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

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else--

-- Gov. Shapiro

-- KYW: Shapiro Says PA Is Prepared If President Decides To Send National Guard To Philly

-- TribLive: White House Pans Shapiro For Questioning National Guard Deployments In Cities 

-- PA Capital-Star: PA, State AG’s Disclose FEMA Failed To Make Grants To Critical Disaster Program For Months

-- Wall Street Journal Editorial: A Mail-In Vote Job For Josh Shapiro; PA’s Undated Ballots Are Still Disputed After Years Of Lawsuits 

-- PennLive - John Baer: How Is Gov. Shapiro Escaping Bullying Insults From President?

-- Race For Governor

-- WESA: Shapiro, Garrity Strike Different Notes On National Guard Deployments As President Expands Reach

-- Budget 2025

-- Tribune-Democrat: PA Senate To Resume Session As Budget Impasse Lingers

-- Tribune-Democrat: Ongoing State Budget Standoff Has Counties Concerned; Officials  Warn Of Unpaid Bills, Payroll Pressures

-- Post-Gazette: No Action In PA Capitol On 67th Day Of State Budget Impasse; ‘It Is Really A Shame’

-- Independent Fiscal Office Projects $3.4 Billion Deficit Ending FY 2024-25 

-- Dept. Of Revenue Reports $3 Billion In State Tax Revenue Collected During August

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports August State Revenues 0.4% ($12 Million) Over Estimates; Fiscal Year-To-Date Revenues On Target

-- The Center Square: Rep. Kenyatta Walks From Philly To Harrisburg Capital To Support Mass Transit Funding, Tells Senators To ‘Do Their Jobs’

-- Inquirer: In Ongoing SEPTA Crisis, Getting Fans To Eagles Games Outranks Getting Kids To School

-- PA House/Senate

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: PA Legislature’s 3 Big Disabling, Chosen Dysfunctions - By Jodi Reese & Doug Webster, Volunteers With Fair Districts PA and FixHarrisburg  

-- US Senate/House

-- Spotlight PA: PA Won’t Take Part In National Rush To Redraw Congressional District Maps

-- Post-Gazette: Funding Battles Loom In Congress As Pittsburgh-Area Lawmakers Are Poised For Partisan Fights

-- WESA: Republican US Sen. McCormick Praises President’s City Troop Deployments, Acknowledges A.I. ‘Disruptions’ On Tele-Town Hall

-- TribLive: PA ‘Pennie’ Health Insurance Users Brace For ‘Sticker Shock’ As Premium Hikes Loom Due To Failure Of Congress To Act On Tax Credit

-- PUC Commissioners Urge PA Congressional Delegation To Support Low-Income Energy Assistance - LIHEAP  [PaEN] 

-- TribLive: US Senators Fetterman, McCormick Call On PA Universities To Combat Antisemitism

-- WESA: PA Republican Con. Reschenthaler Stays Away From Past Support Of Term Limits

-- AP: Left And Right Are Joining Forces To Ban Congressional Lawmakers From Trading Stock [PA Included]

-- TribLive Editorial: No Stocks For Members Of Congress

-- Post-Gazette: Democratic Cong. Deluzio Urges Democrats To Ramp Up The Fight, Embrace Economic Populism

-- AP-Mark Levy: PA Democrats Attract Some Buzz In The Party’s Bid To Take Back The US House 

-- Inquirer: State Rep. Morgan Cephas Running For Dwight Evans’ Congressional Seat

-- PA Capital-Star: Scranton Mayor Launches Bid For Congress

-- Statewide Offices

-- Spotlight PA: How 3 PA Supreme Court Justices Seeking Another Term On The Court Ruled In Pivotal Election Cases

-- WITF: Advocates Urge Depoliticization, ‘Yes’ Vote For PA Supreme Court Justices’ Retention

-- 2025 Elections

-- Spotlight PA: How 3 PA Supreme Court Justices Seeking Another Term On The Court Ruled In Pivotal Election Cases

-- WITF: Advocates Urge Depoliticization, ‘Yes’ Vote For PA Supreme Court Justices’ Retention

-- Elections

-- Wall Street Journal Editorial: A Mail-In Vote Job For Josh Shapiro; PA’s Undated Ballots Are Still Disputed After Years Of Lawsuits 

-- TribLive Editorial: No Early Redistricting In Pennsylvania

-- Post-Gazette: Republicans Challenge Unlikely To End After Federal Court Rules PA Can’t Throw Out Misdated Mail-In Ballots

-- Reuters: President Says He Will Order Voter ID Requirement For Every Vote

-- PA Impacts Of President’s Tariffs

-- PennLive: Over 30% Of PA Businesses Expect To Raise Prices Due To Tariffs, Inflation, Study Says

-- TribLive/AP: President Plans Hefty Taxes On Imported Drugs, Risking Higher Prices And Shortages 

-- Wall Street Journal Editorial: President Isn’t A Tariff King - He Can’t Tax Any Import On A Personal Whim, A Federal Appeals Court Says

-- PA Impacts Of President’s Policies

-- KYW: Shapiro Says PA Is Prepared If President Decides To Send National Guard To Philly

-- TribLive: PA ‘Pennie’ Health Insurance Users Brace For ‘Sticker Shock’ As Premium Hikes Loom Due To Failure Of Congress To Act On Tax Credit

-- TribLive Editorial: Health Insurance Cost Spikes Don’t Just Affect Patients

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: We Are Witnessing The End Of American Public Health

-- Erie Times: Sept. 1 Brought Republican Changes To Food Stamps In PA, Here’s What To Know

-- PA Capital-Star: PA, State AG’s Disclose FEMA Failed To Make Grants To Critical Disaster Program For Months

--WHYY: This Federal Tax Credit For Energy-Efficient Home Upgrades Terminated By Republicans Expires At The End Of 2025

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh’s Labor Leaders Say They’re Ready For US Steel, A.I. Data Center Investments, Will The Money Come Through?

-- Inquirer: PA Workers Have Lost Leverage In This President’s Economy, Report Says

-- TribLive/AP: 1.2 Million Immigrants Are Gone From US Labor Force Under President, Preliminary Data Shows

-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: Politicizing Federal Reserve Hurts Economy 

-- New Federal Administration

-- Inquirer: Latino Voters In Hazleton Say They’re Sticking By President 

-- PennLive - John Baer: How Is Gov. Shapiro Escaping Bullying Insults From President?

-- AP: How President Is Weaponizing The Government To Settle Personal Scores And Pursue His Agenda [PA Included]

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Freedom Is Only Effective When Paired With Social Responsibility; Banning Child Vaccination Mandates Puts People, Communities At Risk  [PDF of Article] 

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Americans Too Eager To Wage Culture Wars

-- Miscellaneous State/Harrisburg Politics

-- WITF: PA Democrats Elect Eugene DePasquale As New Party Chair 

-- Post-Gazette: PA Democrats Elect Eugene DePasquale As Their State Chair

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: PA Legislature’s 3 Big Disabling, Chosen Dysfunctions - By Jodi Reese & Doug Webster, Volunteers With Fair Districts PA and FixHarrisburg  

-- International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.20  Ohio- $3.05  PA- $3.37

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drill Rigs - 18, Same As Last Week

 -- Independent Fiscal Office Reports 2nd Quarter Increase In Natural Gas Production, New Wells And 60.8% Increase In Price Of Gas Over Last Year  [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive: Rising Natural Gas Prices Expected To Drive Up Electricity Costs 

-- Delco.Today: Hazard vs. Economy: Delaware River LNG Gas Export Terminal Back In Play  [PDF]

-- In Case You Missed It -- A.I./Data Center Articles & NewClips From Last Week -  September 8  [PaEN] 

-- Bloomberg: US LNG Gas Exporters Race To Tie Up Financing As Capacity Surplus Looms 

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh’s Labor Leaders Say They’re Ready For US Steel, A.I. Data Center Investments, Will The Money Come Through?

-- Flooding

-- The Center Square: A Year Later, Residents In Potter, Tioga County Are Still Recovering From Tropical Storm Debby Damage 

-- Inquirer: Why Some Severe Storms Come With No Warning In Philly 

-- Observer-Reporter: Chartiers Creek Flood Protection Project Progresses In Canonsburg Boro, Washington County

-- Inquirer: Manayunk Church Prepares For Floods By Turning A Main Street Mill Into A Modern Noah’s Ark

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: Luzerne County Releases New 561 Page Hazard Mitigation Plan [Flooding, Mine Subsidence, Wildfires, Tornadoes]

-- PA Capital-Star: PA, State AG’s Disclose FEMA Failed To Make Grants To Critical Disaster Program For Months  [Warning] 

-- US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Explosion

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Before The US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Explosion, A Legacy Of Cost-Cutting And Broken Promises 

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Shenango Coke [Coal] Works Closure In 2016 Near Pittsburgh Led To Immediate Health Benefits, Study Finds 

-- A.I. /Data Centers

 -- In Case You Missed It -- A.I./Data Center Articles & NewClips From Last Week -  September 8  [PaEN] 

-- Education

-- TribLive: US Senators Fetterman, McCormick Call On PA Universities To Combat Antisemitism

-- Health Care

-- Spotlight PA: Secretive Board Overseeing PA’s Billion Dollar Opioid Response Invites Public To Speak For First Time

-- Spotlight PA: A Mother Told Us About Her Agonizing Journey With PA’s Mental Health Care System; What Happened Next?

-- TribLive: PA ‘Pennie’ Health Insurance Users Brace For ‘Sticker Shock’ As Premium Hikes Loom Due To Failure Of Congress To Act On Tax Credit

-- TribLive Editorial: Health Insurance Cost Spikes Don’t Just Affect Patients

-- TribLive/AP: President Plans Hefty Taxes On Imported Drugs, Risking Higher Prices And Shortages 

-- TribLive: PA Pharmacy Board Broadens Access To COVID Shots By No Longer Requiring A Prescription

-- TribLive: COVID Shots Not Yet Available At CVS Without Prescription Despite PA Policy Change 

-- Post-Gazette: What To Know About Accessing New COVID Vaccine In PA

-- TribLive: CVS Requires Prescription For COVID Shots In PA Amid Federal Vaccine Turmoil

-- AP: States Move To Protect Vaccines In Face Of Attempts To Remove Mandates [PA Included]

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Freedom Is Only Effective When Paired With Social Responsibility; Banning Child Vaccination Mandates Puts People, Communities At Risk  [PDF of Article] 

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: We Are Witnessing The End Of American Public Health

-- Law Enforcement

-- PennLive: Protection From Abuse Orders Are Routinely Violated In PA; Why The Law Fails Victims

-- The Economy

-- PennLive: Over 30% Of PA Businesses Expect To Raise Prices Due To Tariffs, Inflation, Study Says

-- Post-Gazette: Veterans Group Seeks Apology From US Steel Owner Nippon Steel For Use Of American/Allied POWs During WW II As Forced Labor 

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh’s Labor Leaders Say They’re Ready For US Steel, A.I. Data Center Investments, Will The Money Come Through?

-- Inquirer: PA Workers Have Lost Leverage In This President’s Economy, Report Says

-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: Politicizing Federal Reserve Hurts Economy 

-- TribLive/AP: 1.2 Million Immigrants Are Gone From US Labor Force Under President, Preliminary Data Shows

-- Other

-- Republican Herald: ‘Breaker Boys’ 100th Anniversary Book Edition About The NFL’s Greatest Team And The Stolen 1925 Championship  [PDF of Article]

[Posted: September 7, 2025