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

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else--

-- Election Results

-- PA Dept. Of State Pennsylvania Election Results (Unofficial)

-- Gov. Shapiro

-- The Center Square: Shapiro Calls For Unity After Republican Election Sweep

-- Budget 2025

-- MCall: PA’s Largest Private, Taxpayer-Funded Cyber Charter School Wants To Block Disclosing Financial Records

-- PA House/Senate

-- AP: PA Democrats Retain 1-Seat Majority Control Of State House

-- TribLive: PA House Majority Hinges On Single House Seat In Cambria County

-- LancasterOnline: Rep. Bryan Cutler Will Not Run For PA House Republican Leader After Poor Showing In State House Races

-- Inquirer: State Senator Amanda Cappelletti Grieving A Pregnancy Loss

-- PA Capital-Star: Yass-Backed Fund Spent $4.4 Million To Flip Vulnerable Democratic Districts In PA, But Came Up Empty

-- US Senate/House

-- AP: Republican David McCormick Declared Winner Of PA US Senate Race Unseating Democrat Bob Casey

-- AP: Republicans Flip 2 US House Seats In PA, As Incumbent Republican Scott Perry Declares Victory

-- Statewide Offices

-- City & State PA: Republican State Treasurer Garrity Breaks PA Record For Most Votes In Statewide Election; Shapiro Broke It 2 Years Ago

-- November Election

-- PA Capital-Star: McCormick Withdraws Suit To Challenge Philly Ballots While Taking Victory Lap In US Senate Race

-- NPR: Mail Ballot Challenges Dropped By Republicans In Pennsylvania Shortly After Election Day

-- City & State PA: How Republicans Took Back Pennsylvania

-- MCall: Top Of Republican Ticket Carried Down-Ballot Candidates To Wins

-- TribLive: 2024 Election Takes Heavy Toll On Stressed-Out Voters

-- PennLive - John Baer: Republican Wins In Pennsylvania Really No Surprise

-- TribLive Editorial: Pennsylvania Still Has Lessons In Wake Of Election

-- Post-Gazette - Adriana Ramirez Column: Worried About Election Results? Come To Pittsburgh, We Don’t Want To Deport Your Grandma

-- Elections

-- City & State PA: Republican State Treasurer Garrity Breaks PA Record For Most Votes In Statewide Election; Shapiro Broke It 2 Years Ago

-- TribLive Guest Essay: PA Political Leaders Must Step Up To Fight Foreign Election Interference - By Rabbi Michael Pollack

-- National Politics

-- MCall - Bill White: Republican Election Victory No Reason To Stop Making America Kind Again

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: What Won’t Work, And What Might, For New Republican Administration

-- PA’s Role In Assault On US Capitol

-- Post-Gazette: Defendants Charged With Crimes During Assault On US Capitol Celebrate, Angle For Pardons

-- Miscellaneous State/Harrisburg Politics

-- TribLive: Democrats, Once Supreme In Pittsburgh Region, Now Overtaken By Republicans

-- TribLive Editorial: The Lesson Of Demographics And The 2024 Election

-- PA Politics Of Russian Invasion

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.09   Ohio- $2.90   PA- $3.29

-- WPost: Republicans Set $1.87 Gasoline Price Goal During Campaign

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs Up 1 More This Week To 14; 21 On Aug. 23

-- Reuters: 23% Of Oil, 10% Of Natural Gas Production In Gulf Of Mexico Shut Down Due To Hurricane Rafael

-- Marcellus Drilling News: EQT CEO Says Shale Gas Needs To Get Back To Building Pipelines To Export Gas, For AI Boom  [PDF of Article]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Appalachian Natural Gas Execs Say Demand Likely To Grow In Next Decade Thanks To Rise In LNG Gas Exports, Demand For Data Center Power

-- Buffalo News: National Fuel Gas Ends PA To NY Northern Access Natural Gas Pipeline Project After NY Opposition

-- Observer-Report: Natural Gas Poised To Be Long-Term Energizer In Washington County [PDF of Article]  [Last Of A Series]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: With Such Extreme Weather, Our Nation Needs Natural Gas Now More Than Ever - By Natural Gas Assn. Of America [Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants Were Over Half Power Plant Failures During Last Winter Storm In PJM] 

-- Politico: European Union’s Opening Bid To Avoid Republican Tariffs: Buy More American LNG Gas

-- Reuters: FERC OKs Introduction Of Natural Gas To New LNG Gas Export Facility In Louisiana

-- Reuters: Oil Prices Weaken In Response To Uncertainty From Republican Wins, Companies Reluctant To Increase Production In Face Of Low Oil, Natural Gas Prices

-- Three Mile Island Restart

-- Penn State Extension: Restarting Old Nuclear Power Plants - Can It Be Done?

-- Utility Dive: FERC Rejects Interconnection Pact For Amazon Data Center At Talen Nuclear Power Plant In Luzerne County 

-- Utility Dive: FERC’s Amazon, Talen Energy Ruling ‘Not The Final Word’ On Nuclear, Data Center Colocation: Constellation CEO

-- Education

-- MCall: PA’s Largest Private, Taxpayer-Funded Cyber Charter School Wants To Block Disclosing Financial Records

-- Post-Gazette: PA Colleges Trying To Grow Out-Of-State Enrollments

-- TribLive: Penn State OKs $96 Million Classroom Project At Main Campus As First Year Students Set To Spike

-- Health Care

-- TribLive: Westmoreland County Among First In State To Study Suicide With Aim Toward Prevention; 60 Suicide Deaths Last Year

-- Law Enforcement

-- AP: Racist Text Message Referencing Slavery In PA, Other States, Raise Alarms, Prompt Investigations

-- FOX29: 100+ Inmates Released From Philly Jails Due To Severe Staff Shortages

-- The Economy

-- Attorney General Henry: Court Grants Temporary Restraining Order On Removing Equipment From Pyrex Manufacturing Plant In Charleroi

-- AP: Union Official Says Philadelphia Mass Transit Strike Could Be Imminent Without New Contract

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Nippon Steel Confident It Can Finish US Steel Acquisition By End Of Year

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Federal Judge Strikes Down Policy Easing A Path To Citizenship For Undocumented Immigrants Married To US Citizens

[Posted: November 10, 2024]  PA Environment Digest