Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults--

Awards/Recognition

-- Seneca Rocks Audubon Society Celebrates 40 Years Of Serving Clarion, Forest, Jefferson And Venango Counties  [PaEN] 

-- LehighValleyNews.com: Watershed Coalition Of The Lehigh Valley Recognized With A  Northeast Environmental Partnership Award

-- York Daily Record: York County Reaches Milestone Of 50,000 Acres Of Farmland Preserved

Grants

-- TribLive: Eagle Scout Carlton Fogliani To Revitalize Historic Tree Site In Richland Community Park In Allegheny County 

-- Freeport Township Declares Disaster Emergency After Residents Impacted By A Gas Related Water Contamination Event Have Been Without Permanent Water Supplies For 3 Years-- We’re Not Blaming Anybody, We Just Want Good, Clean Drinking Water  [PaEN] 

-- Inside Climate News: Pennsylvania Towns Push Back To Stop Proposed LNG Gas Export Terminals, As President Pushes LNG Exports 

Upcoming Events

-- Environmental Quality Board Meets Sept. 9 To Consider 2 Petitions From Oil & Gas Industry; Air Quality; Laboratory; Drinking Water; Water Quality; Radiation Protection Regulations  [PaEN] 

-- DEP To Hold Sept. 9 Virtual Update On Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Rupture In Upper Wakefield Twp., Bucks County  [PaEN]  

-- Tribune-Democrat: Events Planned For 9/11 Anniversary At Flight 93 Memorial

-- TribLive: Art Component Aims To Highlight Pittsburgh’s Annual Garbage Olympics Sept. 13 

-- PA Recycling Markets Center Sept. 16 Webinar: Recycled Metals Commodities Markets Update, 1:00 p.m. 

-- Tribune-Democrat: Allegheny Mountain Woodland Assn. To Host Sept. 26 Program On Mushrooms 

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: North Branch Land Trust’s Annual Red Barn Banquet Returning Sept. 16 

-- Watershed Alliance Of York, Partners Host 23rd Annual York Watershed Week Sept. 13 to 20 [PaEN] 

-- Penn State Extension Sept. 17 In-Person Tap Talks - York County Water Quality Monitoring, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

-- Penn State Extension Land Use Series Webinars On Solar Development, Stormwater Management, Using A.I. For Community Planning; Other Extension Education Programs  [PaEN] 

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Highlights Programs, Events In September  

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Fall Native Plant Sale Sept. 20 In Berks County

-- Penn State Extension Feb. 6 Webinar On PA Invasive Species - Plants Fueling Pest Invasions, 1:00 to 2:15 p.m.

Public Participation

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - August 30  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Posted 66 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In August 30 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]  

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Sept. 9 For Updates On Conservation Districts; Delaware River Basin Commission; Cuffs Run Pump-Storage Hydro Project  [PaEN] 

-- PUC To Hold Sept. 18 Hearings On Aqua PA’s Proposed Acquisition Of Greenville Municipal Water Authority In Mercer County

-- DEP To Hold Oct. 1 Hearing On Title V Air Quality Permit For Vitro Meadville Flat Glass In Crawford County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Invites Comments Stormwater Permit For The Hyperion Midstream 2 Mile Long Titan To Athena Loop Natural Gas Pipeline Project In Westmoreland County [PaEN]  

-- TribLive: Derry Twp. Sets Sept. 2 Hearing On Proposed Solar Energy Facility In Westmoreland

-- Warren Times: US Forest Service Invites Comments On Future Of Kinzua Beach, Information Center

-- US Forest Service Starts Process To Rescind Roadless Rule Protection In Allegheny National Forest, Other Forests  [PaEN] 

-- PUC To Seek Comment On Settlement With Peoples Gas Over 2022 Natural Gas Pipeline Fire Disrupting Service To 350 Customers In Cambria County

Programs/Information

-- Dept. of Drug & Alcohol Programs, DCNR Announces 9 PA State Parks As Recovery In Nature Sites 

-- Tribune-Democrat: Flight 93 Group Offering Virtual 9/11 Lessons For Classrooms

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Update Highlights County Clean Water Accomplishments; Funding Opportunities; County Watershed Specialists; Intern Projects; More Clean Water Resources  [PaEN] 

-- ​​Students From The Penn State Franco Harris Pittsburgh Center Learn Urban Sustainability, High-Performance Green Building Design  [PaEN]  

-- Centre Daily Times: Have Penn State Tailgaters Cleaned Up Their Act? Recycling Education Efforts Continued

-- Penn State Research Sheds Light On Beech Creek's Struggle With Abandoned Mine Drainage In Centre, Clinton Counties [PaEN] 

-- TribLive: Tree Pittsburgh Collects Data To Aid Replanting After Destructive Spring Storms In Western PA 

-- Citizens Voice: Study Of Wilkes-Barre’s Kirby Park Natural Area Suggests Ecological Improvements

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: How Carnegie Mellon University Is Helping Shape America’s Energy Evolution [Sponsored]

-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: Federal Electric Vehicle Program Back On, But Pittsburgh Charging Largely Driven By Private Sector 

-- PennDOT: 2 New Federally Funded Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Open At Sheetz Stores In Blair, York Counties

-- US Forest Service Starts Process To Rescind Roadless Rule Protection In Allegheny National Forest, Other Forests  [PaEN] 

-- WPost: Inside The $7 Million Project To Keep Water Out Of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater Masterpiece In Pennsylvania 

-- The Allegheny Front: Coudersport Ice Mine, Which Naturally Grows Ice In Summer, Sees Busiest Year Since Reopening In 2014 In Potter County 

-- Penn State’s 2025 Ag Progress Days A Success In Showcasing Innovation, Impact To An Estimated 42,000 People

-- Centre Daily Times: Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center Announces Death Of New Northern Hawk Owl Chick 

-- Williamsport Sun: Dept. Of Agriculture Reminds Residents To Be On The Lookout For Spotted Lanternflies

-- Penn State Releases New Guide On Identifying Bees In Pennsylvania

A.I. /Data Centers

-- In Case You Missed It -- A.I./Data Center Articles & NewClips From Last Week - August 31  [PaEN]  

Background On Issues

-- Freeport Township Declares Disaster Emergency After Residents Impacted By A Gas Related Water Contamination Event Have Been Without Permanent Water Supplies For 3 Years-- We’re Not Blaming Anybody, We Just Want Good, Clean Drinking Water  [PaEN] 

-- Inside Climate News: Pennsylvania Towns Push Back To Stop Proposed LNG Gas Export Terminals, As President Pushes LNG Exports 

-- DEP: Griffin Summit Oil Co. Violated Order To Plug Or Bring 53 Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Into Compliance In Venango County; 437 Abandoned Conventional Well NOVs In 2025  [PaEN]

-- DEP Closes Violations For Failing To Restore Shale Gas Water Impoundment For 7 Years In Clarion County After Owner Reports Using It To Frack A Well; On July 31  [PaEN]   

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - August 23 to 29 - Township Declares Disaster Emergency Over Polluted Water Wells; 70 More Abandoned Conventional Well Violations  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Plugs 2 Conventional Gas Wells Abandoned By Their Owners And Venting Gas In Erie County  [PaEN]

-- YourErie.com: DEP Plugs Conventional Gas Wells Abandoned By Their Owners And Venting Gas In Erie Residential Area

-- Williamsport Sun: DEP Assesses Eureka Resources Oil & Gas Wastewater Spill In Williamsport, Orders Company To Take Corrective Measures [PDF of Article] 

-- Independent Fiscal Office: Residential Electricity Bills ‘Begin Surge:’ Natural Gas Prices Up 71%, PJM  Prices Up Due To A.I. Data Center Demand  [PaEN]  

-- Three Rivers WaterKeeper Announces Intent To Sue Multiple Entities For Decades Long Discharges To The Allegheny River In Pittsburgh  [PaEN] 

-- The Allegheny Front - Julie Grant: Three Rivers WaterKeeper Issues Intent To Sue Over Oil And Tar In Allegheny River

-- Erie Times: Federal Judge Approves Dismissal Of Criminal Charges Against Erie Coke [Coal] Plant Defendant Who Pleaded Guilty To Charges Of Violating Federal Clean Air Act  [Requested By President’s Justice Dept.]

-- Erie Times: Public Officials: Environmental Cleanup Of Erie Coke [Coal] Plant Site Will Be Long, Expensive Process 

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Other States Fast-Track Wind, Solar Permits And Contracts To Beat President’s Phase Out Of Tax Credits

-- PowerBank Hoping For Passage Of PA Community Solar Legislation To Advance 3.16 MW Solar Energy Project In Wayne County

-- Erie Times: Union Twp. Landowners Oppose Stricter Rules For Solar Energy Facilities  

-- TribLive: Derry Twp. Sets Sept. 2 Hearing On Proposed Solar Energy Facility In Westmoreland

-- The Allegheny Front/WV Public Broadcasting: President Moves To Strip Union Rights Of National Institute For Occupational Safety & Health Employees  [Black Lung Screenings]  

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: US Geological Survey ‘Sentinel Scientists’ Perform Vital But Often Unseen Role In Bay Restoration 

-- The Derrick: Franklin Schools Partner With TEN [The Efficiency Network] Company To Seek Energy-Saving Opportunities  [PDF of Article] 

-- Tribune-Democrat: PUC: PA Set Dubious New Record For Major Power Outages in 2024

-- Morning Call: PPL Tops List In 2024 For Record Power Outages Across PA, PUC Say

-- TribLive: PUC Releases Annual Scorecard On Power Company Outages

-- Morning Call Guest Essay: Recycling Is Key To A Stronger PA Economy, Environmental Future - By Darlene J. Robbins, Northeast PA Manufacturers

-- Williamsport Sun: Ospreys In Pennsylvania: The Return Of The Fish Hawk  [PDF of Article] 

-- WITF/LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Father And Son Win $110,000 For First-Place Fish At Flounder Tournament

Visit the  DEP Calendar of Events;  PA Parks & Forests Foundation’s Events webpage and DCNR’s Calendar of Events for activities happening near you.

Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources.

Visit the PA Environment Digest Calendar Of Events for more opportunities.

[Posted: August 31, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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: Shapiro’s Office Pitches $49.9 Billion Compromise Budget In Bid To End 2-Month Impasse 

-- WITF: Gov. Shapiro: Republicans Are Stalling PA Budget Talks For ‘Political Advantage’ Next Year 

-- Shapiro Administration: FAQs On State Budget Impasse

--Spotlight PA: Shapiro Open To Using Special Transit Funding To Combat SEPTA Cuts As Part Of Broader Package

-- Spotlight PA: Whistleblower Says Shapiro Administration Retaliated After He Raised Alarms About Elder Abuse System Failures

-- PA Capital-Star: Preliminary Hearing Waived For Man Suspected Of Firebombing The Governor’s Residence Last April 

-- Race For Governor

-- Spotlight PA: Republican Garrity Has Snagged Democratic Donors In The Past, That Won’t Happen If She Faces Shapiro In 2026

-- ABC27: PA Senate, House Republican Leaders Endorse State Treasurer Stacy Garrity For Governor

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Accountability Important In Governor’s Race  [PDF of Article]

-- Inquirer Editorial: Underneath Republican Stacy Garrity’s Veneer Of Apolitical Moderation Is A Far-Right Operative 

-- WITF: Republican Sen. Mastriano Says He Has ‘Grassroots’ Support As Party Lines Up Behind Garrity

-- Budget 2025

-- Spotlight PA: Shapiro’s Office Pitches $49.9 Billion Compromise Budget In Bid To End 2-Month Impasse 

-- WITF: Gov. Shapiro: Republicans Are Stalling PA Budget Talks For ‘Political Advantage’ Next Year 

-- Shapiro Administration: FAQs On State Budget Impasse

-- Post-Gazette: Chronic PA Budget Failures Prompt Talk Of Smaller Legislature, Pay Suspensions, 2-Year Budget

-- WITF: Bills That Could Prevent Pennsylvania Budget Delays Are Going Nowhere

-- TribLive: As Back-To-School Costs Rise, Educators Rely Upon Donations To Bolster Classroom Supplies

--Spotlight PA: Shapiro Open To Using Special Transit Funding To Combat SEPTA Cuts As Part Of Broader Package

-- Inquirer: SEPTA Mass Transit Cuts Go Into Effect, Here’s What To Know

-- PA Capital-Star: 50,000 Students In Philadelphia Rely On SEPTA For Transportation

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Failure To Strike A Transit Funding State Budget Deal Will Devastate Pittsburgh And All Of PA

-- Post-Gazette: PA Library Services, Counties, Schools Feel Pinch As State Budget Standoff Hits 9th Week

-- WHYY: PA Budget Impasse Halts Millions In State Funding To Chester County

-- Post-Gazette: 10 PA Lawmakers Refuse Pay During State Budget Standoff

-- PennLive Guest Essay: PA Senate Republicans Betraying Small Businesses With Proposed Crushing ‘Skills’ Gambling Tax - By Cliff Maloney, Citizens Alliance

-- Inquirer - Will Bunch: The State That Canceled Your Bus Is Wasting $1.6 Billion On Shell Petrochemical Plant Polluting Boondoggle In Beaver County

-- PA House/Senate

-- WITF: Gov. Shapiro: Republicans Are Stalling PA Budget Talks For ‘Political Advantage’ Next Year 

-- WITF: Bills That Could Prevent Pennsylvania Budget Delays Are Going Nowhere

-- Post-Gazette: 10 PA Lawmakers Refuse Pay During State Budget Standoff

-- PA Capital-Star: Sen. Street To Step Down As PA Democratic Party Chairman To Run For Congress

-- US Senate/House

-- WITF: Republican Sen. Mastriano Says He Has ‘Grassroots’ Support As Party Lines Up Behind Garrity

-- TribLive: US Member Of Congress Summer Lee Denied Access To Federal ICE Detention Center In Clearfield County

-- PA Capital-Star: Sen. Street To Step Down As PA Democratic Party Chairman To Run For Congress

-- Inquirer: Firefighter Running For Congress In The Lehigh Valley Has Backing From Shapiro, Berne Sanders

-- Citizens Voice: Republican Con. Bresnahan Disputes Ethics Allegation Over Helicopter Ownership, Use

-- Statewide Offices

-- Spotlight PA: Republican Garrity Has Snagged Democratic Donors In The Past, That Won’t Happen If She Faces Shapiro In 2026

-- ABC27: PA Senate, House Republican Leaders Endorse State Treasurer Stacy Garrity For Governor

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Accountability Important In Governor’s Race  [PDF of Article]

-- Inquirer Editorial: Underneath Republican Stacy Garrity’s Veneer Of Apolitical Moderation Is A Far-Right Operative 

-- Attorney General Sunday Joins Bipartisan Coalition In Putting Meta, Google And Other A.I. Companies On Notice For Hams Caused By A.I. Chatbots

-- Attorney General Sunday Provides Update On Disruption To Website, Email, Telephones

-- 2025 Elections

-- Spotlight PA: Tax Collectors, Auditors, Other Key Local Finance Positions On PA’s November Ballot

-- WESA: PA Democrats Say They’re Confident Despite Republican Registration Trends

-- PennLive - John Baer: New Voter Stats Show Challenges For PA Democrats

-- Elections

-- ABC27: Federal Court Orders Pennsylvania To Stop Throwing Out Mail-In Ballots Over The Handwritten Date

-- TribLive Editorial: Again With The Mail-In Ballot Envelopes?

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: PA Officials Are Right To Thwart DOJ’s Fishing Expedition

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: To Redistrict Fairly, Let Each Party Make Up Their Districts - By Sen. Dan Laughlin (R-Erie)

-- WITF: PA Election Conspiracy Activist Appointed To Federal Election Integrity Role At Homeland Security  

-- WITF: Experts Say Federal Agency Undermines Credibility In Hiring PA Elections Activist Who Worked To Erode Confidence In Elections

-- PA Impacts Of President’s Tariffs

-- Wall Street Journal: Federal Court Rejects President’s Global Tariffs Delivering A Blow To Central Prong Of His Economic Agenda

-- Financial Times: President’s Tariffs Ruled Illegal By US Appeals Court, But Stay In Place

-- AP: What Happens To President’s Tariffs Now That A Federal Court Has Knocked Them Them Down? 

-- PA Impacts Of President’s Policies

-- WITF: PA Election Conspiracy Activist Appointed To Federal Election Integrity Role At Homeland Security  

-- WITF: Experts Say Federal Agency Undermines Credibility In Hiring PA Elections Activist Who Worked To Erode Confidence In Elections

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: PA Officials Are Right To Thwart DOJ’s Fishing Expedition

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Coal Mining Mustn’t Be A Death Sentence  

-- PA Capital-Star: President Agrees To Release Remainder Of Frozen Education Funds To PA, Other States

-- Inquirer: Delaware County, Philly Residents Feel ‘Abandoned’ As President Cuts Grants Meant To Protect Area From Flooding 

-- The Allegheny Front/WV Public Broadcasting: President Moves To Strip Union Rights Of National Institute For Occupational Safety & Health Employees  [Black Lung Screenings]  

-- Erie Times: Federal Judge Approves Dismissal Of Criminal Charges Against Erie Coke [Coal] Plant Defendant Who Pleaded Guilty To Charges Of Violating Federal Clean Air Act  [Requested By President’s Justice Dept.]

-- Erie Times: Public Officials: Environmental Cleanup Of Erie Coke [Coal] Plant Site Will Be Long, Expensive Process 

-- PA Capital-Star: US Dept. Of Health & Human Services Orders States To Strip Gender From Sex Education 

-- WHYY: Philly DA Defends Cashless Bail As President’s Order Threatens States, Cities That Implement It

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: President’s War On ‘Cashless Bail’ Will Make The Streets Less Safe

-- TribLive: US Member Of Congress Summer Lee Denied Access To Federal ICE Detention Center In Clearfield County

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader Guest Essay: Immigration Enforcement Needs Oversight, Federal ICE Can’t Just Ban Lawmakers {Los Angeles Times]

-- Post-Gazette: Federal ICE Arrests Continue To Rise Across Western PA As Feds Get Help From Local Police

-- Centre Daily Times: ‘Shut It Down:’ Philipsburg Protest Against Nearby Federal ICE Detention Facility Draws Hundreds  

-- Beaver Times: PA Domestic Violence Providers Worry President’s Anti- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Rules Could Threaten Their Funding

-- Observer-Reporter: Fayette County Residents Protest President’s Administration

-- WPost: 150 FEMA Employees Send Congress Letter Saying Current Agency Leadership Has Eroded And Hindered The Ability To Effectively Manage Emergencies 

-- TribLive/AP: President Suggests More US Cities Need National Guard, But Crime Stats Tell A Different Story

-- New Federal Administration

-- Morning Call Guest Essay: Welcoming Diversity Is An American Value [Not The President’s ‘Vicious Will’ He’s Trying To Impose On Every Aspect Of Our Society]- By Bill White  [PDF of Article]  

-- Wilkes-Barre Guest Essay: My Father Told America - ‘I Have A Dream’ - Today, The Dream Needs Us - By Martin Luther King III 

-- Post-Gazette - Adriana Ramirez: What Happened To Republicans?  Before The President It Meant Something To Be A Republican 

-- Financial Times: Pray For The US Treasury Market 

-- Wall Street Journal Editorial: Country Will Regret President Taking Over Federal Reserve

-- Miscellaneous State/Harrisburg Politics

-- PA Capital-Star: Sen. Street To Step Down As PA Democratic Party Chairman To Run For Congress

-- WESA: Eugene DePasquale’s Plans For PA Democratic Party (If Elected Chair)

-- Post-Gazette: Eugene DePasquale Seeks To Lead PA Democratic Party As Interim Chair

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Restoring Trust In The Heart Of PA’s Political Realignment - Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics

-- LancasterOnline: How Local Government Agencies Spend Millions To Lobby State Government

-- TribLive: PA Democrats Celebrate Taylor Swift And Travis Kelce’s Engagement - Then Ask For Donations

-- International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.19  Ohio- $3.21  PA- $3.30

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs 18 - Same As Last 5 Weeks

-- Freeport Township Declares Disaster Emergency After Residents Impacted By A Gas Related Water Contamination Event Have Been Without Permanent Water Supplies For 3 Years-- We’re Not Blaming Anybody, We Just Want Good, Clean Drinking Water  [PaEN] 

-- Inside Climate News: Pennsylvania Towns Push Back To Stop Proposed LNG Gas Export Terminals, As President Pushes LNG Exports

-- PUC Approves 33.3% Increase In Natural Gas Rates From Pike County Light & Power And 5.7% Increase For Pike County Light & Power Electric  [PaEN] 

-- Independent Fiscal Office: Residential Electricity Bills ‘Begin Surge:’ Natural Gas Prices Up 71%, PJM  Prices Up Due To A.I. Data Center Demand  [PaEN]  

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: EQT Signs 20-Year LNG Gas Purchase Deal With Sempra, Expanding Global Reach

-- Utility Dive: EIA Projects Record Residential, Commercial Natural Gas Consumption To Offset Decreases In Power Generation [Underappreciated Risks To Gas Use By A.I. Data Center Customers] 

-- Bloomberg: Key US Energy Data Delayed Or Suspended After Federal Cuts

-- Bloomberg: New York Pipelines Back From Dead Signal Natural Gas Revival Under President

-- Flooding

-- Inquirer: Delaware County, Philly Residents Feel ‘Abandoned’ As President Cuts Grants Meant To Protect Area From Flooding 

-- WPost: 150 FEMA Employees Send Congress Letter Saying Current Agency Leadership Has Eroded And Hindered The Ability To Effectively Manage Emergencies 

-- Altoona Mirror: Intergovernmental Stormwater Committee Awards Brush Run Streambank Restoration Project Contract

-- US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Explosion

-- TribLive: US Steel Restarts 2 Batteries Involved In Deadly Blast At Clairton Coke [Coal] Works To ‘Hot Idle’ Mode  

-- WESA: US Steel  Beings Work To Salvage Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Batteries After Explosion

-- TribLive: US Steel To Begin Coke Removal Process In Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Ovens That Exploded Killing 2, Injuring Others

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: US Steel To Remove Coke From Blast-Damaged Clairton Coke [Coal] Plant, Assess Repair Options

--  WTAE: Clairton Community Unites With Concert Fundraiser For Victims Of US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Plant Explosion 

-- A.I. /Data Centers

-- In Case You Missed It -- A.I./Data Center Articles & NewClips From Last Week - August 31  [PaEN]  

-- Education

-- Post-Gazette: PA Library Services, Counties, Schools Feel Pinch As State Budget Standoff Hits 9th Week

-- TribLive: As Back-To-School Costs Rise, Educators Rely Upon Donations To Bolster Classroom Supplies

-- TribLive Editorial: Back To School Means Back To Violence

-- Inquirer: SEPTA Mass Transit Cuts Go Into Effect, Here’s What To Know

-- PA Capital-Star: 50,000 Students In Philadelphia Rely On SEPTA For Transportation

-- WESA: Allegheny County Judges Call Fines A ‘Last Resort,’ But Youth Were Still Fined Almost $100,000 Last Year

-- PA Capital-Star: President Agrees To Release Remainder Of Frozen Education Funds To PA, Other States

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Community College Sees Enrollment Increase After years Of Decline

-- TribLive: Penn State New Kensington, Fayette Welcome Final 2-Year Class Before Closing

-- Inquirer: Another False Emergency Report Involving A Weapon Prompts A Police Search At Villanova University

-- Inquirer: Anti-Extremism Researchers Say They’ve Identified Group Claiming Responsibility For Villanova Shooter Hoax, Provide Audio Of Bucknell Incident 

-- TribLive Editorial: Indiana University of PA Should Clearly Spell Out Hazing Penalties

-- PA Capital-Star: US Dept. Of Health & Human Services Orders States To Strip Gender From Sex Education 

-- Health Care

-- Spotlight PA: Whistleblower Says Shapiro Administration Retaliated After He Raised Alarms About Elder Abuse System Failures

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader Guest Essay: Stop The Middlemen: Congress Must Act On Pharmacy Benefits Manager Reform Now - By Matt Espenshade, PA State Grange 

-- Law Enforcement

-- PA Capital-Star: Preliminary Hearing Waived For Man Suspected Of Firebombing The Governor’s Residence Last April 

-- Inquirer: Another False Emergency Report Involving A Weapon Prompts A Police Search At Villanova University

-- Inquirer: Anti-Extremism Researchers Say They’ve Identified Group Claiming Responsibility For Villanova Shooter Hoax, Provide Audio Of Bucknell Incident 

-- WHYY: Philly DA Defends Cashless Bail As President’s Order Threatens States, Cities That Implement It

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: President’s War On ‘Cashless Bail’ Will Make The Streets Less Safe

-- TribLive: US Member Of Congress Summer Lee Denied Access To Federal ICE Detention Center In Clearfield County

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader Guest Essay: Immigration Enforcement Needs Oversight, Federal ICE Can’t Just Ban Lawmakers {Los Angeles Times]

-- Post-Gazette: Federal ICE Arrests Continue To Rise Across Western PA As Feds Get Help From Local Police

-- Centre Daily Times: ‘Shut It Down:’ Philipsburg Protest Against Nearby Federal ICE Detention Facility Draws Hundreds  

-- Beaver Times: PA Domestic Violence Providers Worry President’s Anti- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Rules Could Threaten Their Funding

-- TribLive/AP: President Suggests More US Cities Need National Guard, But Crime Stats Tell A Different Story

-- The Economy

-- PennLive: Labor Researchers Say Trouble Is Brewing In PA’s Economy As Tariffs, Cuts Take Effect

-- Wall Street Journal Editorial: Country Will Regret President Taking Over Federal Reserve

-- Financial Times: Pray For The US Treasury Market 

-- Other

-- AP: Highlights From Little League World Series In Williamsport

-- DEP: An Estimated 16,000 Gallons Of 'Black Goop' Spills From Closed Eureka Resources Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Plant In Williamsport, Reaching Susquehanna River  [PaEN]

[Posted: August 31, 2025]