Sunday, February 13, 2022

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

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else--

-- New Voting Districts - Senate, House, Congressional

-- AP: PA Supreme Court Puts Hold On Gathering Names For Primary Candidates Petitions  

-- PA Cap-Star: PA Supreme Court Suspends Candidate Petitions Pending Redistricting Lawsuits

-- TribLive Editorial: Delayed Candidate Petitions Latest Sign Of Redistricting Drama

-- YorkD Editorial: Redistricting Reform Is Dead, Long Live Redistricting Reform  [Pending Lawsuit Outcomes]

-- Spotlight PA: See How Final House Voting District Map Scores

-- Spotlight PA: See How Final Senate Voting District Map Scores

-- PG: Nordenberg Says Commission’s Final Voting District Maps Prove He Succeeded In Chairman’s Role

-- PG: Nordenberg Discusses Effort To Ensure Fairness In PA’s New House, Senate Voting District Maps

-- PA Cap-Star: Latino Advocate Promises Lawsuit Against New PA Voting District Maps

-- MCall - Ford Turner: Allentown Latino Leaders Plot Strategy After New PA Legislative Maps Scramble Political Plans

-- AP: Republican Commonwealth Court Judge Recommends Congressional Voting Districts Map Favored By Republicans

-- SpotlightPA: Republican Judge Sided With Republicans On Congressional Voting Districts Map, Here’s What’s Next

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: PA Judge’s Republican Congressional Map Would Blow Up Capitol Region District

-- PA Cap-Star: Ex-House Republican Leader Reed: PA Supreme Court Needs To Do Redistricting In Public

 

-- Governor’s Race

-- Inquirer: Barletta Best-Known Republican Candidate For Governor, Is That Enough?  [He Supported Efforts To Overturn Nov. 2020 Election]

-- Inquirer: Republican Candidate For Governor Sen. Mastriano Spent A Day Claiming Facebook Was Censoring Him - On Facebook

-- AP: Sen. Martin Suspends Campaign For Republican Nomination For Governor Due To Leg-Related Medical Issues

 

-- U.S. Senate Race

-- Inquirer: Follow The Money - PA U.S. Senate Race In 8 Charts

-- AP: Dr. Oz Gets Hollywood Walk Of Fame Star As His Republican Rival For PA U.S. Senate Seat Says He’s Too ‘Hollywood’ 

-- Inquirer: Conor Lamb’s U.S. Senate Campaign Getting Super PAC Boost

-- TribLive: Lamb Touts Experience In Crowded Democratic Field For U.S. Senate

-- Inquirer: McCormick’s Longtime Praise For China And Trade Could Be Liability In U.S. Senate Run

-- TribLive: Fetterman Noncommittal On Western PA Democratic Candidate Event

-- Inquirer: Fetterman Got A Lot Of Cash From Snail Mail

-- PG Guest Essay: Mask Mandates Harm Children And America’s Future - Dr. Oz, Republican For U.S. Senate


-- May 2022 Election

-- WHYY: Mail-In Ballot Applications Are Available For May Primary [Yes, You Can Still Request One]

-- AP: PA Supreme Court Puts Hold On Gathering Names For Primary Candidates Petitions  

-- PA Cap-Star: PA Supreme Court Suspends Candidate Petitions Pending Redistricting Lawsuits

-- TribLive Editorial: Delayed Candidate Petitions Latest Sign Of Redistricting Drama

 

-- Election Reform/2020 Election Fallout

-- PA Cap-Star: Republican Lawmakers Celebrate Court Decision Temporarily Declaring Mail-In Voting Illegal [That Decision Was Stayed By PA Supreme Court]

-- LancasterOnline Guest Essay: The ‘Hijacking’ Of Mail-In Voting By Democrats - Republican House Speaker Cutler [Strained Interpretation Of History]

-- MCall - Paul Muschick: Sick And Disabled Would Not Be Forgotten If PA Gets Rid of its Mail Balloting Law

-- YorkD Editorial: The Reality Is Mail-In Voting Benefits Voters

-- PA Cap-Star: Republicans On Senate Committee Approve Bill Calling For U.S. Constitutional Convention

-- LancasterOnline: Elections Group Claims Fraud In Lancaster County, Won’t Supply Evidence 

-- LancasterOnline Editorial: Don’t Buy Nonsense About Election ‘Anomalies’ In Lancaster County

-- MCall Guest Essay: Let’s Show The Nation What True Nonpartisanship Cooperation Can Do - Lehigh County Executive

-- LancasterOnline: New White Nationalist Club Behind Millersville ‘Never ‘Apologise’ For Being White,’ Antisemitic  Stickers, Other Propaganda In Central PA 

-- LancasterOnline Editorial: White Supremacists Are Recruiting In Lancaster County, their Fascist Beliefs Are Not Welcome

-- MCall: Family That Sued Lehigh Valley School District Saying Lessons On White Privilege, Systemic Racism Were Anti-Christian Could Get $45,000 Under Settlement

-- MCall: Feds Say Anti-Government Podcaster Who Fantasized About State Police Killer Eric Frein Had An Arsenal Of Illegal Machine Guns In His Bethlehem Township Home 

-- The Guardian: Far-Right Podcaster Charged After Machine Guns Found In Bethlehem, PA Home

-- PennLive: Fmr Centre County Citizens Militia ‘Commander’ Again Indicted On Federal Firearms Charges

--WHYY: Delaware County Fire Company Shut Down After Racist Remarks Caught On Video Call

-- CourierT: Southampton Quakers’ Weekly Vigil For Peace Met With Hate, Vandalism And Anger In Bucks County  

-- PG: Winchester Thurston Students In Pittsburgh Angered By School’s Response To Racist Snapchat Post

-- CentreDT: Community Voices Concerns Following Assault Tied To Racist Photo At State College H.S.

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Slavery Is Part Of The History Of Philadelphia’s Suburbs

 

-- PA’s Role In Assault On U.S. Capitol

-- LancasterOnline: Ex-Ephrata Lawyers’ Statement He Would Kill Democratic U.S. Senators Allowed By Judge

-- ScrantonT: Lackawanna County Man Charged With Crimes Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol Rejects Plea Deal, Plans For Trial 

 

-- State Constitutional Amendments

-- Spotlight PA: Complete Guide To More Than 70 Proposed Amendments To State Constitution

 

-- Harrisburg Potpourri

-- PA Cap-Star: Activists Call For House Floor Vote On Bill Banning Gifts To Lawmakers

-- MCall - Paul Muschik: It’s Disgraceful That Sen. Browne Went To Such Great Lengths To hide Allentown NIZ Tax Data

-- PA Cap-Star: Updated PA Incumbent Retirement And Primary Tracker

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Republican Rep. Rothman Eyes Open Senate Seat

-- Rep. Longietti (D) Will Not Seek Reelection

-- Rep. Pam Snyder (D) Not Running For Reelection

-- Inquirer: Progressives Pick Candidates, Fights In Philly State House Races

-- Legislative Audit Commission: Senate/House Now Have Record Cash Operating Surplus Of $233.6 Million As Of June 30, 2021 [$33.6 million more than 2020]

-- AP: Senate, House Have Record Cash Operating Surplus Of $233.6 Million Just Sitting Around

-- City & State PA: Southwest Republicans Outline Wish List Ahead Of Budget Address

-- PG: Republican Lawmakers In Western PA Take Shot At Wolf Before Last Budget Speech

-- PG Guest Essay: Let’s Escape Budgetary Groundhog Day By Restricting Wasteful Spending Thru A Constitutional Amendment - Sen. Bartolotta (Republican) 

-- WilliamsportS: PA Republican State Lawmakers, Members Of Congress Propose Capping Health Care Facility Workers’ Pay To Save Facilities Money

-- PA Cap-Star: PA Residents Drinking Better Not More Helping To Drive Alcohol Sales Growth

-- Inquirer: Republican Push To Legalize Weed In PA Gets Underway With Hearing

-- YorkDR Guest Essay: Police Chiefs Oppose Push To Legalize Marijuana In PA

-- PA Cap-Star: Will PA Lawmakers Barter Away Our Public Health And Safety In Marijuana Legislation?

-- PA Cap-Star: Marijuana Legalization: PA Should Lead, Not Follow On Cannabis Convictions

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Time For PA Lawmakers To Ban LGBTQ Conversion ‘Therapy’

-- WHYY: IBEW Local 98 Union In Philadelphia Has More Campaign Cash Than Ever

-- Rep. Innamorato: Welcoming PA Caucus Introduces Bill To Create Office Of New Pennsylvanians

-- PA Cap-Star: 10 Weird Laws Still On The Books In PA: Hunting Big Game To Barring Bingo

 

-- Budget 2022

-- Gov. Wolf Proposes New Investments To Building Successful Future For Pennsylvania Families

-- Gov. Wolf’s In-Depth Summary Of FY 2022-23 Budget Proposal

-- Gov. Wolf’s FY 2022-23 Budget Proposal Spreadsheet

-- Gov. Wolf’s 2022 Budget Address Text As Prepared  

-- WITF: How Much Of Gov. Wolf’s Budget Proposal Will Remain Intact?  Depends On Who You Ask

-- AP: Wolf’s Final Budget, Like His First, Features Public Schools

-- Spotlight PA: Wolf Asks Republican-Led Legislature To Spend PA’s Federal Aid Dollars As He Pitches $1.8 Billion Boost For Public Education

-- PennLive: Wolf’s Final Budget Plan Gives Bills More To Education While Helping Businesses

-- PA Cap-Star: Wolf Announces $43.7 Billion Spending Proposal

-- AP: What To Watch For In Gov. Wolf’s Budget Proposal 

-- PA Cap-Star: 3 Things To Watch For In Wolf’s Legacy Burnishing Budget

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Surpluses And Electioneering Set Stage For Wolf’s Final Budget 

-- Inquirer: Wolf Wants To Release $1.7 Billion In American Rescue Plan Funding To Help Small Business Owners, Conservation, Others

-- PennLive: Here’s A Roadmap To The Major Pieces Of Wolf’s 2022 Budget Plan

-- Senate Republicans: Governor’s Budget Less About Pennsylvania, More About Legacy

-- House Republicans: Wolf’s Spending Proposal Not A Serious Plan To Move PA Forward

-- PA Cap-Star: How PA Politicians Reacted To Wolf’s 2022-23 Budget Proposal

-- PennLive: Wolf, Legislative Foes Speak To Different Pennsylvanians And Realities On Budget Day

-- PA Cap-Star: How PA’s Advocacy Community Reacted To Wolf’s Budget Plan

-- City & State PA: Wolf, Lawmakers Can Coalesce Around A Corporate Tax Cut

-- PennLive - John Baer: PA’s 2022 Budget Address Is Deja Vu All Over Again, Here’s Why That’s A Bad Thing

-- MCall - Paul Muschick: What Was Missing From Wolf’s Final State Budget Address

-- PA Cap-Star Editorial Cartoon: Just In Time For Valentine’s Day - PA Budget Sweet And Sour Hearts

-- WilliamsportS Editorial: A Little Good, A Lot Bad In Wolf’s Budget Pitch

-- TribLive Editorial: Wolf’s Last Budget Address Leans on Familiar Ideas

-- WBTimes Editorial: Wolf’s Budget Priorities Solid, Both Parties Need To Work On Numbers

-- Gov. Wolf: PA Congressional Delegation Supports Plan To Assist Pennsylvanians In Need With Federal American Rescue Plan Funds

-- WITF: Proposed Wolf Budget Would Help Nurses Provide Mental Health Services

-- PG: While Millions Poured Into State’s Coffers, Pittsburgh’s Bridges Languished

-- Legislative Audit Commission: Senate/House Now Have Record Cash Operating Surplus Of $233.6 Million As Of June 30, 2021 [$33.6 million more than 2020]

-- AP: Senate, House Have Record Cash Operating Surplus Of $233.6 Million Just Sitting Around

-- City & State PA: Southwest Republicans Outline Wish List Ahead Of Budget Address

-- PG: Republican Lawmakers In Western PA Take Shot At Wolf Before Last Budget Speech

-- PG Guest Essay: Let’s Escape Budgetary Groundhog Day By Restricting Wasteful Spending Thru A Constitutional Amendment - Sen. Bartolotta (Republican) 

 

-- American Rescue Plan Funding

-- Inquirer: Wolf Wants To Release $1.7 Billion In American Rescue Plan Funding To Help Small Business Owners, Conservation, Others

-- Gov. Wolf: PA Congressional Delegation Supports Plan To Assist Pennsylvanians In Need With Federal American Rescue Plan Funds

 

-- COVID Pandemic In PA

-- Dept. Of Health: Weekly Update On COVID Cases, Vaccinations, Hospitalizations

-- PG: COVID Cases Drop Sharply In Allegheny County, Across Pennsylvania

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports 38,656 Excess Deaths Caused By COVID In 2020 & 2021

-- City & State PA: IFO Report - Seniors Bore Brunt Of COVID Deaths

-- PG: Allegheny County Reaches Grim Milestone: 3,000 Deaths From COVID

-- MCall: Is COVID Pandemic Over Or Is This The ‘Calm Before The Next Storm,’ What Lehigh Valley Health Experts Think

-- TribLive: Hospital Leaders In Western PA Hopeful As COVID Cases Decline; But Staffing Remains An Issue

-- Inquirer: Why Philly Is Keeping Its Mask Mandate As States Drop Them

-- MCall - Ford Turner: Republican Lawmakers Advance Bill Supporting Off-Label Treatments For COVID

-- WilliamsportS: PA Republican State Lawmakers, Members Of Congress Propose Capping Health Care Facility Workers’ Pay To Save Facilities Money

-- PG: Ex-Pitt Official Admits To Stealing 13,000 Masks From University To Sell On eBay

-- PG: Pitt Prof Compares Discomfort Of Cloth Mask To Being In A Gas Chamber At Auschwitz

-- PG Guest Essay: Mask Mandates Harm Children And America’s Future - Dr. Oz, Republican For U.S. Senate

-- ErieT: Few Erie-Area Hospital Workers Fired, Resign Due To COVID Vaccine Mandate

-- PG: Pitt Terminating 9 Employees For Failing To Comply With Vaccine Mandate

-- TribLive: 4 Pittsburgh City Employees Fired For Not Meeting COVID Vaccine Mandate

-- Inquirer: Philly’s Vaccine Mandate For City Workers Takes Effect Despite Union Oppos

-- WarrenT: Warren County Group To Offer Cash Prizes For Newly Vaccinated

-- PA Cap-Star: Buffalo Bound Anti-COVID Mandate Protesters Stop In Scranton

-- WHYY: Philly Fighting COVID  CEO Banned From Working In PA

-- WITF: Proposed Wolf Budget Would Help Nurses Provide Mental Health Services

-- WHYY: Telemedicine Eliminated Racial Health Gap During Pandemic, Study Says

-- Inquirer: Delaware’s Biggest Health System Moves Into PA To Buy Crozer Health

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Enforce Hospital Price Transparency

 

-- COVID - Schools

-- CourierT: Are Central Bucks, Other School Districts Underreporting COVID Cases?

-- CourierT: Bucks County Middle School Cancels DC Field Trip Over City’s Pandemic Rules

-- MCall/TNS: Students Sick From COVID Are Also Missing Out On School Lunches In PA, Elsewhere

 

-- Opioid Epidemic

-- PG: Feds Say PA Courts Discriminate Against Some With Opioid Dependency

-- PA Cap-Star: Justice Dept. Finds PA Courts In Violation Of Americans With Disabilities Act

-- AP: U.S. Justice Dept. Signals It May Allow Safe Injection Sites

-- YorkD: Falls Surpass Overdoses As Leading Cause Of Death In York County As Population Ages  

 

-- School Funding/Administration

-- Inquirer: 4 Takeaways From PA’s School Funding Trial, 2 Weeks Into Republican Witnesses

-- LancasterOnline: Republican Leaders Withdraw Witness In School Funding Trial Accused Of Plagiarism

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Schoolhouse Crumbling?  That’s What You Deserve, PA Republicans Say

-- ScrantonT Editorial: No Defense For Adequately Funded Public Schools, So Republicans Change The Subject

-- PG: Wolf Pushes ‘Giant Step Forward’ For PA’s K-12 Education During Budget Address

-- AP: Poorer Cities, Growing Suburbs Get Most Out Of Wolf’s School Funding Plan

-- PA Cap-Star Guest Essay: Fair School Funding For Every PA Student, Not Just A Few - Pottstown School District

-- ReadingE Editorial: State Has Money To Boost Public School Funding

-- WESA/AP: Amid Scrambles For Teachers, Some Fear Worse Shortages Ahead

-- PG Editorial: Adressing The Teacher Shortage [Yes, They Spelled Addressing Wrong]

-- ScrantonT: Private Scranton Cyber Academy Enrollment Surpasses High Schools

-- PG Editorial: Transparency For Tax Breaks To Support Private Schools

-- PG: State-Owned Universities Would Get Historic Funding Boost Under Wolf’s Budget Proposal

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: State Universities’ Leader Promises Tuition Freeze If It Receives $550 Million In Governor’s Budget

-- PG Editorial: Funding Can Stabilize State Universities’ System

-- ErieT: Northern PA Regional College Excluded From Wolf Budget Because They Haven’t Used $14 Million In State Money For 2 Years 

-- ErieT: Erie County Executive Wants To Cut Federal Funds To Community College, Diversity Board, Here’s Why

-- PG: Allegheny County Community College, Schell Games Offering Gaming Apprenticeship Program

-- AP: Temple Prof Seeks Reinstatement Of Damage Claims Against FBI

 

-- Gun Violence/Law Enforcement

-- PennLive: 2 People Killed In Harrisburg Shooting, Suspect Fled And Crashed Into School Bus

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Gun Control Schemes Do Nothing More Than Disarm People Who Need Protection Most

-- PennLive: Most Deaths In PA County Jails Went Unreported: ‘It Is Appalling’

-- Inquirer: An Amish Farmer’s 600 Guns Were Seized In Lancaster County, But It’s Unclear If He Broke The Law

-- PennLive Editorial: Wolf, Lawmakers Pledged To Stop Sending Kids To Adult Prisons, But They Haven’t Changed The Law

-- AP: Bulletproof Vest Saves Philadelphia Police Officer Serving A Warrant

-- TribLive Editorial: Constables Have To Follow Law To Enforce It

-- TribLive: Fayette County Priest Resigns After ‘Inappropriate Behavior’ With 19-Year-Old

-- CentreDT: Community Voices Concerns Following Assault Tied To Racist Photo At State College H.S.

-- WHYY: Berks County Immigrant Detention Center Reopens As Women-Only Facility

 

-- PA Economy

-- PG: While Millions Poured Into State’s Coffers, Pittsburgh’s Bridges Languished

-- TribLive: Western PA Motorists’ Concerns Mount Over Potential Bridge Disasters

-- PG Editorial: Pittsburgh Must Release Bridge Inspection Reports Now

-- TribLive Editorial: Bridge Failures Have Courtroom Costs

-- The Center Square: Labor & Industry Addresses Unemployment Fraud For House Committee

-- CourierT: Can Companies Follow Parx Casino’s Lead In Diversifying Their Workforce?

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Sports Betting Making It Harder To Enjoy The Game

-- WESA: In The Age Of Work From Home, PA Factories Struggle With Staffing

-- TribLive: Supply Chain Issues, Rising Costs Causing Fish Fry Cancellations, Higher Prices

-- WESA/NPR: Why Buying A Car Is Such A Miserable Experience 

 

-- Other

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Council Members Give Themselves 6.3% Pay Raise

-- WHYY: Philly Voters May Be Asked To Place Term Limits On City Council

-- ErieT: Greene Twp. Officials Dodge Legal, Ethical Questions Over $10,000 Bonuses For Themselves

-- Inquirer: Low-Income Philadelphians To Receive No-Strings-Attached Cash In Antipoverty Experiments

-- WESA: Funk Legend And Longtime Pittsburgh Resident Betty Davis Dies At 77

[Posted: February 13, 2022]

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