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: Gov. Shapiro Slams President’s Tariffs As 'Disastrous, Reckless Policy’ That Will Drive Up Costs On Consumers, Businesses In Pennsylvania 

-- MCall: Gov. Shapiro Blasts President’s Tariffs During Lehigh Valley Visit: ‘Disastrous, Reckless Policy’  

-- Inquirer: Shapiro Says ‘People Will Suffer,’ PA Republicans Have Mixed Views On President’s New Tariff Plan

-- Post-Gazette: Shapiro Says President’s Tariffs Are ‘Just A Tax On Consumers’ 

-- The Center Square: Shapiro Hears Craft Brewers’ Concerns About President’s Tariffs

-- Lancaster Farming: Gov. Shapiro Slams Tariffs’ Possible Harm To Wood Industry

-- PA Capital-Star: Gov. Shapiro Wants You To Know He’s Pushing Back On President’s Policies That Are Hurting Pennsylvania 

-- PA Capital-Star: Shapiro Joins Other Democratic States In Suing Over Sudden Cancellation Of $11 Billion In Federal Health Funding  

-- Post-Gazette/NYT: Federal Judge Blocks Federal Agency From Terminating $11 Billion In Public Health Grants [Including To PA]

-- Wall Street Journal Guest Essay: Josh Shapiro Campaigned On School Choice, In Office He Bows To Teachers Union - By Rachel Langan, Commonwealth Foundation

-- Budget 2025

-- Spotlight PA: Proposed $25 Million Cut To State Bird Flu Aid For Farmers Could Leave PA Unprepared For Surge, Republican Lawmakers Fear

-- Dept. Of Revenue Reports March Tax Collections $70 Million (1.1%) More Than Governor’s Estimates; Year-To-Date Collections $34.3 Million (0.1%) Below Estimates

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports March State Revenue $27 Million (0.4%) Higher Than IFO Estimates; Fiscal-Year-To-Date Up $171 Million (0.5%) Over IFO Estimates

-- PA House/Senate

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PA Senate Passes Bill To Require DAs To Notify Federal ICE Of Defendants In Country Illegally

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Law Firm Adds Republican Rep. Andrew Kuzma To Firm

-- MCall Guest Essay: How To Fight For What Truly Makes America Great - By Rep. Michale Schlossberg (D-Lehigh)

-- US Senate/House

-- PA Capital-Star: Democratic PA Cong. Brendan Boyle Asks Government Accountability Office To Open Investigation Into Whether President Violated Federal Law By Freezing Funding 

-- PennLive -Charles Thompson: Republican Con. Scott Perry Voices Support For President’s Tariffs; ‘There Has To Be Some Rebalancing Of The Ledger’

-- PennLive: Republican Con. Scott Perry Faces Angry Voters In Comments Section Of Tele-Town Hall Meeting

-- York Dispatch: Republican Con. Scott Perry To Hold Teletown Hall Meeting April 2

-- 2024 Elections

-- AP: PA Lawsuit Claims Musk Failed To Make Promised Payments Over 2024 Petition Signatures 

-- Elections

-- AP: PA Mail-In Ballots Don’t Need Accurate Envelope Dates, Federal Judge Rules

-- PoliticsPA: Federal Court Rules PA’s Date Requirement For Mail-In Ballots Violates Constitution; Counties Cannot Reject Undated Or Wrongly Dated Ballots

-- City & State PA: Republicans Appeal Federal Judge’s Decision Date Requirement For Mail Ballots Is Unconstitutional

-- TribLive Editorial: Why Won’t The Dated Mail-In Ballot Lawsuits Die?

-- AP: States Sue To Block President’s Election Order, Saying It Violates Constitution [Not PA]

-- Republican Herald Editorial: New Ballot Drop Boxes Should Provide Necessary Peace Of Mind

-- Impacts Of President’s Tariffs

-- WPost: Conservative New Civil Liberties Alliance Challenges President’s Use Of ‘Emergency’ Powers To Enact Tariffs 

-- PA Capital-Star: Gov. Shapiro Slams President’s Tariffs As 'Disastrous, Reckless Policy’ That Will Drive Up Costs On Consumers, Businesses In Pennsylvania 

-- WESA: PA Congressional Reactions To President’s Tariffs: ‘The Right Direction,’ [Republicans] Or ‘Gambling With Our Future’ [Democrats] ?

-- MCall: Gov. Shapiro Blasts President’s Tariffs During Lehigh Valley Visit: ‘Disastrous, Reckless Policy’  

-- Inquirer: Shapiro Says ‘People Will Suffer,’ PA Republicans Have Mixed Views On President’s New Tariff Plan

-- Post-Gazette: Shapiro Says President’s Tariffs Are ‘Just A Tax On Consumers’ 

-- The Center Square: Shapiro Hears Craft Brewers’ Concerns About President’s Tariffs

-- Lancaster Farming: Gov. Shapiro Slams Tariffs’ Possible Harm To Wood Industry

-- Beaver Times: Funding Cuts, Tariffs: What Federal Shakeups Could Mean For PA Agriculture

-- York Dispatch: Local Manufacturer Casts Wary Gaze Toward President’s Tariffs As Gov. Shapiro Warns ‘People Will Suffer’ 

-- Post-Gazette: Local Car Dealers, Auto Parts Stores Brace For President’s 25% Tariffs: ‘A Gut Punch To The Industry’ 

-- Citizens Voice: Local Car Dealerships Bracing For Impact Of Automobile Tariffs

-- Citizens Voice: Tariffs Impacting Construction Costs, Projects

-- PA Capital-Star: Gov. Shapiro Wants You To Know He’s Pushing Back On President’s Policies That Are Hurting Pennsylvania 

-- AP: China Announces 34% Across-The-Board Tariff On All US Imports, Farm Products; Adopts Export Controls On Rare Earth Minerals   [PA Exported $3.5 Billion In Products To China, $2.6 Billion In Farm Products]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Stocks Plummet As President’s Tariffs Rattle Markets, Wiping Out $21.1 Billion In Value 

-- AP: President Announces Sweeping New Tariffs To Promote US Manufacturing, Risking Inflation, Global Trade Wars

-- AP: President Says Things Are ‘Going Very Well’ After Worst Stock Market Drop In Years Over His Tariffs 

-- AP: Fear That US President’s Tariffs Will Spark Recession Wipes Out More Than $2 Trillion In Value From US Stocks; Biggest Drop Since COVID Flattened The Global Economy In 2020

-- The Economist: Ruination Day: President’s Mindless Tariffs Will Cause Economic Havoc  [PDF of Article]

          “If you failed to spot America being “looted, pillaged, raped and plundered by nations near and far” or it being cruelly denied a “turn to prosper”, then congratulations: you have a firmer grip on reality than the President of the United States. 

         “It’s hard to know which is more unsettling: that the leader of the free world could spout complete drivel about its most successful and admired economy. 

          “Or the fact that on April 2nd, spurred on by his delusions, Donald Trump announced the biggest break in America’s trade policy in over a century—and committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era.”

-- Wall Street Journal Editorial: A New $6 Trillion Tariff Tax Increase By President? [Not Counting Retaliatory Tariffs From Other Countries]

-- Wall Street Journal Editorial: President And His ‘Little Disturbance’ From Tariffs; Someone Should Sue To Block President’s Abuse Of Power On Tariffs  [PDF of Article]  

-- Wall Street Journal Editorial: President Owns The Economy Now, He Can Try To Blame The Fed, But The Tariff Blunder Is His Alone

-- Financial Times Editorial: America’s Astonishing Act Of Self-Harm

-- The Guardian: Australia Puzzled On Why President Imposed Tariffs On Uninhabited Islands Near Antarctica - Well, There Are Penguins 

-- The Economist: President’s ‘Liberation Day’ Set To Whack America’s Economy 

-- TribLive/AP: President’s Promised April 2 ‘Liberation Day’ Of Tariffs Is Coming, Here’s What It Could Mean To You

-- AP: Markets Plunge: S&P 500 Down 6%; Dow Down Another 2,231 Points Friday After China Retaliates Against President’s Tariffs  

-- AP: Congress Has Power To Halt President’s Tariffs, But Republicans Aren’t Ready To Use It  

-- AP: Federal Reserve Chief Says President’s Tariffs Likely To Raise Inflation, Slow US Economic Growth  

-- AP: Republicans In Congress Moving Ahead With President’s ‘Big’ Bill Of Tax Breaks, Spending Cuts amid Tariff Uproar 

-- Impacts Of President’s Policies

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: For Some Who Voted For President, A Realization Dawns: We’ve Had Our Pockets Picked - By Rann Miller, For The Inquirer

-- PA Capital-Star: Shapiro Joins Other Democratic States In Suing Over Sudden Cancellation Of $11 Billion In Federal Health Funding  

-- Post-Gazette/NYT: Federal Judge Blocks Federal Agency From Terminating $11 Billion In Public Health Grants [Including To PA]

-- Beaver Times: Funding Cuts, Tariffs: What Federal Shakeups Could Mean For PA Agriculture

-- PA Capital-Star: PA, Other States ‘Ordered’ By US Education Dept. To Certify School Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Ban Compliance By All K-12 Schools In State Or Lose Funds

-- PA Capital-Star: Hundreds Of Laid-Off Federal Workers Seeking State Jobs, PA House Committee Hears

-- AP: Federal Court Ruling To Reinstate Provisional Federal Workers From 18 Agencies Does Not Apply In Pennsylvania 

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Letter: Federal Employees Write Open Letter To Republican Cong. Bresnahan

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Mayor Blasts President For Targeting East Liberty Social Security Office For Closure

-- Inquirer: PA Will Need To Fill In Gaps From Federal Cuts Or Be Left Without Services, Says Union Rep

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Federal SBA Ends COVID-Era Hardship Program, Thousands Of Businesses Could Face Higher Payments

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Advocacy Groups Taking To Streets To Push Back Against President, Musk On Federal Agency Cuts

-- Courier Times: Universal Free Lunch Could End For Many Bucks Schools Under Federal Cuts

-- Tribune-Democrat: Early Childhood Services At risk With Federal Cuts, Downsizing Local Leaders Say

-- Republican Herald: Federal DOGE Cuts Will Hurt Hungry Families In Schuylkill County, Officials Say

-- Post-Gazette: State Officials Visit Pittsburgh Food Bank To Push Back Against Cuts To Anti-Hunger Programs, Harm To Farmers 

-- Beaver Times: Rural PA Hospital CEO Talks About How Medicaid Cuts Would Pinch Healthcare System 

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Health Care Experts Worry About Future Of Rural Hospitals If Medicare Or Medicaid See Cuts

-- Post-Gazette: Federal Cuts To Health Programs Put Western PA Clinics On Alert

-- Inquirer: Here’s A Running List Of Terminated Federal HHS Grants In Philly Area

-- WESA: Hospitals Grapple With President’s ‘Order’ Banning Gender-Affirming Care Ban For Youth Under Age 19, Young People Caught In The Middle

-- WITF: PA, NJ Leaders Warn That DOGE Cuts To Health Agencies Could Limit Care, Services

-- Federal Agency Fires Staff, Guts $378 Million In Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Funding; PA Says It Has Funding To Finish Current Season; Next Year In Doubt  [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive: President Guts $378 Million In Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Funding To States Already Approved By Congress 

-- AP: Federal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program Staff Fired

-- WTAE: Hundreds Of CDC Workers Laid Off In Pittsburgh Region: ‘The Work That Was Done Here Is To Keep Everybody Safe’

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Federal Mine Safety Research, Respirator Certification Staff At NIOSH Being Cut ‘To Make America Healthier’

-- WESA: Federal HHS Layoffs Hit NIOSH Mine Safety Research Facility Near Pittsburgh

-- TribLive: Mass Firing Of Federal Health Workers Includes Pittsburgh Region [Mine Safety Research]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Federal National Institute Of Occupational Safety & Health’s Pittsburgh Mining Research Division Lays Off 200 Employees; Studies Worker Safety, Health Issues In Mining Industry

-- Inquirer: Some Philly-Area Schools Are Sticking With Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Policies Despite President’s Executive ‘Orders’

-- TribLive: Faculty, Staff, Alumni Letter Calls On Carnegie Mellon To Denounce Higher Ed Actions By President

-- LancasterOnline: Distress For Lancaster County Museums, Libraries As President Dismantles Federal Agency

-- New Federal Administration

-- AP: States Sue To Block President’s Election Order, Saying It Violates Constitution [Not PA]

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PA Senate Passes Bill To Require DAs To Notify Federal ICE Of Defendants In Country Illegally

-- PennLive: Authorities In Nepal Arrest At Least 4 Bhutanese Men From PA Deported By Federal ICE

-- PennLive: Dauphin County Official Calls On Federal ICE, President To Halt Bhutanese Deportations

-- PennLive: Federal ICE Details Charges It Says Got Harrisburg-Area Bhutanese Men Deported

-- PA Capital-Star: How 3 Pittsburgh Congregations Serving Latino Populations Are Weathering The Immigration Crackdown

-- The Center Square: Pennsylvania Divided Over Transgender Policies

-- The Guardian: DOGE’s Attack On Social Security Causing ‘Complete, Utter Chaos,’ Staff Says; Agency Sent Into ‘Death Spiral’ As Cut Lead To Structural Collapse 

-- National Politics

-- TribLive: President’s Western PA Supporters All-In For Tariffs, Tough Talk  

-- TribLive: Protesters In Pittsburgh Join Nationwide ‘Hands Off!’ Call To Fight Policies Of President, Musk

-- TribLive: Protesters Rally At Westmoreland County Courthouse To Oppose President’s Agenda 

-- PennLive: PA Republicans Aren’t Rushing To Buy Teslas, But They Love Elon Musk, DOGE Cuts

-- PennLive: As President’s Tariffs Tank Stocks, PA Republicans Double Down On Their Support 

-- Inquirer: PA Republicans Gathered To Celebrate President, DOGE, And Hardly Mentioned President’s Tariff

-- Miscellaneous State/Harrisburg Politics

-- PennLive: PA Republicans Aren’t Rushing To Buy Teslas, But They Love Elon Musk, DOGE Cuts

-- PennLive: As President’s Tariffs Tank Stocks, PA Republicans Double Down On Their Support 

-- Inquirer: PA Republicans Gathered To Celebrate President, DOGE, And Hardly Mentioned President’s Tariff

-- PennLive Guest Essay: As Prices Rise And Wealth Disappears, Remember Who Caused It All - By Mark Singel

-- PennLive - John Baer: After Failing In Wisconsin, Will Musk Bring Big Money To PA Elections?

-- PA Energy Politics

-- AAA Gasoline Prices:  National- $3.26  Ohio- $3.18  PA- $3.40

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs Up 1 To 15 Where It Was 14 Out Of The Last 15 Weeks

-- Energy Choice Matters: Peoples Natural Gas Rate For Gas To Increase Another 14% April 1  

-- Altoona Mirror: Peoples Natural Gas Raises Gas Rate Another 14% April 1 

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: Lawmakers Praise Homer City Power Plant/Data Center Project, But It Won’t Address The Potential Electric Grid Generation Gap

-- Utility Dive: US DOE Offers 2 National Energy Technology Laboratory Sites In Pittsburgh For Colocating Data Centers, Related Power Plants  [PaEN]  

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: How Pennsylvania Is Imagining What Our Energy Future Could Look Like 

-- Bloomberg: Natural Gas Power Plant Developers Exiting Texas Program To Kickstart Power Generation Over Cost Uncertainty, Supply-Chain Delays  [Sen. Yaw Proposed Same Program In PA]

-- AP - Marc Levy: New Wave Of Smaller, Cheaper Nuclear Reactors Sends States Racing To Attract The Industry [PA Included]

-- Bloomberg: Oil Slides To 4 Year Low On Hit From President’s Tariffs; European Natural Gas Prices Drop 10%; OPEC Decision To Increase Supply

-- NYT: ‘Wait, Baby, Wait’: Slumping Oil, Natural Gas Prices Reflect Fears President’s Tariffs Could Slash Global Economic Growth

-- Reuters: Oil, Gas, Refined Product Imports Exempt From President’s Tariffs [The Things They Buy Are Not]

-- WSJ: US Natural Gas Export Facility Construction Squeezed By President’s New Tariffs On Specialized Components All Made Overseas

-- Three Mile Island Restart

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: Lawmakers Praise Homer City Power Plant/Data Center Project, But It Won’t Address The Potential Electric Grid Generation Gap

-- Utility Dive: US DOE Offers 2 National Energy Technology Laboratory Sites In Pittsburgh For Colocating Data Centers, Related Power Plants  [PaEN]  

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: How Pennsylvania Is Imagining What Our Energy Future Could Look Like 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: US DOE Secretary Hails $10 Billion Natural Gas Power Plant For Data Center In Homer City As Key To US Energy Dominance [PDF of Article] 

-- Wall Street Journal: Homer City Coal Power Plant Was Just Imploded To Make Way For An A.I. Data Center, The Country’s Largest Natural Gas Power Plant [PDF of Article] 

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Homer City Reinventing Itself As Datacenter Campus With Lots Of Natural Gas Power To Supply It

-- TribLive: Homer City Site: Large Gas-Fired Power Plant To Support Data Center

-- The Center Square: New Natural Gas-Powered A.I. Data Center Coming To Homer City, Indiana County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Homer City Coal Power Plant Site To Become A.I. Data Center With Massive Gas-Fired Power Plant 

-- Pittsburgh Works Statement On Homer City Data Center, Gas Power Plant Redevelopment Project 

-- The Allegheny Front: EQT CEO Says More Natural Gas Pipelines Coming To West Virginia As Data Centers Expand, Coal Plants Retire

-- PA Capital-Star/Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Foes And Friends Of Nuclear Power Face Off Near Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant  

-- ABC27: Local Activist Files Lawsuit Against Dauphin County For Using Tax Money To Promote Restart Of Undamaged Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Reactor

-- AP - Marc Levy: New Wave Of Smaller, Cheaper Nuclear Reactors Sends States Racing To Attract The Industry [PA Included]

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Northeast PA A Hot Spot For Potential Data Centers

-- PennLive: Dauphin County Owned 228-Acre Golf Course Could Be Sold For Data Center Space

-- Utility Dive: FERC Review Of PJM Colocation Rules For Data Centers, Large Loads May Extend Past Mid-Year: Analysts 

-- Flooding

-- PEMA, Delaware River Basin Commission Hosting 3 Middle Delaware Flood Hazard Mitigation Webinars Starting April 9  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Professionals Host April 29 Webinar On Flood Alert System For Grafius Run In Lycoming County, Noon 

-- WTAE: Flood Watch Issued For Western PA, Heavy Rain Raises Flooding Concerns

-- Tribune-Democrat: Night Of 1977 Johnstown Flood A Memorable Moment For Longtime St. Michael Firefighter

-- WPost: FEMA Canceling Plans To Award States Grants To Prepare Against Future Disasters; Disaster Recovery Aid Could Also Be In Jeopardy 

-- Train Derailments

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Rates Of PTSD, Depression After Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Similar To Those Found In Flint, Michigan After Water Contamination Crisis

-- WTAE: CSX Train Engines Derail In Braddock, Allegheny County

-- Education

-- PA Capital-Star: PA, Other States ‘Ordered’ By US Education Dept. To Certify School Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Ban Compliance By All K-12 Schools In State Or Lose Funds

-- Wall Street Journal Guest Essay: Josh Shapiro Campaigned On School Choice, In Office He Bows To Teachers Union - By Rachel Langan, Commonwealth Foundation

-- Inquirer: Delaware County DA Charges 20 Staffers At Chester Community Charter School Of Abusing Students Or Ignoring It

-- Courier Times: Universal Free Lunch Could End For Many Bucks Schools Under Federal Cuts

-- Inquirer: Some Philly-Area Schools Are Sticking With Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Policies Despite President’s Executive ‘Orders’

-- TribLive: Faculty, Staff, Alumni Letter Calls On Carnegie Mellon To Denounce Higher Ed Actions By President

-- Health Care

-- Spotlight PA: Reducing Certification Education Standards Floated As Fix To PA’s Troubled Home Care Workforce

-- TribLive: COVID’s Impact On Education Still Felt Today: From Technology To Learning Loss To Mental Health

-- TribLive: PA Measles Cases Prompt CVS To Push Vaccine Statewide 

-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny County Sees Worst Flu Season In 10+ Years

-- The Center Square: Pennsylvania Divided Over Transgender Policies

-- PA Capital-Star: Shapiro Joins Other Democratic States In Suing Over Sudden Cancellation Of $11 Billion In Federal Health Funding  

-- Post-Gazette/NYT: Federal Judge Blocks Federal Agency From Terminating $11 Billion In Public Health Grants [Including To PA]

-- Beaver Times: Rural PA Hospital CEO Talks About How Medicaid Cuts Would Pinch Healthcare System 

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Health Care Experts Worry About Future Of Rural Hospitals If Medicare Or Medicaid See Cuts

-- Post-Gazette: Federal Cuts To Health Programs Put Western PA Clinics On Alert

-- WESA: Hospitals Grapple With President’s ‘Order’ Banning Gender-Affirming Care Ban For Youth Under Age 19, Young People Caught In The Middle

-- WITF: PA, NJ Leaders Warn That DOGE Cuts To Health Agencies Could Limit Care, Services

-- WTAE: Hundreds Of CDC Workers Laid Off In Pittsburgh Region: ‘The Work That Was Done Here Is To Keep Everybody Safe’

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Federal Mine Safety Research, Respirator Certification Staff At NIOSH Being Cut ‘To Make America Healthier’

-- WESA: Federal HHS Layoffs Hit NIOSH Mine Safety Research Facility Near Pittsburgh

-- TribLive: Mass Firing Of Federal Health Workers Includes Pittsburgh Region [Mine Safety Research]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Federal National Institute Of Occupational Safety & Health’s Pittsburgh Mining Research Division Lays Off 200 Employees; Studies Worker Safety, Health Issues In Mining Industry

-- Law Enforcement

-- Spotlight PA: Records Reveal Shapiro Administration Stopped Tracking Why Older Adults Die During Abuse, Neglect Investigations

-- Inquirer: Pennsylvania Has Agreed To Monitoring Youth Institutions To Settle Abuse Allegations

-- Spotlight PA: Foster Care Agencies In PA Took Millions Owed To Kids In Their Care, Often Keeping Them In The Dark

-- Inquirer: Delaware County DA Charges 20 Staffers At Chester Community Charter School Of Abusing Students Or Ignoring It

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PA Senate Passes Bill To Require DAs To Notify Federal ICE Of Defendants In Country Illegally

-- PennLive: Authorities In Nepal Arrest At Least 4 Bhutanese Men From PA Deported By Federal ICE

-- PennLive: Dauphin County Official Calls On Federal ICE, President To Halt Bhutanese Deportations

-- PennLive: Federal ICE Details Charges It Says Got Harrisburg-Area Bhutanese Men Deported

-- PennLive Editorial Board: Federal ICE Finally Explains Why Bhutanese Men Were Deported, But Damage Is Done

-- PA Capital-Star: How 3 Pittsburgh Congregations Serving Latino Populations Are Weathering The Immigration Crackdown

-- The Economy

-- PA Capital-Star: Hundreds Of Laid-Off Federal Workers Seeking State Jobs, PA House Committee Hears

-- Inquirer: QVC Group Lays Off 900 Workers As The West Chester-Based Shopping Network Restructures

-- Post-Gazette: Anchor Hocking Glass Plant In Franklin County To Shut Down, Joining Sister Plant In Washington County

-- The Guardian: DOGE’s Attack On Social Security Causing ‘Complete, Utter Chaos,’ Staff Says; Agency Sent Into ‘Death Spiral’ As Cut Lead To Structural Collapse 

-- WPost: Conservative New Civil Liberties Alliance Challenges President’s Use Of ‘Emergency’ Powers To Enact Tariffs 

-- Wall Street Journal Editorial: A New $6 Trillion Tariff Tax Increase By President? [Not Counting Retaliatory Tariffs From Other Countries]

-- Wall Street Journal Editorial: President And His ‘Little Disturbance’ From Tariffs; Someone Should Sue To Block President’s Abuse Of Power On Tariffs  [PDF of Article]  

-- Wall Street Journal Editorial: President Owns The Economy Now, He Can Try To Blame The Fed, But The Tariff Blunder Is His Alone

-- Bloomberg: The Uncertainty Is Not Going To End; One Period Of Uncertainty Feeds Into Another Like Smoot-Hawley Tariffs Lengthen, Deepened The Great Depression

[Posted: April 6, 2025]