-- Gov. Shapiro
-- Tribune-Democrat: Shapiro Defends Spending From Surplus As PA Republicans Warn About Structural Deficit
-- TribLive: Shapiro, Visiting Allegheny County, Blasts Republican Critics Of Budget Proposal
-- Post-Gazette: Shapiro Talked Budget, US Steel, Main Street During Allegheny County Visit
-- WESA: Shapiro Talks Up Main Street Investments, Gets Some Shopping Done In Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny County
-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: Shapiro Wants To Tax ‘Skill’ Gamblilng Games, First He Must Navigate PA’s Wealthy, Warring Gambling Interests
-- Post-Gazette: PA Lawmakers Examine Public Safety Issues Connected To ‘Skill’ Gambling Games
-- Post-Gazette: Talk Of Shapiro’s Presidential Potential Simmers As Report Biden Raises Questions For Some
-- Spotlight PA - Steven Caruso: Shapiro Accepted $1,650 In Event Tickets From PA Lobbyist Michael Brunelle
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shapiro Has Strong Words For US Steel Over Proposed Deal
-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: If Josh Shapiro Wants To Compete With Ohio, He Needs To Imitate Ohio - By Commonwealth Foundation
-- Politics PA: Shapiro Expands Paid Parental Leave For Commonwealth Employees
-- Budget 2024
-- Tribune-Democrat: Shapiro Defends Spending From Surplus As PA Republicans Warn About Structural Deficit
-- The Center Square: Republican Budget Hawk Fears Shapiro Spending Plan May Trigger Future 46% Income Tax Hike
-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: Shapiro Wants To Tax ‘Skill’ Gambling Games, First He Must Navigate PA’s Wealthy, Warring Gambling Interests
-- Post-Gazette: PA Lawmakers Examine Public Safety Issues Connected To ‘Skill’ Gambling Games
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: State Tax Credits Worth $400 Million Projected For Next Fiscal Year
-- PA Taxpayers To Give $130.9 Million In Tax Credits To Subsidize Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; Total Expected To Be $1.17 Billion Thru 2042; No Regard For Environmental Compliance Record [PaEN]
-- WNEP: Super Bowl Wagers Down 15% From 2023 In PA
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: House, Senate Ended 2023 Sitting On Surplus Of $298.5 Million In Taxpayer Money In Their Legislative Accounts
-- PennLive - John Baer: PA Legislature Is Using Your Money To Set Records - For Itself [Nearly $300 Million In Their Legislative Accounts]
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Gov. Shapiro’s Budget Shoves Pennsylvania In The Wrong Direction - By Commonwealth Foundation
-- PA House/Senate
-- AP: Democrats Retain Majority In PA House 102-100 After Special Election
-- PA Capital-Star: Damage That Closed PA House Chamber Repaired Ahead Of Schedule
-- WESA: PA Lawmakers Try To Ban Guns From Polling Places
-- The Center Square: Solving ‘Skill’ Gambling Game Public Safety Concerns In Progress
-- Post-Gazette: PA Lawmakers Examine Public Safety Issues Connected To ‘Skill’ Gambling Games
-- WESA: PA Lawmakers Push To Make State CIO A Cabinet Position In Wake Of Hacks
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: House, Senate Ended 2023 Sitting On Surplus Of $298.5 Million In Taxpayer Money In Their Legislative Accounts
-- PennLive - John Baer: PA Legislature Is Using Your Money To Set Records - For Itself [Nearly $300 Million In Their Legislative Accounts]
-- US Senate/House
-- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: Robert Casey Went To Washington, But Never Really Left Scranton
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Republican Candidate For US Senate Says US Economic Policy Should Be Based On Fair Trade, Not Free Trade
-- Post-Gazette: Western PA Republicans Vote To Impeach Homeland Security Secretary After Opposing Bipartisan Border Measure In Congress
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Western PA Republican Congressmen Should Stop Baseless Slinging Mud Against Biden’s Muslim Nominee For Federal Court, Retract Their Statements
-- 2024 Elections
-- Politics PA: Who Is On The Ballot In 2024?
-- PA Capital-Star: Candidates Running For Statewide Office In Pennsylvania
-- PA Capital-Star: PA Legislative Districts That Will Have Competitive Primaries In April
-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: Latest Crop Of PA House Candidates Show Incumbency Still Rules The Roost
-- PA Capital-Star: Candidates Running For Congressional Seats In Pennsylvania
-- Post-Gazette: PA Election Directors Seek Poll Workers For Presidential Primary
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Decline In Poll Workers Worrying Symptom For Democracy
-- Politico: The Ominous News For Democrats In PA’s ‘Latino Belt’
-- AP: PA’s 2024 Primary Election Features Contests For Attorney General, Congress
-- TribLive Editorial: Election For Santos Seat Strikes Familiar Chord In PA
-- Election Reforms
-- Inquirer: This Group Is Working To Boost Faith In PA’s Elections Ahead Of November
-- PA Capital-Star: Feds Deliver Stark Warnings To State Election Officials Ahead Of November
-- WESA: PA Lawmakers Try To Ban Guns From Polling Places
-- National Politics
-- AP: Saving Democracy Is Central To Biden’s Campaign Messaging, Will It Resonate With Swing State Voters? [Northampton County Voters Weigh In]
-- PennLive: Ex-President Claims The Name Of Pennsylvania Will Be Changed If He Doesn’t Win 2024 Election
-- PA’s Role In Assault On US Capitol
-- Spotlight PA: PA Conservative Activist Heather Honey Is The Source Of False And Flawed Election Claims Gaining Traction Across The Country
-- MCall: Monroe County Brothers Charged With Crimes For Attacking Police During Assault On US Capitol
-- Miscellaneous State/Harrisburg Politics
-- Spotlight PA: State Treasurer Garrity’s Decision To Invest More PA Tax Money In Israel Bonds Draws Protect, Democratic Opposition
-- PA Politics Of Russian Invasion
-- AAA Gasoline Prices: PA- $3.55 National- $3.28 Ohio- $3.32
-- WTAE: Gasoline Prices In Pittsburgh Up Nearly A Quarter In Past Month
-- TribLive: Refinery Issues, Change To Summer Gasoline Likely To Push Prices Higher, Analyst Says
-- Utility Dive: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission OKs Cold Weather Reliability Standards [Driven In Large Part By Natural Gas Infrastructure Failures In 2021]
-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs Same As Last Week - 23
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh-Based EQT Could Curtail Some Natural Gas Production As Gas Prices Fade
-- Reuters: US Natural Gas Drillers Cut Spending, Reduce Activity Amid Price Crash
-- Financial Times: Natural Gas Prices Plunge As US Set For Warmest Winter On Record
-- Natural Gas Intelligence: Global Natural Gas Prices Continue Freefall Amid Weak Demand, Warm Weather
-- Natural Gas Intelligence: US Pause On New LNG Natural Gas Export Facility Permits Could Help Balance Global Natural Gas Prices, Avoid Oversupply
-- TribLive Guest Essay: A Fossil Fuel Export Economy Is Wrong For America - By Tyson Slocum, Public Citizen
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Record Oil And Gas Production Means Energy And Economic Security - By Independent Petroleum Association Of America
-- Natural Gas Intelligence: 76% Increase In LNG Natural Gas Export Capacity Already Under Construction; US Group Fears Buildout Will Hurt American Businesses Urge ‘US Consumers First’ Policy [PaEN]
-- Bloomberg TV: Canada’s Energy Minister: Period Of Using Natural Gas As Transition Fuel Should Be Short; Gas Should Not Replace Renewables; Canada Has Adopted Controls On LNG Exports The US Has Not [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: A Political Battle Brews Over Natural Gas Exports Over Impacts To Gas Prices, Climate, Demand For Gas
-- Reuters: European Union Says Biden’s Pause On Approvals Of New LNG Natural Gas Export Facilities Will Have No Effect On US LNG Supplies To Europe Over Next 2 or 3 Years [LNG Exports Are Expected To Double By 2030 On Already-Approved Projects]
-- Bloomberg: Shell Lowers LNG Natural Gas Growth View As Demand Set To Peak In 2040s
-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Liquefied Natural Gas Exports Should Be Encouraged; Pause On New LNG Export Facilities Is Another Attack On American Energy Independence [?]
-- WSJ: US Natural Gas Futures Extend Losses [2.12.24]
-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Approaches Oversold Levels As Demand Set To Recover
-- Reuters: US Natural Gas Price To Average Higher In 2024, 2025 - EIA
-- Reuters: Brazil’s Hydro, Renewables Power Adds To Global Natural Gas Surplus
-- WSJ: Diamondback Energy, Endeavor Reach Deal To Create $50 Billion Oil And Gas Behemoth
-- Reuters: Investors Dump Oil After BP Refinery In Indiana Shut Down Due To Electrical Failures
-- Oil & Gas Health Impacts
-- TribLive: Beaver County Man Sues Shell Petrochemical Plant, Claims Plant Spews Pollution
-- The Energy Age Blog: Resident Files Lawsuit Against Shell Petrochemical Plant, Claims Plant Spews Pollution
-- TribLive Letter: Renewable Energy Investments Protect Jobs, Public Health - By Patrick Dooling
-- WTAE: Monitors Find High Levels Of Toxic Benzene Near Clairton Coke [Coal] Plant In Allegheny County
-- Train Derailments
-- DEP: Interim Report On A Full Year Of Sampling Finds No Evidence Of Contamination In Western PA Related To Norfolk Southern Train Derailment [PaEN]
-- WPXI: No Evidence Of Contamination Found In PA From Norfolk Southern Train Derailment, DEP Says
-- PennLive: A Year After Norfolk Southern Train Derailment, Pair Monitor Waterways: ‘There’s Still Something Going On’
-- TribLive: Hostile Reaction Greets Biden During Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Visit
-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Biden Visits Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Site, But Doesn’t Declare Disaster
-- The Center Square: Biden: Norfolk Southern Train Derailment ‘An Act Of Greed’
-- AP: Biden Praises ‘Herculean Efforts’ To Rebuild At Site Of Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
-- Post-Gazette: Biden Commends Ohio Community’s Strength Since Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
-- Washington Examiner - Salena Zito: From Afghanistan To Norfolk Southern Train Derailment, Hawaii Wildfires, Biden’s Pattern Of Behavior Lacks The Empathy He Promised
-- Post-Gazette: Biden Should Use Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Visit To Push Bipartisan Rail Safety Reform
-- Post-Gazette: Norfolk Southern Boosted Lobbying, Political Giving After Ohio Train Derailment
-- The Allegheny Front: EPA Refuses To Test Inside Homes Near Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Site
-- Education
-- PennLive: Students In Dauphin County H.S. Spend Day In Lockdown Over Gun Inside School, With No Food Or Info
-- TribLive: College, University Endowments Rebound From Bad Year; Pitt Remains Largest In Western PA
-- Citizens Voice: Stop Keeping Secrets At Penn State, Publicly Debate Proposal To Name Football Stadium After Paterno
-- Health Care
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Rural PA Hospitals ‘On The Brink Of Disaster’
-- Law Enforcement
-- AP: PA Courts Say It Didn’t Pay Ransom In Cyberattack And Attackers Never Sent A Demand
-- WESA: PA Lawmakers Push To Make State CIO A Cabinet Position In Wake Of Hacks
-- AP: PA Supreme Court Takes Up Challenge To The State’s Life-Without-Parole Prison Sentences
-- Spotlight PA: DOJ Settlement Brings New Protections For People With Opioid Use Disorder In PA Courts
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Bill Protects Medical Marijuana Patients’ Gun Ownership Rights
-- Beaver County Times: PA Courts’ Digital Services Fully Restored After Cyber Attack
-- The Economy
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shapiro Has Strong Words For US Steel Over Proposed Deal
-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: If Josh Shapiro Wants To Compete With Ohio, He Needs To Imitate Ohio - By Commonwealth Foundation
-- The Center Square: Solving ‘Skill’ Gambling Game Public Safety Concerns In Progress
-- Post-Gazette: PA Lawmakers Examine Public Safety Issues Connected To ‘Skill’ Gambling Games
-- Other
-- Erie Times: Vanity License Plates PennDOT Said No To In 2023 For Violating Policy
[Posted: February 18, 2024]
No comments :
Post a Comment