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: Gov. Shapiro Refuses To Intervene On PA Police Officer Data Disclosure

-- Post-Gazette: Shapiro’s Keynote Address In New Hampshire Could Be Preview Of 2028

-- Budget 2023

-- AP: Senate Returns To Session 1 Day For A Budget Stalemate

-- The Center Square: Pennsylvania’s State Budget Reaches Deja Vu

-- PA Senate Republicans Pass 2 Fiscal Code Budget Bills - But It Doesn’t Matter  [PaEN]

-- Spotlight PA: State Budget Inches Forward, But Lawmakers Still Split On Stalled Education Funding

-- PA Capital-Star: Senate Republican Budget Bills Rekindle Fight Over Shapiro’s School Voucher Deal

-- PennLive: PA Senate Moves 2 Fiscal Bills, But Core Budget Disagreements Remain

-- PA Senate Republicans: Senate Approves Critical Budget Implementation Bills, Sends To House

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA Senate Republican Call For 2-Year Tuition Freeze At State-Owned Universities Sets Off Alarm Bells

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA Senate Republican Leader Hopes 1-Day August Voting Day [Today] Will Wrap Up State Budget

-- PennLive: 12 Unresolved State Budget Issues

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PA Senate May Hold August 30 Floor Vote In Attempt To Wrap Up State Budget

-- Courier Times: A Glance At 3 Unfinished Business Items In Harrisburg Explained In 60 Seconds

-- Dept. Of Revenue Reports August State Revenue $27.1 Million Below Estimates; Year-To-Date $27.2 Million Below Estimates

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports August Tax Tax Collections $8.7 Million Above IFO  Estimates; Year-To-Date $65.4 Million Above IFO Estimates

-- PA Senate/House

-- Spotlight PA: Inside Spotlight PA’s Fight To Unseal Lobbyist Communications With Lawmakers

-- LancasterOnline: All-Expenses-Paid Luxury Trips Perk Of Office For Some PA Legislators, Public Filings Show

-- Scranton Times Editorial: State Legislators Run Secrecy Machine

-- Spotlight PA: Scandals, Power Struggles, Policy: 3 New State House Members Weather First 9 Months Of Legislative Session

-- November 2023 Election

-- Courier Times: How November Election Will Shape PA’s Highest Courts

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Why I’m Running For PA Supreme Court - By Judge Carolyn Carluccio [Republican]

-- City & State PA: Internal Document Sounds The Alarm For Democrats In Bucks County Commissioners Race

-- National Politics

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: 2020 Election Wasn’t Stolen, We All Must Fight Against The Big Lie - By Former Gov. Tom Corbett [Republican]

-- PennLive - John Baer: PA Voters Should Take A Close Look At Former Republican Governor Of South Carolina

-- WITF: Telford Woman Threatened With Arrest After Criticizing Local Conservative Political Group Moms For Liberty Members

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Federal Court Orders White Supremacist Hardy Lloyd Ordered Be Detained In Pittsburgh

-- Spotlight PA: Bill To Move PA’s Spring Primary Earlier Would Put Time Crunch On County Election Officials

-- Inquirer: PA’s 2024 Presidential Primary Could Move To As Early As March 19

-- TribLive Editorial: Should PA Spring Primary Election Date Be Moved?

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Quickly Finalize New Primary Election Date

-- Politics PA: Lawsuit Seeking To Prevent Ex-President From Appearing On 2024 PA Ballot Filed In Commonwealth Court; Based On Insurrection Clause Of Constitution

-- AP: Liberal Groups Seek To Use Constitution’s Insurrection Clause To Block Ex-President From 2024 Ballots

-- Inquirer: Republican Florida Governor To Hold 3 Fundraisers In PA Next Week

-- Plum Borough Home Explosion

-- PUC Safety Division Continues Investigation Into Deadly House Explosion In Plum Borough, Allegheny County  [PaEN] 

-- TribLive: PA Physicians For Social Responsibility Offers Gas Imaging Camera To Plum Boro Residents Affected By Home Explosion

-- WTAE: PA Physicians For Social Responsibility To Bring Natural Gas Imaging Camera To Plum Boro To Check For Leaks Thursday

-- Train Derailments

-- TribLive Editorial: Rail Safety Legislation Derailed 

-- WTAE: 7 Months After Norfolk Southern Train Derailment, Neighbors Raise New Contamination Concerns

-- AP: Norfolk Southern Suffers Hardware-Related Technology Outage That Shut Down Its System Monday

-- AP: Norfolk Southern Says A Software Defect, Not A Hacker Forced It To Park Its Trains This Week

-- Village Of Reno Water System Contamination

-- Do Not Consume Water Advisory Lifted In Village Of Reno; Petro Erie, Inc. Barely Begins Cleanup Of Conventional Oil Wastewater Spill Site That Contaminated The Water Supply In Venango County  [PaEN] 

-- The Derrick - Makayla Keating: Reno Water Advisory Lifted  [PDF of article]

-- The Derrick: 6 Weeks After Water Supply Contaminated By Conventional Oil Well Wastewater, Emergency Water Supply Distributions Continue In Village Of Reno, Venango County  [PDF of article]

-- PA Politics Of Russian Invasion

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: Pennsylvania- $3.86; National- $3.81; Ohio- $3.61

-- TribLive: Labor Day Drivers Likely To Find Higher Gasoline Prices, AAA Says

-- Reuters: Price Of Oil Ticks Up As Supply Concerns Outshine Macroeconomic Jitters

-- Bloomberg: Oil Demand In US Topped Pre-Pandemic Levels In May, June

-- Baker Hughes: Natural Gas Drilling Rigs In PA Same As Last Week- 21

-- Bloomberg: Ports In Europe Lure Investors Into Clean Energy Gateway Plan, Away From Fossil Fuels

-- Bloomberg: Shell Quietly Shelves Radical Plan To Shrink Its Carbon Footprint

-- Bloomberg: Startup Pushing Green Natural Gas Label Shakes Up Strategy Amid Questions About The Role Of ‘Responsibly Sourced Gas’

-- PA/Harrisburg Politics Potpourri

-- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: Democrats Beware: These Black Voters Are Fed Up, And Looking For A Political Home

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

-- AP: Philadelphia Proud Boy Leader Gets 15 Years In Prison For Crimes Related To Assault On US Capitol

-- Reading Eagle/MCall: Berks County Man Arrested, Charged With Crimes Related To Assault On US Capitol

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Allegheny County Business Operators Get Prison For Crimes Related To Assault On US Capitol

-- Observer-Reporter: Former Washington County Couple Sentenced For Crimes Related To Assault On US Capitol

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: Deterrence In Proud Boys Sentences For Crimes Related To Assault On US Capitol

-- Health Care

 -- Erie Times: PA’s Health Insurance Costs Are Set To Change, A Look At Proposed Rates

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Create State Board On Prescription Drug Pricing

-- Post-Gazette: Rural PA Confronts A Health Care Crisis

-- WITF: PA Republicans Resist Hypothetical COVID Restrictions

-- Education

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA Senate Republican Call For 2-Year Tuition Freeze At State-Owned Universities Sets Off Alarm Bells

-- TribLive Editorial: PA’s Education Funding Should Be Rebuilt

-- TribLive: Apollo-Ridge School Officials Condemn Racist Social Media Posts Ahead Of Football Game [Armstrong County]

-- PennLive: Ransomware Attack On Chambersburg School District Closed Schools For 3 Days

-- PennLive: Cyber Security Incident Shuts Down Carlisle Area School District Internet Friday

-- York Dispatch: Illinois First State To Ban Book Bans, Could PA Be Next?

-- Law Enforcement

-- Spotlight PA: Gov. Shapiro Refuses To Intervene On PA Police Officer Data Disclosure

-- TribLive Editorial: Is House Arrest For Tax Fraud Fair If The House Was Built With Fraudulent Funds?

-- The Economy

-- Inquirer Editorial: Diversifying The Building Trades Would Be A Win For Philadelphia 

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: IFO: Northeast PA Counties Shoulder Highest Tax Burden

-- KDKA: PA Lawmaker Proposes Bill To Eliminate Mandatory Annual Vehicle Inspections

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Area Jobless Rate Hits Record Low, But Workforce Levels Remain Down

-- Erie Times: How PA Paychecks Compare To Other States

-- AP: 122-Year-Old, Pittsburgh-Based US Steel Is Reviewing ‘Numerous’ Buyout Offers

-- AP: Wabtec Locomotive Manufacturer In Erie, Union Reach Tentative Deal To End 2-Month Strike

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: 20% Of Workers In Pittsburgh Region Work At These 25 Establishments 

Other

-- AP: Scranton Times-Tribune, 3 Other PA Dailies Sell To MediaNews Group

[Posted: September 3, 2023]