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

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else--

-- Gov. Shapiro

-- NYT: Josh Shapiro Tries To Deliver Pennsylvania For Harris

-- WESA: Shapiro To Announce 10-Year, $600 Million Makeover For Downtown Pittsburgh

-- WVIA: Distinguished Daughters Of PA To Induct 11 New Members

-- TribLive: Shapiro Selects 4 Western PA Women For Distinguished Daughter Award Honoring Community Service

-- Budget 2025

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: Lawmakers’ Hoped-For Deal To Increase PA Transit, Road, Bridge Funding Looks Unlikely This Year

-- PA House/Senate

-- PA Capital-Star: PA General Assembly Session Draws To A Close With Fewest New Laws In More Than A Decade

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PA Revenue Secretary, Fmr Republican State Senator, Questioned In Senate In Face-Off Over Tax Information

-- PennLive: PA Revenue Secretary Testifies Under Order In State Senate Over Tax Program Data

-- MCall: Allentown Economic Zone Has Never Been Audited, Revenue Secretary Tells PA Senate

-- TribLive/PennLive: PA Supreme Court: Revenue Secretary, Fmr State Senator, Must Appear Before Senate Or Risk Going To Jail

-- PennLive: PA House Passes Long-Awaited Pension Increase For Pre-2001 State, School Retirees

-- TribLive: Sen. Kim Ward, Breast Cancer Survivor, Crusades To Get Patients Treatment They Need

-- US Senate/House

-- Spotlight PA: Your Guide To This Year’s Congressional Races

-- November Election

-- AP: What To Expect In Pennsylvania On Election Day

-- ABC27: 1 Million PA Mail-In Ballots Returned Two Weeks Before Election Day

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Supreme Court: Provisional Ballots Must Be Counted If Mail-In Ballots Are Disqualified

-- PA Capital-Star: Republicans Ask PA Supreme Court To Stay Ruling Allowing Provisional Voting In Mail-In Ballots Case

-- WESA/Spotlight PA: Why ‘Prevanvassing’ Rules For PA Mail-In Ballots Frustrate Voting Officials

-- Eire Times: Election Group Confident In Erie County Officials After Vendor’s Ballot Mailing Mistake Involving 300 Voters

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Our Elections Are Safe And Secure, So Vote With Confidence - By Fmr. Gov. Tom Corbett, Fmr Cong. Conor Lamb

-- Post-Gazette: Fmr Republican Cong. Charlie Dent, Others Discuss Election Certification Challenges

-- PennLive: Top State Election Official Says Lancaster County Elections Office Is Misleading Voters Involving Students At Franklin & Marshall College

-- AP: Lancaster County Says 2,500 Voter Registrations Being Investigated For Possible Fraud 

-- York Daily Record: York County Investigating Large Delivery Of Voter Registration Forms, Mail-In Ballot Requests From A Third Party

-- TribLive/AP: Nuns Push Back After Republican Political Activist Casts Doubt On Their Pennsylvania Voting Registration In Erie County 

-- TribLive: Philly Man Accused Of Threatening To Kill Western PA Political Party Worker Over Poll Watching Duties

-- WHYY: Bucks County Warns Of Fake Video Showing Destroyed Ballots

-- AP: FBI: Russian Actors Made Fake Video Depicting Mail-In Ballots For Ex-President Being Destroyed In Bucks County 

-- AP: Federal Judge Weighs Republican Request To Verify Eligibility Of PA’s Military, Overseas Voters

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Republican Congressmen Allege PA’s Military Ballot Rules Violate Federal Law [Republic Con. Scott Perry]

-- York Dispatch: Republican Con. Scott Perry Qualified For Military voting Program He’s Now Challenging

-- Post-Gazette: Northampton County Has Been Right On Presidential Elections, Could It Also Decide 2024?

-- Reading Eagle: How Latino Voters In Allentown, Reading Will Decide PA Election

-- Post-Gazette: PA Democrats Press To Narrow The Gap In The State’s Rural Areas

-- Capital & Main: Spurred To Action By ‘900 Pages Of Pure Terror,’ PA Union Members Knock On Doors To Defeat Ex-President

-- TribLive: Elon Musk PAC Pays 3 Pennsylvanians $1 Million Each For Signing Petition, But It Won’t Buy Their Votes

-- Elections

-- PennLive Guest Essay: When You Vote, Leave Your Biases At The Door - By Mark Singel

-- National Politics

-- Inquirer: Some 2020 ‘Fake’ Electors From PA Are Back Again This Year, Prepared To Do It Again

-- WHYY: Is Musk’s $1 Million A Day Giveaway Legal?

-- Post-Gazette: Gov. Shapiro Questions Whether Musk’s $1 Million Giveaway Is Legal

-- TribLive: Elon Musk’s PAC Halts $1 Million Daily Giveaway In PA After US Dept. Of Justice Warning

-- Post-Gazette: Dark Money Floods Key Races In Battleground Pennsylvania

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Truth Takes A Beating In The Homestretch - By Mark Singel

-- TribLive Editorial: Is Polling Just Political Palm Reading?

-- Miscellaneous State/Harrisburg Politics

-- Post-Gazette: PA Is No Stranger To Threats Of Political Violence, Are There Any Solutions?

-- PA Capital-Star: PA General Assembly Session Draws To A Close With Fewest New Laws In More Than A Decade

-- PA Politics Of Russian Invasion

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.13  Ohio- $2.84   PA- $3.34

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rig Count Down To 12, Lowest In More Than 17 Years; Community Support Drops; Big Hole In DEP Budget  [PaEN]

-- Reuters: Blackstone Private Equity Firm  In Talks To Buy US Natural Gas Pipeline Stakes From EQT For $3.5 Billion, Sources Say

-- Reuters: Exxon Mobil/Qatar Granted FERC Extension To Finish Golden Pass LNG Gas Export Facility Due To Contractor Problems

-- Three Mile Island Restart

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Owners Make Restart Pitch To Regulators In Maryland, While Critics Remain Skeptical Of Both

-- WITF StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Owner Lays Out Reopening Timeline At Public Hearing In Maryland  

-- WNEP: US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Holds Public Meeting In Maryland On Plans To Reopen Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant

-- Reuters: US Nuclear Regulator Kicks Off Review On Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Restart

-- WITF StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Nuclear Boosters, Skeptics Eyeing Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Restart

Reuters: Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Gears Up For Reboot

-- Flooding

-- Scranton Times: Dickson City Begins Work To Stabilize Price Creek Banks, Minimize Risk Of Disastrous Flood 

-- WESA: Pittsburgh-Area Planners Prep For Climate Future - Pretty Much Everywhere It’s Gonna Be Wet

-- WHYY: Real Estate Developer Aims To Control Flooding, Erosion In Chester County

-- LancasterOnline Guest Essay: Are You Ready For The Next Natural Disaster?  Lancaster County Residents Must Be Prepared  

-- Post-Gazette: Beaver County College Student Flies Supplies To Hurricane Helene Victims 

-- Train Derailments

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Lessons From Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Have Yet To Be Made Law - That Must Change 

-- The Allegheny Front: New Studies Shed Light On Contamination, Response To Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Musicians, Activists To Gather Friday, Oct. 25 To Help People Affected By Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- Education

-- Independent Fiscal Office: How Did School Districts Use Federal COVID Funds?

-- Health Care

-- Spotlight PA: Breaking Rules Intended To Keep PA’s Older Adults Safe Is Rarely Met With State Sanctions

-- TribLive: Sen. Kim Ward, Breast Cancer Survivor, Crusades To Get Patients Treatment They Need

-- Spotlight PA: Prior Misconduct Rarely An Obstacle For Doctors In PA’s Medical Marijuana Program

-- Independent Fiscal Office: How Did School Districts Use Federal COVID Funds?

-- Law Enforcement

-- AP: Lawsuits Claim Dozens Of Children Were Sexually Abused Inside PA Juvenile Facilities

-- TribLive Editorial: Judicial Havoc Is No Way To Run Gun Policy

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Police Chief Retires After Basketball Refereeing Controversy

-- The Economy

-- WESA: Shapiro To Announce 10-Year, $600 Million Makeover For Downtown Pittsburgh

-- Post-Gazette: Steelworkers Boss Vows 13-Day Blitz To Lobby Against Nippon Buying US Steel

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Allegheny County Tax Increase Is Necessary, But Leaders Must Minimize The Pain

[Posted: October 27, 2024]  PA Environment Digest