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

-- WHYY: Redistricting Forces Contentious Democratic Primary In Northwest Philly

-- TribLive: Newly Elected Rep. Abney, Grayson Square Off In Pittsburgh House District

-- Governor’s Race

-- AP: Ex-President Backs Republican Sen. Mastriano In PA Governor’s Primary
-- WHYY: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Sen. Mastriano Taunts ‘Establishment’ At Closed Event With Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Kathy Barnette

-- Post-Gazette Letter: Republican Committee Chair In Allegheny County: Please, Republicans, Not Mastriano

-- WITF: Every PA Republican Governor Candidates Campaigns On Election Disinformation, Here Are The Facts

-- AP: Republicans Fear Far-Right Candidate Sen. Mastriano Will Be PA Governor Nominee

-- Inquirer: PA Republican Insiders Plotting To Stop Far-Right Candidate Sen. Mastriano In Governor’s Race

-- Inquirer: Last-Ditch Republican Effort To Stop Sen. Mastriano In PA Governor’s Race Too Little, Too Late

-- TribLive: Sen. Kim Ward Endorses Dave White In Republican Primary For Governor

-- LancasterOnline - Brad Busmted: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Sen. Mastriano Says Democrat Shapiro’s TV Ad Will Help Him Win Primary

-- WHYY: Martin’s Potato Roll Empire Backing Republican Sen. Mastriano For Governor, Philly Sandwich Slingers Are Concerned

-- PennLive: McSwain Tops Fundraising Among Republican Gubernatorial Candidates With $5 Million From One Group - School Choice

-- WITF: Republican Governor Candidates Push For Parents’ Rights In Public Education

-- Spotlight PA: Candidates For Governor Raised $12.8 Million In April Alone

-- WHYY: Where Are PA’s Candidates For Governor Getting Their Money?

-- TribLive: What Price Will Candidates Pay To Emerge From PA Primaries?  [Campaign Funding]

-- AP: Republican Sen. Corman Drops Out Of Governor’s Race, Endorses Barletta

-- PA Capital-Star: Republican Sen. Corman Drops Out Of Governor’s Race, Endorses Barletta In Effort To Halt Mastriano

-- LancasterOnline - Brad Bumsted: Republican Candidate For Governor Sen. Corman Decides To Exit Race [Again]

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Republican Sen. Corman Decides To Drop Out Of Governor’s Race [Again]

-- Centre Daily Times: Sen. Corman [Republican] Compares Abortion Ruling Leak To Jan. 6 Assault On U.S. Capitol, Says Both Done ‘To Intimidate’ 

-- TribLive: Republican Melissa Hart Drops Out Of Governor’s Race, Endorses Barletta  

-- Post-Gazette: McKeesport’s Rep. Austin Davis Thinks He Has A Shot At Winning Democratic Nomination For Lt. Gov [Only 1 Opponent]

-- City & State PA: Sen. Corman Looks To Form Cryptocurrency Task Force To Take Advantage Of Economic Opportunities Of Crypto Currency Boom

-- AP: Crypto Comes To Washington, Will The Millions Buy Influence? [PA U.S. Senate Race]

-- WSJ: How More Than $1 Trillion Of Crypto Vanished In Just Six Months

-- Bloomberg: More Than $200 Billion Wiped Off Cryptocurrency Market In A Day

-- Reuters Explainer: Does The Cryptocurrency Crash Pose A Threat To The Financial System?

-- WPSU: Talks With Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Melissa Hart

 

-- U.S. Senate Race

-- AP: Democratic U.S. Senate Candidate Fetterman Says He Had A Stroke; Continuing With Campaign  

-- WHYY: Where Are PA U.S. Senate Candidates Getting Their Money?

-- TribLive: What Price Will Candidates Pay To Emerge From PA Primaries?  [Campaign Funding]

-- WHYY: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Sen. Mastriano Taunts ‘Establishment’ At Closed Event With Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Kathy Barnette

-- AP: Ex-President Scrambles To Fend Off Dr. Oz Challenger In PA U.S. Senate Race

-- AP: Dr. Oz Condemns Kathy Barnette’s Tweet On Islam And Pedophilia

-- Post-Gazette: Kathy Barnette’s Ascension Brings Scrutiny From Republican Rivals In U.S. Senate Race

-- Inquirer: Kathy Barnette The Surprise Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Who Just Might Win

-- PennLive: Kathy Barnette Giving Republican U.S. Senate Primary A Grassroots Jolt

-- Erie Times: Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Carla Sands Voted By Mail Twice In 2021, But Now Wants To Outlaw Mail-In Ballots

-- AP: Conservative Groups Go Against Dr. Oz In PA U.S. Senate Race  

-- NYT: For Many Pennsylvania Voters Devoted To Ex-President, Less Swayed By His Guidance  [Dr. Oz]

-- Post-Gazette: Ted Cruz Vouches For McCormick’s Conservatism In Western PA Visit In PA U.S. Senate Race

-- The Guardian: Can This Offbeat Tattooed Democrat Flip A PA U.S. Senate Seat?

-- NYT: Conor Lamb Had All The Makings Of A Front-Runner, So Why Is He Struggling?

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: PA Officials Indulge Election Delusion At Greensburg Rally With Ex-President

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Sheriff, Commissioners Battle Over Deputies Staffing Greensburg Rally With Ex-President

-- May 17, 2022 Primary Election

-- PennLive: PA’s Top Election Official Asks For Post-Election Patience, Says Results Likely To Take ‘A Few Days’

-- WHYY: PA’s Top Election Official Talks Mail Ballots, Drop Boxes Ahead Of Primary Tuesday

-- PA Capital-Star: State Officials Report More Than 910,000 Requests For Mail-In Ballots

-- Spotlight PA: Unmarked Postcards Sent To Pennsylvanians Tell Them ‘Whether You Vote Is Public Record’

-- PennLive - John Baer: Primary Election Results Could End Traditional Politics For PA Democrats, Republicans

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Who Will Be A Good Public Servant?  It’s Hard To Tell From Messay Run-Up To The Primary - Mark Singel

-- Post-Gazette - Brandon McGinley: Republicans Sen. Mastriano, Kathy Barnette Exemplify Politics In A Time Of Apocalypse

-- Erie Times Editorial: Campaigns Take Anti-Democratic Turn, PA Voters Should Hold Them Accountable

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: PA Officials Indulge Election Delusion At Greensburg Rally With Ex-President

-- MCall: Republican Sen. Pat Browne [Budget Chair] Faces First Primary Challenge In 30 Years

-- LancasterOnline: Republican House Speaker Faces Primary Challengers

-- WHYY: Sen. Anthony Williams Has His First Real Challenger In 23 Years

-- ABCNews: Republican Conservative Rep. Mike Jones Endorses Challengers To Republican Rep. Stan Saylor (Chair Of Budget Committee), long-time Republican Rep. Keith Gillespie

-- Citizens Voice: Republican Candidate For House Arrested Last Year For DUI

-- WHYY: Redistricting Forces Contentious Democratic Primary In Northwest Philly

-- Inquirer: Philly’s Democratic Establishment And Progressives Again Facing Off Over House Seats

-- TribLive: Newly Elected Rep. Abney, Grayson Square Off In Pittsburgh House District

-- TribLive: Bernie Sanders Stumps For Summer Lee At Pittsburgh Rally

-- Inquirer Editorial: PA Primary Endorsements

-- Inquirer Editorial: We Wanted To Endorse In Republican Primaries This Year, We Can’t

-- Scranton Times: MSNBC: Luzerne County Rightward Shift Represents Political Seachange

-- Inquirer: Mailers Targeting Philly Progressives Have Curious Links To Trump, City’s Democratic Party 

-- City & State PA: Mailer Featuring Gun To Head Of Democratic Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler Causes Upheaval At A Philadelphia PAC 

-- PA Capital-Star: New National Democratic Ad In PA Hits Republican Plan To Sunset Medicare, Social Security

-- WITF: PA ACLU, Lancaster County Commissioners Fight Over Ballot Drop Box Removal In Court

 

U.S. Supreme Court Leaked Abortion Opinion

-- PA Capital-Star: A Midterm Gift? Abortion Could Swing Persuadable Republicans To Democrats

-- TribLive/Bloomberg: How PA’s Abortion Fight Could Play Out Across The Country

-- AP: Anti-Abortion Sen. Casey Backs Abortion Rights Bill

-- TribLive: Casey Says He Supports Codifying Abortion Rights Into Federal Law

-- TribLive: Hundreds Rally In Pittsburgh Against Abortion Restrictions

-- Election Reform/2020 Election Fallout

-- Inquirer: Republicans Respond To Potential South Philly Ballot Harvesting By Republican Operative With Firings, Campaign Attacks

-- LancasterOnline: Conservative ‘Audit The Vote’ Report On 2020 Election In Lancaster County Riddled With Errors, Deeply Flawed 

-- Erie Times: Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Carla Sands Voted By Mail Twice In 2021, But Now Wants To Outlaw Mail-In Ballots

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Pennsylvanians Should Hope Republican State Treasurer Is Better At Counting Their Money Than She Is At Counting Their Votes

-- LancasterOnline Editorial: Conservative Audit The Vote Survey Was Flawed, Deceptive, Clearly Meant To Advance The Big Lie 

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Chaotic Republican Primaries Show Need For New Primary System

-- TribLive Editorial: Independent Voters Need To Be Engaged In Primary Process

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: Rule Breakers Endanger Expanded Voting Options

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Conservative Groups Demand PA Lawmakers Pull Plug On Mail-In Voting 

-- WITF: PA ACLU, Lancaster County Commissioners Fight Over Ballot Drop Box Removal In Court

-- Reuters: U.S. Police Trainers With Far-Right Ties Are Teaching Hundreds Of Cops [PA Police Training Firm Included]

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

-- PennLive/AP: PA Republican Cong. Scott Perry Subpoenaed In House Investigation Of Assault On U.S. Capitol

-- Politico: Republican Legislators In PA Urged By Attorney To Retabulate State’s Popular vote In Dec. 2020

-- Inquirer: Emails Shed New Light On Push By PA Lawmakers To Overturn 2020 Election Vote, Including Republican Candidate For Lt. Governor

-- AP: Man Who Fired Shots Into Democratic Party Headquarters In Montgomery County Gets Prison

-- State Constitutional Amendments

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

 

-- PA Politics Of Russian Invasion

-- PUC Alerts Electric Customers Prices To Compare Going Up June 1 Between 16.1% And 44.6% Due To Rise In Natural Gas Prices  [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive: Electricity Prices Jumped 51% In PJM Interconnection; 85% In New England Due To Rising Natural Gas Prices

-- PUC Office Of Consumer Advocate Urges Consumers To Know Their Options In Face Of Rising Energy Prices

-- Harrisburg Politics Potpourri

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Capital Restoration Project In Governor’s Office Suite Completed

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Does Buying Sets Of Daily Drawing Lottery Balls Qualify As An Emergency?  Conservative Republican Lawmaker Says No

-- AP: Crypto Comes To Washington, Will The Millions Buy Influence? [PA U.S. Senate Race]

-- City & State PA: Sen. Corman Looks To Form Cryptocurrency Task Force To Take Advantage Of Economic Opportunities Of Crypto Currency Boom

-- AP: Crypto Comes To Washington, Will The Millions Buy Influence? [PA U.S. Senate Race]

-- WSJ: How More Than $1 Trillion Of Crypto Vanished In Just Six Months

-- Bloomberg: More Than $200 Billion Wiped Off Cryptocurrency Market In A Day

-- Reuters Explainer: Does The Cryptocurrency Crash Pose A Threat To The Financial System?

-- COVID Pandemic/Health

-- MCall: PA COVID: 21,781 New Cases  Last Week, Hospitalizations Jump 40% In Lehigh Valley

-- Post-Gazette: COVID Cases Rising Steadily In Allegheny County, Across The State

-- Erie Times: Pandemic Wanes, But Challenges Remain For Mental Health Patients, Providers In Erie County

-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny County Ranks High In Preventable Hospitalizations, Report

-- Inquirer: Philly Area Home-Care Workers Often Cheated On Overtime, PA’s Medicaid Rules Don’t Help

-- Penn State: ‘Stop The Bleed’ Training Saves Lives Of Gun Violence Victims, In Other Emergencies

-- WESA: Baby Formula Shortages Have PA Parents Scrambling

-- PennLive: Columbia County Businessman Must Pay $215,000+ Restitution For Illegal Use Of COVID Relief Funds

-- COVID - Schools

-- Post-Gazette: Rising COVID Cases Force Closure Of Pittsburgh Public Schools Administrative Building

-- TribLive: Allegheny County COVID Cases Rise, Pittsburgh Schools Reinstate Mask Mandate

-- Inquirer: Philly Schools Launching ‘Mask To Stay’ COVID Policy

-- Opioid Deaths

-- PA Capital-Star: State, Local Officials Highlight Addiction Prevention Efforts In PA

-- Scranton Times: More Than 100 Overdose Deaths In Lackawanna County, Over 200 In Luzerne County In 2021

-- Spotlight PA: Why Dept. Of Health Is Taking Spotlight PA To Court Over Revealing How Patients, Physicians Are Using Medical Marijuana To Treat Addiction

-- PA Capital-Star: The Pressure Is On PA As Neighboring States Legalize Recreational Marijuana

-- School Districts/Higher Education

-- TribLive Editorial: Are Rankings Fair To High Schools?

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: New PA Private Charter School Leader Vows To Fend Off Funding Cuts

-- York Dispatch: ‘Devastating’ Death Leads Dallastown H.S. Team To Join Suicide Prevention Battle

-- WHYY: LGBTQ Students, Faculty Fear Impact Of Central Bucks Schools’ Decisions

-- TribLive: West Allegheny H.S. Student Brought Loaded Assault Rifle To School Parking Lot In Allegheny County

-- WHYY: Weapon Scans Begin For Philadelphia Middle Schools

-- WHYY: Student Protestors Threatened, While New Policy To Censor Library Books Looms In Central Bucks School District

-- Inquirer: For The Family Of A Native American Child Lost At The Carlisle School, A New Study Offers Hope Of Accountability

-- TribLive: What Would A College Voucher Program Mean For Students In PA?

-- Centre Daily Times: Neeli Bendapudi Officially Starts Tenure As New Penn State President

-- Post-Gazette: Penn State Searching For Suspects In ‘Death By Cop,’ ‘Death By Hazing,’ ‘Death By Suicide’ Vandalism At Campus Landmarks

-- PennLive: Penn State Searching For Suspects After ‘Profoundly Disturbing Acts’ Of Vandalism At Main Campus

-- MCall: 79-Year Old, 19-Year Old To Graduate From Kutztown University

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Continuing The Pitt-Pennsylvania Partnership

-- Gun Violence/Law Enforcement

-- City & State PA: Mailer Featuring Gun To Head Of Democratic Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler Causes Upheaval At A Philadelphia PAC 

-- TribLive: West Allegheny H.S. Student Brought Loaded Assault Rife To School Parking Lot In Allegheny County

-- WHYY: Weapon Scans Begin For Philadelphia Middle Schools

-- KYW: 2 Young Brothers Pass Away After Being Shot By Their Mother In Bucks County

-- Penn State: ‘Stop The Bleed’ Training Saves Lives Of Gun Violence Victims, In Other Emergencies

-- WHYY: Delaware County Leaders Plan To Dispatch Mental Health Experts Alongside Police

-- Inquirer: Philly’s Public Defenders Say Staff Pay Inequity Is A Racial Justice Issue

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: State Senators Push Bipartisan Juvenile Justice Reforms

-- WESA: More Employers Giving Workers With Criminal Records A Chance In Today’s Hot Job Market

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Black Lives Matter Protester Acquitted By Judge After Charges Refiled

-- PA Economy

-- WESA: More Employers Giving Workers With Criminal Records A Chance In Today’s Hot Job Market

-- PA Capital-Star: Changes To Rules For Tipped Workers To Take Effect In August

-- PA Capital-Star: Affordable For Whom? The Cost Of Child Care In PA

-- MCall - Paul Muschick: Why Don’t More PA Towns Have ‘Do Not Knock’ Solicitation Laws

-- Post-Gazette: Owners Of Pittsburgh Commercial Properties Could Benefit From Property Assessment Appeals Deal

-- Inquirer: ‘It’s Wrong,’ Philly Property Assessments Double In Some Working-Class Neighborhoods

-- WHYY: Philly Council Considering Measures To East Impact Of New Property Assessment

-- MCall: Lehigh County Has An Eviction Problem, Could A Lawyer Be The Solution?

-- TribLive: Lawsuit Alleges Pittsburgh’s Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance Is Unconstitutional

-- City & State PA: Sen. Corman Looks To Form Cryptocurrency Task Force To Take Advantage Of Economic Opportunities Of Crypto Currency Boom

-- AP: Crypto Comes To Washington, Will The Millions Buy Influence? [PA U.S. Senate Race]

-- WSJ: How More Than $1 Trillion Of Crypto Vanished In Just Six Months

-- Bloomberg: More Than $200 Billion Wiped Off Cryptocurrency Market In A Day

-- Reuters Explainer: Does The Cryptocurrency Crash Pose A Threat To The Financial System?

-- PennLive: Columbia County Businessman Must Pay $215,000+ Restitution For Illegal Use Of COVID Relief Funds

[Posted: May 15, 2022]