Sunday, April 21, 2024

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

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else--

-- Gov. Shapiro

-- Spotlight PA: Gov. Shapiro’s Economic Development Proposals In The Budget Draws On Lessons From Curdled Fairlife Mike Deal

-- AP: Shapiro Aims To Eliminate Waiting List For Intellectually Disabled Adult Services

-- AP: Shapiro Says PA Will  Move All School Standardized Testing Online In 2026

-- Centre Daily Times Guest Essay: Shapiro’s Energy Plan Not What Pennsylvania Needs - By Sierra Club

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Shapiro Energy Plan Keeps PA Interests Front And Center


-- Budget 2024

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Have Slot Machines Finally Won $1 Billion In Tax Relief For Pennsylvanians?

-- Shapiro Administration Makes Record Amount Of State Gambling Revenue Available For Property Tax Relief

-- Spotlight PA: Gov. Shapiro’s Economic Development Proposals In The Budget Draws On Lessons From Curdled Fairlife Mike Deal

-- PA Gaming Control Board Reports March Revenues At All-Time Monthly High, Up 7.64% Over Last Year


-- PA House/Senate

-- AP: PA House Democrats Propose New Expulsion Rules After Remote Voting By Lawmaker Facing An Arrest Warrant

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: Political Drama Surround Rep. Kevin Boyle, Subject Of Arrest Warrant

-- Inquirer: Warrant Issued For Arrest Of Democratic Rep. Kevin Boyle For PFA Violation

-- TribLive Editorial: Mental Health Is More Important Than Political Power [Rep. Boyle]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA House Measure Aims To Protect Vulnerable Communities From Heavy Pollution Burden  [Environmental Justice]

-- Rep. Fiedler: Labor, Environmental Leaders Join House Democrats To Announce Joint Blue-Green Legislative Agenda

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Lawmakers Push Bills To Bring Labor, Environmental Groups Together

-- PA Capital-Star: PA House Blue-Green Alliance Debuts Legislative Agenda; Labor And Environmentalists Are Talking

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Blue-Green Caucus Chases Job Growth And Climate Protection


-- US Senate/House

-- PennLive: Republican Con. Scott Perry Only PA Congressional Member To Vote Against Aid For Both Israel, Ukraine 

-- AP: Republicans’ Defense Of House Congressional Seats Starts With PA Primary Election

-- Inquirer: Bob Casey Knows You Think He’s Boring; That’s Why He Thinks You Should Reelect Him To US Senate

-- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: ‘Shrinkflation’ Means Something Different In The Snack Capital [Hanover, York County]

-- PennLive - John Baer: Which PA Democrat Is Likely To Face Republican Con. Scott Perry, The TV Anchor Or Military Pilot?


-- Primary Election

-- WITF: PA’s Top Election Official Holds Daily Briefings Ahead Of April 23 Primary

-- Spotlight PA: How PA Secures Mail Ballots, Prevents Fraud, And More

-- Erie Times: What Could Trigger Costly, Time-Consuming Election Recounts In PA? 3 Signatures And $50

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Washington County Sees Fight Over Fixing Mail-In Ballots

-- Observer-Reporter: Greene, Fayette Counties Allowing Voters To Fix Mail-In Ballots [Washington County Isn’t]

-- Inquirer: Republican Lawsuit In Chester County Could Block Mail-In Ballots Collected From Senior Citizens In Long-Term Care Facilities From Being Counted

-- Spotlight PA: Missing Voting Machine Documents Raise Concern About Northampton County’s Testing Process

-- Spotlight PA: Vast Majority Of PA Legislative Races Will Be Decided During The Primary

-- WHYY: Race To Watch: PA’s Crowded Primary Election For Attorney General

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: What The Latest Fundraising Reports Tell Us About The Race For Attorney General

-- WITF: House Republican Leader’s Primary Race Approaching $500,000 In Spending


-- Election Reforms

-- PA Capital-Star: PA House Amends Campaign Finance Bills To Cover All Nonprofits, Require More Detailed Reports

-- PennLive: Effort Launched To Have Republican Lawmakers Say No To Money From PA’s Richest Man - Jeffrey Yass

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Why Are 2 Staffers Still Being Paid After 2021 PA Legislative Reapportionment Commission Disbanded?


-- National Politics

-- WITF/NPR: PA’s Erie County Picks Presidents, Here’s What It Can Tell Us About 2024

-- PA Capital-Star: Young Voters Helped Decide The 2020 Election In PA, Will They Turn Out For The Rematch?

-- Post-Gazette: PA’s Primary Could Foreshadow Who Wins The Nation’s Biggest Battleground In November

-- Financial Times: Biden’s Energy Policies Are Fueling Ex-President’s Campaign In Pennsylvania 

-- AP: Biden Visits PA Hometown To Call For More Taxes On Rich, Cast Ex-President As Elitist

-- Triblive: Biden Tells Pittsburgh Steelworkers He Has Delivered For Them

-- Post-Gazette: Biden Pledges To Keep US Steel In American Hands In Pittsburgh Speech


-- PA’s Role In Assault On US Capitol

-- Triblive: Washington County Man Charged With Assaulting Police During Assault On US Capitol 

-- LancasterOnline: US Supreme Court Upholds $5,000 Fine Against PA Republican Cong. Smucker For Dodging Metal Detectors After Assault On US Capitol


-- PA Politics Of Russian Invasion

-- Financial Times: Biden’s Energy Policies Are Fueling Ex-President’s Campaign In Pennsylvania 

-- AAA Gasoline Prices:  PA- $3.81  National- $3.67  Ohio- $3.66

-- KDKA: PA Gasoline Prices On The Rise As Stations Switch To Summer Fuel Blend

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drill Rig Count At 22, Same As Last Week

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Equinor Sheds Last Operated Gas Assets In US; EQT Picks them Up Along With $500 Million

-- Reuters: EQT To Sell 40% Interest In ‘Non-Operated’ Natural Gas Assets In Northeast PA To Equinor USA 

-- Guest Essay: Claims That Only Thermal Energy Resources Can Ensure Electric Grid Reliability Don’t Pass The Laugh Test - By John Quigley, Kleinman Center For Energy Policy, University of Pennsylvania  [PaEN] 

-- PA Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition Doubles-Down On Support For Exporting PA Natural Gas To China, Our Economic, Military Competitor  [PaEN] 

-- Observer-Reporter: PA Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition Chief Touts Virtues Of Natural Gas Production In Area 

-- Bloomberg: Europe’s Demand For LNG Gas Set To Peak In 2024 As Crisis Fades

-- Delaware County Times Guest Essay: Biden’s Pause On New LNG Gas Export Terminals Bad For PA - By Former Republican Sen. Earl Baker

-- Bloomberg: Asian LNG Gas Prices Rise Near Highest In 2024 Amid Conflict Risk

-- Bloomberg: European LNG Gas Erases Year-To-Date Losses As Israel Vows Response 



-- Train Derailments

-- Post-Gazette: Attorneys Answer Residents’ Questions About $600 Million Norfolk Southern Settlement


-- Flooding

-- NRCS-PA Conducting Rapid Survey Of Western PA Counties To Determine Impacts Of Flooding So Far In April  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Williamsport Flood Levee Remains Important Priority


-- Education

-- AP: Shapiro Says PA Will  Move All School Standardized Testing Online In 2026

-- AP: PA School District Cancels Actor’s Speech Over His Activism And ‘Lifestyle’

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PA Republican Lawmakers Shake Heads At Shapiro Proposal To Change Pitt Funding Approval System

-- Post-Gazette: PHEAA Extends PA Student Grant Submission Deadline Amid FAFSA Delays


-- Health Care

-- AP: Shapiro Aims To Eliminate Waiting List For Intellectually Disabled Adult Services

-- The Center Square: ‘Pharmacy Deserts’ Spreading Across Pennsylvania

-- TribLive: Pharmacists Open Up To State Senate Committee About Financial Struggles At Hearing

-- MCall: 4th Latino Health Summit Highlights Health Policies, Health Issues Critical To Latino Population

-- WHYY: Health Officials Warn Of Rise In ‘Highly Contagious’ Whooping Cough In Philadelphia Region


-- Law Enforcement

-- Inquirer: Antisemitic Incidents In PA Rose Sharply In 2023 Amid Israel-Hamas War, New ADL Report Says


-- The Economy

-- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: ‘Shrinkflation’ Means Something Different In The Snack Capital [Hanover, York County]

-- Dept. Of Labor & Industry Reported PA March Unemployment 3.4%; Same For 6 Consecutive Months

 -- AP: Sheetz Convenience Store Chain Hit With Discrimination Lawsuit

-- Triblive: Biden Tells Pittsburgh Steelworkers He Has Delivered For Them

-- Post-Gazette: Biden Pledges To Keep US Steel In American Hands In Pittsburgh Speech


-- Other

-- LancasterOnline: Roads, Parks, Nonprofits: How Lancaster County Municipalities Have Earmarked $50 Million In Federal ARPA [COVID] Funding So Far
[Posted: April 21, 2024]

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