Senate returns to session Feb. 8, 9
House returns to session Feb. 8, 9
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY 11:30: Governor’s Budget Address. Click Here to watch live. Budget Documents will be posted here.
CORRECTION: WEDNESDAY 5:00: Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Game and Fisheries Committees Joint Hearing on Chronic Wasting Disease. American Legion, 3721 U.S. 220 BUS, Bedford.
-- Gov. Wolf Announced PA Received The Initial $244.9 Million From The Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law To Clean Up Abandoned Mine Lands [PaEN]
-- PG - Laura Legere: PA To Get Surge Of Money For Abandoned Mine Cleanup
-- TribLive: Federal Mine Cleanup Funding See As Game-Changer In PA
-- 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
-- Growing Greener Grant To Help Restore The Health Of 30 Agriculturally-Impaired Streams In Central PA 30 x 30 Stream Restoration Initiative [PaEN]
-- Chester County Press: Sen. Comitta Announces $1.3 Million For Watershed Protection Projects
-- PG: Allegheny Health Dept. Rejects Air Pollution Mitigation Plans For 6 Facilities
-- WESA: How Poor Air Quality Days Can Affect Pittsburghers
-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Geothermal Energy Lies Right Beneath Our Feet, Could Philadelphia Tap Into It?
-- ScrantonT Editorial: Don’t Let Grid Operator PJM Restrict Solar Energy
-- Health Dept. Accepting Entries For Student Art Competition To Raise Awareness About Ticks, Lyme Disease [PaEN]
-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas/Patrick Varine: PA Bans Sales of Ravenna Grass And 2 Species Of Buckthorn Trees
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Fish & Boat Commission To Buy Angler Access Across Private Lands
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Gearing Up For Ice Fishing In PA - What You Need To Know
American Rescue Plan Funding
-- $11 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To PA State Government, Local Governments Has Yet To Be Invested. What’s Your Community Doing?
Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Law
-- Gov. Wolf Announced PA Received The Initial $244.9 Million From The Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law To Clean Up Abandoned Mine Lands [PaEN]
-- PG - Laura Legere: PA To Get Surge Of Money For Abandoned Mine Cleanup
-- TribLive: Federal Mine Cleanup Funding See As Game-Changer In PA
Other States/National/International
-- NYT: Why This Year Could Be A Tipping Point For Electric Cars
-- The Guardian: Rightwing Lobby Group ALEC Driving Laws To Blacklist Companies That Boycott The Oil Industry Thru Energy Discrimination Elimination Act [Watch For It In PA]
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- 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
-- YorkD Editorial: The Reality Is Mail-In Voting Benefits Voters
-- PG: Republican Lawmakers In Western PA Take Shot At Wolf Before Last Budget Speech
-- 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
-- PA Cap-Star: 3 Things To Watch For In Wolf’s Legacy Burnishing Budget
-- City & State PA: Southwest Republicans Outline Wish List Ahead Of Budget Address
-- PG Guest Essay: Let’s Escape Budgetary Groundhog Day By Restricting Wasteful Spending Thru A Constitutional Amendment - Sen. Bartolotta (Republican)
-- PG Editorial: Transparency For Tax Breaks To Support Private Schools
-- Inquirer: Barletta Best-Known Republican Candidate For Governor, Is That Enough? [He Supported Efforts To Overturn Nov. 2020 Election]
-- LancasterOnline: Ex-Ephrata Lawyers’ Statement He Would Kill Democratic U.S. Senators Allowed By Judge
-- 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
-- MCall - Ford Turner: Republican Lawmakers Advance Bill Supporting Off-Label Treatments For COVID
-- PG: Pitt Prof Compares Discomfort Of Cloth Mask To Being In A Gas Chamber At Auschwitz
-- CourierT: Are Central Bucks, Other School Districts Underreporting COVID Cases?
-- 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
-- TribLive: Fayette County Priest Resigns After ‘Inappropriate Behavior’ With 19-Year-Old
-- AP: Temple Prof Seeks Reinstatement Of Damage Claims Against FBI
-- TribLive Editorial: Constables Have To Follow Law To Enforce It
-- WESA/NPR: Why Buying A Car Is Such A Miserable Experience [After Car Dealers Lobbied So Heavily To Be Exempt From COVID Requirements And Got Millions In Federal Aid]
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[Posted: February 8, 2022] PA Environment Digest
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