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

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else--

-- Gov. Shapiro

-- PA Capital-Star: Gov. Shapiro Says Ex-President Should ‘Quit Whining’

-- Post-Gazette: Shapiro To Ex-President: ‘Stop [expletive] Talking America’

-- Budget 2024

-- New State Budget Is Due July 1

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Return Some Of PA’s Budget Surplus To The People - But Not Too Much

-- AP: PA Schools Would Get Billions More Under Democratic Plan Passed By House

-- PA Capital-Star: Education Funding Reform Bill Passes PA House As Senate Private School Voucher Plan Waits In The Wings

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Senate Advances Key Parts Of Republican Plan To Make State Colleges More Affordable

-- WITF/LancasterOnline: State Lawmakers Eye Compromise As Clashing High Education Funding Plans Take Shape

-- WESA: ACLU Sues Pennsylvania, Demands More Resources For Public Defenders Statewide

-- PennLive: Small Games Of Chance In PA May Be Big Business, But Social Clubs Want Bigger Payouts

-- PA House/Senate

-- AP: PA Senate Passes Bill To Outlaw The Distribution Of Deepfake Material

-- PennLive: State Sen. Saval Arrested During Rally Over Wages, Benefits Of Philly Stadium Workers

-- US Senate/House

-- TribLive: Sen. Fetterman And Wife In Maryland Car Crash

-- Post-Gazette: Democratic Cong. Deluzio’s 2020 Podcast Comments Unearthed Calling Some Backers Of Ex-President ‘Blood And Soil Fascists’ Sparks Controversy

-- PennLive: Stelson Doesn’t Live In 10th Congressional District

-- November Election

-- Post-Gazette: State’s Online Application For Mail-In, Absentee Ballots Now Live

-- WITF: Mail-In Ballot Request Process In PA Streamlined, Opened Early

-- Spotlight PA: Everything You Need To Know About Election Recounts In PA

-- WESA: Fundraising In PA State Senate, House Races Point To A Dogfight In The General Election

-- Post-Gazette: PA Senior Usually Vote Republican, That Could Change In 2024 Experts Say

-- PennLive: Seeking To Win PA Voters, Biden, Ex-President Launch Different Campaign

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Republicans Rally Against Statehood For Puerto Rico, Except When Courting Latino Voters

-- WITF/AP: Campaign For Ex-President Opens New Outreach Office In Heavily Latino Part Of PA

-- Election Reforms

-- AP: Partisan Gridlock Prevents Fixes To PA’s Voting Laws As Presidential Election Looms

-- National Politics

-- PA Capital-Star: Gov. Shapiro Says Ex-President Should ‘Quit Whining’

-- Post-Gazette: Shapiro To Ex-President: ‘Stop [expletive] Talking America’

-- AP: Biden Campaign Calls On Republicans To Drop Lawsuits Over Mail-In Ballots, Citing Ex-President’s New Fondness For It

-- PennLive Guest Essay: New Poll Shows Many Republican Voters Misinformed And Willfully Blind To The Truth - By Mark Singel

-- AP: Republican National Committee Launching Massive Effort To Monitor Voting; Critics Say It Threatens To Undermine Trust

-- PA’s Role In Assault On US Capitol

-- Republican Herald: Thirst For Violence: Ex-President’s Comment On Warriors Who Assaulted US Capitol Is A Call To Arms

-- Miscellaneous State/Harrisburg Politics

-- Post-Gazette: State Sen. Robinson, Neighbor Help Save Collapsed FedEx Delivery Man

-- PA Politics Of Russian Invasion

-- TribLive: Rare Drop In Summer Gasoline Prices Doesn’t Eliminate Pain At The Pump [In Pennsylvania]

-- AAA Gasoline Prices:  PA- $3.66  National- $3.46   Ohio- $3.48

-- DEP’s June 7 Weekly Workload Report: Zero Shale Gas Wells Drilled In PA, 2 New Permits Issued, Only 1 New Shale Gas Application Received, Only 1 Under Review  [Gas Industry Cutting Back To Raise Prices]

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs - No Change From Last Week: 21

-- Bloomberg: LNG Gas Markets Brace For Price Spikes During Turbulent Summer

-- Reuters: Europe's Natural Gas  Surplus Narrows As LNG Gas Shipments Redirected To Asia, China

-- Bloomberg: China’s Binge On US Oil, Natural Gas Liquids Biggest Demand Driver, IEA Says

-- Bloomberg: Pipeline Operators’ Brawl Slows $2 Billion Worth Of Pipeline Construction, Not Litigation From Environmentalists

-- The Allegheny Front: Safety, Health Doubts Linger As Mountain Valley Gas Pipeline Gets Approval To Start Service

-- WESA/AP: FERC OKs Operation Of Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline

-- Train Derailments

-- AP: Toxic Garlic Should Have Prompted EPA To Warn Against Gardening Near Site Of Norfolk Southern Train Derailment, Watchdog Says

-- Post-Gazette: NTSB To Release Findings On Norfolk Southern Train Derailment June 25

-- Flooding

-- Scranton Times: NRCS To Provide $900,000 For Flood Repairs In Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wyoming Counties

-- Education

-- AP: PA Schools Would Get Billions More Under Democratic Plan Passed By House

-- PA Capital-Star: Education Funding Reform Bill Passes PA House As Senate Private School Voucher Plan Waits In The Wings

-- PennLive: Religious Leaders Push Shapiro To Show ‘Courage’ In Funding Private Schools

-- Spotlight PA: Jay-Z Enters Fight For Taxpayer Funding For Private Schools

--Spotlight PA: Private Cyber Charter School Changes Could Save Public Schools $530 Million Might Be In State Budget

-- PennLive: Protesters Entered Capitol Offices Of School Voucher-Supporting PA Senators

-- TribLive: Western PA Education Leaders Seek Solutions To Statewide Teacher Shortage Crisis

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Senate Advances Key Parts Of Republican Plan To Make State Colleges More Affordable

-- WITF/LancasterOnline: State Lawmakers Eye Compromise As Clashing High Education Funding Plans Take Shape

-- Spotlight PA: How Penn State Football Scored In The Most Recent NCAA Academic Rating

-- TribLive: Western PA Colleges Brace For ‘Enrollment Clif’ Tied To 2008’s Great Recession

-- Post-Gazette: 10% Of All Penn State Branch Campus Employees Will Leave, Taking Buyout

-- TribLive: Penn State Restructures Branch Campuses, Including New Kensington, Fayette

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Technical College Announces Closure

-- TribLive Editorial: What Do Triangle Tech, Pittsburgh Technical College Problems Portend For Trade Education?

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Misplaced Priorities Drove Higher Education To Crisis

-- Post-Gazette: Pitt Protesters’ Demands On Divestment, Israeli Student Groups Are Part Of National Pro-Palestinian Movement

-- Health Care

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Private Equity And Nursing Homes Are A Match Made In Hell

-- Law Enforcement

-- WESA: ACLU Sues Pennsylvania, Demands More Resources For Public Defenders Statewide

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: State Law Plays Catch-Up To Keep Gambling Addicts Away From Direct Advertising

-- The Economy

-- Post-Gazette: More Working PA Families Struggling To Make Ends Meet, Report Finds

-- TribLive Editorial: Paid Parental Leave Could Make PA Competitive

[Posted: June 16, 2024]