In 2024

-- TribLive: In Pennsylvania, Any Challenge To Ex-President Being On Ballot Must Go Thru The Courts


-- Election Reforms

-- WITF: PA Elections Chief: Fixes Coming To Avoid Errors That Plagued Northampton County

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Lou Barletta: Republicans Should Embrace Mail-In Ballots


-- National Politics

-- Inquirer: Ex-President’s Impact On PA Republican Candidates; Biden’s Support In Philly Suburbs; Storylines We’re Watching In 2024

-- Post-Gazette: Liz Cheney Blasts PA Republican Con. Kelly For Critiquing Her ‘Attitude’ Over Ex-President In Her New Book


-- PA’s Role In Assault On US Capitol

-- AP: PA Man Sentenced In Secret For Crimes Related To Assault On US Capitol Provided Information To Authorities, Court Papers Say 


-- Miscellaneous State/Harrisburg Politics

-- Spotlight PA: Inside The PA Court Case Pitting A Genealogist Against Ancestry.com Over PA Museum Commission Digitized Historical Records


-- PA Politics Of Russian Invasion

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: PA- $3.40  National- $3.11  Ohio- $2.81

-- Baker Hughes: Number Of PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs Same As Last Week- 19; PA Had 22 Rigs On Dec. 30, 2022

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Surge On Risk Of Widening War In Middle East

-- Reuters: Oil Prices Shed 10% In 2023 As Supply, Demand Concerns Weigh

-- Reuters: US Oil Output Fell In October For First Time Since April: US EIA


-- Train Derailments

-- WTAE: East Palestine Residents Continue To Cope With Struggles After Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- NYT: Victims Of Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Wait For A Presidential Visit: ‘I Feel Like I Don’t Matter’


-- Education

-- Courier Times: Bucks County Mom Behind Conservative School Movement Charged With Assault, Giving Teens Alcohol

-- Warren Times: House Republicans Proposed $250 Million School Resource [Security] Officer Program

-- WITF: PA Republican Lawmakers Say Cursive Handwriting Instruction Should Be Required

-- TribLive: Slippery Rock University Band To Perform In London’s New Year’s Day Parade


-- Health Care

-- Erie Times: So Many COVID, Flu Patients Seeking Treatment, Erie Hospital Ran Out Of Swab Tests

-- Post-Gazette: PA DHS Asks For Public Feedback On Proposed Medicaid Changes

-- AP: As Pandemic Unfolded, Deaths Of Older Adults In PA Rose Steeply In Abuse Or Neglect Cases


-- Law Enforcement

-- Spotlight PA: 3 Years Ago A Police Officer Killed Christian Hall, Now The Legislature Will Study The Role Of 911 In Mental Health Emergencies

-- Inquirer: Philly’s Gun Violence Declined In 2023, But Still Remains At Levels Well Above The Recent Past


-- The Economy

-- WITF: 2023 Wraps Up With Record Low Unemployment In PA

-- Altoona Mirror: Pennsylvania Skill Gambling Company Donates $1.1 Million To Organizations Across The State

[Posted: December 31, 2023]

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