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

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else--

-- Gov. Shapiro

-- PA Capital-Star: Shapiro Signs Bill Allowing Police To Ticket Distracted Drivers Using Handheld Devices

-- Budget 2024

-- New State Budget Is Due July 1

-- AP: Budget Season Arrived In The PA Capitol As Lawmakers Prepare For Debate Over Massive Surplus

-- Politics PA: The Countdown To A New State Budget Has Begun

-- TribLive Editorial: The Sad History Of Pennsylvania’s Inability To Pass A Budget

-- CNHI News: PA Dems Move School Funding Bill Toward Vote On House Floor

-- WESA: PA House Education Committee Advances 7-Year School Funding Plan, Cyber Charter Reform

-- PA Capital-Star: PA House Takes First Step To Make Fair Education Funding Plan Into Law

-- PA House/Senate

-- Spotlight PA: Paid Family Leave Draws Bipartisan Support As Good For Economy, But Some Oppose Cost, Lost Control

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PA Senate Passes Bill To Expand Places To Buy ‘Canned Cocktails’ To Go

-- US Senate/House

-- PennLive: Poll Shows Republican Con. Perry, Stelson In Statistical Tie

-- Franklin & Marshall Poll Results: Perry vs Stelson Congressional Race

-- AP: Republican US House Speaker Appoints PA’s Con. Scott Perry To Intelligence Committee

-- Election Reforms

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Guest Essay: Republicans Continue To Wage War On Mail-In Votes In Pennsylvania

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Remember When Voting By Mail Was Uncontroversial?

-- National Politics

-- Post-Gazette: Who Is George Soros, And Why Is He An Issue In Western PA?

--AP: Republican US Senator Tim Scott Launches $14 Million Outreach Effort To Minority Voters [PA Included]

-- PA’s Role In Assault On US Capitol

-- AP: Former Police Officers Who Defended US Capitol During Jan. 6 Assault Visited PA House, Some Republican Members Jeered

-- PennLive: Several PA House Republicans Boo, Walk Out Of Ceremony Honoring Police Officers Hurt Defending The Capitol During The Assault On The US Capitol  

-- WPost: Several PA House Republicans Boo Police Officers Who Hurt Defending The Capitol During The Assault On The US Capitol  

-- WITF: Former US Capitol Police Officers Serving During Assault On US Capitol Condemn Political Violence

-- Scranton Times: Former Capitol Police Officers Revisit Assault On US Capitol

-- PennLive: Three Men Arrested In York For Crimes Related To Assault On US Capitol

-- WNEP: Four Pennsylvania Men Charged With Crimes Related To Assault On US Capitol

-- MCall: Lehigh Valley NASCAR Driver, Son Charged With Crimes Related To Assault On US Capitol

-- Miscellaneous State/Harrisburg Politics

-- City & State PA Guest Essay: It’s Within Our Power To Craft A More Civil Future For PA - By Elizabeth Preate Havey

-- PA Politics Of Russian Invasion

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: PA- $3.68  National- $3.45  Ohio- $3.26

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

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports Drop In PA Shale Gas Production From 4th Quarter  [PaEN] 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Natural Gas Drilling Drops In First Quarter In Pennsylvania

-- Delaware Valley Journal Guest Essay: PA Leaders - LNG Gas Expansion Isn’t Partisan, It’s Smart - By Taylor Millard  [Export PA Gas To China?]

-- Marcellus Drilling News/RBNenergy.com: US LNG Gas Exports Are Climbing As The Impact From Spring Maintenance Work Eases [Note Shipments To China]

-- Bloomberg Guest Essay: LNG Gas Market Is Europe’s New Vulnerability

-- Bloomberg: How A Cracked Pipe  Caused Panic In Europe’s Natural Gas Market

-- Bloomberg: Shell CEO Warns Of Risk From Volatile LNG Gas Export Policy In DC Visit

-- Reuters: Freeport LNG Gas Export Facility Sues 3 Contractors Over Defects At Texas Plant 

-- Reuters: Golden Pass LNG Gas Export Facility Construction Turmoil To Delay Texas Plant’s Startup, Analysts Say 

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Jumps 13% As Unplanned Norwegian Outages Cut Supply

-- Reuters: China’s CNOOC Reports Major Natural Gas Production Breakthrough In 1  Trillion Cubic Meter Gas Region In South China Sea

-- TribLive/AP: OPEC, Led By Saudies, Extend Supply Cuts Amid Slack Prices

-- Gas Explosions

-- TribLive: Youngstown Natural Gas Explosion Victim Remembered As Driven, Community Oriented

-- Train Derailments

-- Post-Gazette: EPA Outlines Plans For Long-Term Health, Water Monitoring Around Norfolk Southern Train Derailment, Is It Enough? 

-- Inside Climate News: Ohio, PA Residents Affected By Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Say Their ‘Basic Needs’ Are Still Not Being Met

-- PA Senate Approves Mastriano, Vogel, Brooks Bill To Let Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Victims Keep More Money

-- AP: IRS Decides People Who Get Money From Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Won’t Be Taxed On It

-- Flooding

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: New Report - Extreme Rainfall In Pennsylvania To Increase  [PaEN] 

-- WHYY: Flood Risk Is Increasing In Philly Region, Here’s What You Need To Know

-- WESA: ReImagine Appalachia Report Proposes Policy Recommendations To Increase Flood Resilience In Appalachia

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Advocates Call For Better Flood Relief Policies For Appalachian Communities

-- Education

-- CNHI News: PA Dems Move School Funding Bill Toward Vote On House Floor

-- WESA: PA House Education Committee Advances 7-Year School Funding Plan, Cyber Charter Reform

-- PA Capital-Star: PA House Takes First Step To Make Fair Education Funding Plan Into Law

-- TribLive: PA Lawmakers Introduce Bills To Advance Shapiro’s Higher Education Overhaul

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: Proposed Scholarships Would Make Going To College Cheaper In PA, But There’s A Catch

-- WHYY: University Of Pennsylvania Bans Encampment Protests

-- TribLive: Protesters At University Of Pittsburgh Draw Police Response

-- WESA: Protesters At Pitt Dispersed After Meeting With Local Government Officials

-- TribLive: Shapiro, Pitt Chancellor Give Vastly Different Takes On Pro-Palestinian Encampment Than Protest’s Leaders

-- Scranton Times: Financially Struggling Clarks Summit University Temporarily Furloughs Employees

-- Inquirer: University Of The Arts Sudden Closure A Shock, But Not A Surprise In The Turbulent Higher Ed Landscape

-- TribLive: Point Park University Extends Offer To Students As Philadelphia College Closes

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Technical College In ‘Imminent Danger’ Of  Closing Accrediting Agency Says

-- Health Care

-- Spotlight PA: Secret Opioid Cash Meetings Criticized By PA Lawmaker

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Pharmacists Say PBMs Are Driving Pharmacy Closures

-- Spotlight PA: Nurse Practitioners Say They Could Ease Rural Health Care Shortage With More Authority, Doctors Say It Won’t Work

-- Post-Gazette: 22 Skilled Nursing, Personal Care Centers Declared Bankruptcy In Last Month In PA Rocking Senior Care Across PA

-- Law Enforcement

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Supreme Court To Weigh Life Sentences For Felony Murder

-- WESA: Prisoner Dies 12 Days After PA Judge Granted Compassionate Release For Health Reasons

-- The Economy

-- Spotlight PA: Paid Family Leave Draws Bipartisan Support As Good For Economy, But Some Oppose Cost, Lost Control

-- Post-Gazette: This Year’s Annual Congressional Baseball Game Brought To You By US Steel

-- Other

-- TribLive Editorial: Pride Is A Colorful Celebration Of Acceptance

[Posted: June 9, 2024]