-- TribLive: Western PA Experts Offer Tips On Navigating Lingering election-related Tensions Over Holidays
-- Gov. Shapiro
-- Gov. Shapiro: PA Secretary Of Education Dr. Khalid Mumin To Resign Dec. 6; Angela Fitterer Named Interim Acting Secretary
-- AP: Shapiro Taps Federal Highway Funding To Help Philadelphia Transit System
-- The Center Square: Lt. Gov. Austin Davis Promotes State Grants To Fill Police Vacancies [Video]
-- Liquor Control Board: Darrell Clarke Named Chairman Of Liquor Control Board
-- PennLive: Shapiro Picks Ex-Philly Councilman To Head PA Liquor Control Board
-- Gov. Shapiro Signs Executive Order Creating PA Permit Fast Track Program; Can't Blame DEP Anymore For Delaying Projects [PaEN]
-- DEP Reduces Permit Backlog By 75%, Completely Eliminates Backlog For Oil & Gas Permits; You Can’t Blame DEP Anymore For Project Delays [PaEN]
-- Guest Essay: Protecting Public Health Means Enforcing Environmental Regulations While Helping Businesses Thrive - By Jessica Shirley, Acting DEP Secretary [PaEN]
-- DCNR Speeds Up Endangered, Threatened Species Environmental Permit Review Times, ATV Permitting, Ginseng Certification [PaEN]
-- PA Sen. Joe Pittman: Senate Republicans Spearheading PA Permitting Reforms
-- PA Capital-Star: Shapiro Signs Executive Order Aimed At Streamlining Permitting Process For Infrastructure Projects
-- WNEP: Gov. Shapiro Highlights PA Permit Fast Track Program In Luzerne County
-- NFIB: Small Businesses Applaud Gov. Shapiro’s PA Permit Fast Track Program
-- PA Independent Oil & Gas Assn.: Shapiro Signs Executive Order Aimed At Streamlining Permit Process For Infrastructure Projects
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Shapiro’s New Permitting System Gives A Green Light To Economic Development
-- Budget 2025
-- The Center Square: PA Senate Republicans Double Down On Fiscal Restraint Post Election [Video]
-- The Center Square: Lt. Gov. Austin Davis Promotes State Grants To Fill Police Vacancies [Video]
-- PA Gaming Control Board Reports October Revenue Increased 2.81% Over October 2023
-- PA House/Senate
-- The Center Square: PA Senate Republicans Double Down On Fiscal Restraint Post Election [Video]
-- The Center Square: PA House Republicans - Taxpayers Want More Divided Government
-- Post-Gazette: PA Senate Republican Leader Exhorts Shapiro To Publicly Engage In US Steel Sale Drama
-- The Center Square: Shapiro’s ‘Critical’ Engagement In US Steel Sale Questioned
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shapiro Says He’s Working As Honest Broker On Nippon Steel-US Steel Deal
-- The Center Square: Shapiro, Senate Republicans Trade Blame On SEPTA Funding Standoff
-- Erie Times: After Nov. 5 Election Win, Sen. Laughlin Pushes On With Libel Suit vs. Erie Reader Newspaper
-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: State Reps. Abney, Mihalek Picked To Lead PA House Regional Delegations
-- US Senate/House
-- AP: Bob Casey Concedes To David McCormick In PA US Senate Race
-- The Center Square: Casey Concedes US Senate Race In Pennsylvania
-- Spotlight PA: PA Calls Off Recount In US Senate Race After Casey Concedes To McCormick
-- WITF: With Recount Canceled, Counties Move To Finalize Election Results
-- Inquirer: Bob Casey Will Leave The US Senate With A Reputation As A Quiet Fighter For Working People
-- PA Capital-Star: Casey And McCormick Are Fighting Over Provisional Ballots In A Dozen PA Counties
-- Statewide Offices
-- PA Capital-Star: Fmr Gov. Corbett, Bob Asher Will Lead Attorney General-Elect Dave Sunday’s Transition Team
-- PennLive: Attorney General-Elect Dave Sunday Announces Transition Team, Adds Tom Corbett
-- November Election
-- AP: Bob Casey Concedes To David McCormick In PA US Senate Race
-- The Center Square: Casey Concedes US Senate Race In Pennsylvania
-- Spotlight PA: PA Calls Off Recount In US Senate Race After Casey Concedes To McCormick
-- WITF: With Recount Canceled, Counties Move To Finalize Election Results
-- PA Capital-Star: Casey And McCormick Are Fighting Over Provisional Ballots In A Dozen PA Counties
-- TribLive Editorial: Courts Need To Decide Election Question On More Than A Race-By-Race Basis
-- Inquirer: Bucks County Officials Face Calls To Resign For Violating Court Order At Rowdy Commissioners Meeting
-- Erie Times: How Republicans Won Pennsylvania: Increased Turnout In Rural Counties Subdued Democratic Vote
-- Inquirer: Philly Voter Turnout Didn’t Meet Democrats’ Expectations; Here’s What Happened
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: What Green Party And Third-Party Voters In PA Might Tell Us About The Future Of Close Elections
-- PennLive Guest Essay: PA Democrats Have No Mandate Except To Compromise - By Andrew Lewis
-- Elections
-- TribLive Editorial: Let’s Change The Tone Of Elections In 2025
-- PA Capital-Star: Questions About Provisional Ballots Remain As Casey, McCormick Withdraw Lawsuits
-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PA Lawmakers Say Candidates Pay $250 Fine For Failing To File Campaign Finance Reports On Time To Avoid Revealing Donors
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: The People Have The Power To Enforce Campaign Finance Laws
-- National Politics
-- KDKA: Antisemitic Stickers Found In Pittsburgh Neighborhoods
-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Police Investigating Reports Of Antisemitic Stickers
-- PennLive: More Racist Texts Go Out, This Time To Kids, Latinos, LGBTQ People
-- Columbus Dispatch: Ohio Governor, Columbus Leaders Condemn Neo-Nazis Marching Through Columbus Neighborhood
-- The Feds - New Administration
-- PennLive: PA Farm Industry Braces For Raids, Deportations Under Republican Administration
-- PA Capital-Star: ‘Drill, Drill, Drill:’ New Federal Energy Council Signals Incoming Republican Administration To Prioritize Energy Production
-- WSJ: Republican Oil & Gas Donors Don’t Really Want To ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ [PDF of Article]
-- ABC27/AP: Republican Administration Gave Interior Nominee One Directive For US Land - ‘Drill’
-- The Energy Age Blog: Oil Executive Chris Wright Tapped As US Energy Secretary Once Drank Fracking Fluid On Camera To Demonstrate It Wasn’t Dangerous
-- City & State PA: Tracking New Republican Administration’s Nominees With PA Ties
-- The Center Square: Dr. Oz Picked To Lead Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services
-- PennLive - John Baer: Can Republicans, Musk Really Gut Big Government?
-- PA Politics Of Russian Invasion
-- AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.05 Ohio- $2.86 PA- $3.24
-- WTAJ: Winter Heating Bills Should Be Same Or Less Than Last Year
-- PUC Approves 9.06% Rate Increase Columbia Gas Customers
-- PUC Approves Rate Increases For FirstEnergy PA Utilities Ranging From 1.9% to 6.2%
-- TribLive: PUC OKs Smaller West Penn Power, Columbia Gas Rate Hikes
-- Post-Gazatte - Anya Litvak: Gas And Electric Bills For Southwest PA Customers Set To Rise With Utility Settlements
-- Baker Hughes: No Change In PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs From Last Week - 15; Aug. 23- 21
-- National Review: Northeast Pennsylvania Needs Natural Gas - New Congress, New Federal Administration Should Overturn Delaware River Basin Commission Moratorium On Shale Gas Fracking - By Jason Adams [PDF of Article]
-- Erie Times Letter: A Boon? Consider The Price Pennsylvania Pays For Fracking - By Katie Jones, FracTracker Alliance, Johnstown
-- Bloomberg: Europe’s Natural Gas Storage Being Emptied Faster Than Usual, Gas Prices Surged Raising Echoes Of 2022 Shock
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: PA Environmental Groups Urge Biden To Keep Block On LNG Gas Export Projects [PDF of Article]
-- WSJ: Republican Oil & Gas Donors Don’t Really Want To ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ [PDF of Article]
-- ABC27/AP: Republican Administration Gave Interior Nominee One Directive For US Land - ‘Drill’
-- AP: Ukraine Has Seen Success In Building Clean Energy, Which Is Harder For Russia To Destroy
-- The Economist: New Republican Administration’s Natural Gas War Is About To Begin [PDF of Article]
-- Institute For Energy Economics & Financial Analysis: New Fortress Energy, Leader Of LNG Gas Export Growth Bubble, Facing Bankruptcy [Proposed Building Facilities In PA]
-- Bloomberg: Asian LNG Gas Prices Jump To Highest This Year Following Europe’s Rise
-- Reuters: US LNG Gas Exports Primed To Jump As Price In Europe Hits One-Year High
-- Reuters: US Natural Gas Drillers To Lift 2025 Output, Reversing Year Of Cuts- US EIA
-- Bloomberg: China’s Surging LNG Gas Imports From US Threatened By Next Trade War
-- Reuters: LNG Gas Tankers Divert To Europe From Asia After Russia Halts Supplies To Austria [11.18.24]
-- Bloomberg: LNG Gas Traders Choose To Pay Penalties For Not Shipping Gas To Germany To Chase Higher Profits In Asia [10.1.24]
-- Financial Times: Canada Imports US Electricity As Drought Curb Hydropower
-- Reuters: Gauging The Likely Republican Effect On US Energy, Power Sectors [PDF of Article]
-- Three Mile Island Restart
-- Financial Times: Restart Of Three Mile Island Tests US Appetite For Nuclear Revival
-- Utility Dive: Ohio Consumer Counsel Urges FERC To Shield Utility Customers From Expected Grid Costs Due To 1.5 GW Amazon Data Center
-- Reuters: US Natural Gas Producers Chase AI-Driven Surge In Power Demand To Weather Low Prices
-- Reuters: Data-Center Reliance On Fossil Fuels May Delay Clean Energy Transition
-- WPost: AI’s Hunger For Electric Power Is Threatening US Climate Goals
-- Drought
-- Delaware River Basin Commission Meets Dec. 5 To Consider Resolution To Preserve And Protect Water Supplies During Persistent Dry Conditions [PaEN]
-- MCall: How Recent Rains Impacted Lehigh Valley’s River, Drought Status
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Drought Conditions Have Caused Aqua PA Water To Suddenly Stink, But Safe To Drink In Abington, Montgomery County; Using Different Source Of Water
-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: Delaware River Basin Managers Could Take Conservation Efforts If Drought Worsens
-- Courier Times: Part Of Bucks County Enters ‘Extreme Drought’ This Week Amid Worst Dry Spell In 22 Years
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Delaware River Water Levels At 60% As Salt Front Increases Amid Drought
-- KYW: Officials Eyeing Delaware River Salt Levels As Philly-Area Drought Worsens
-- PennLive: Susquehanna River Level Drops Due To ‘Very Bad’ Drought Across Much Of Central PA
-- Citizens Voice: Drought Has Susquehanna River At Exceedingly Low Levels
-- TribLive: Youghiogheny River Level Remains Low After Relatively Dry Summer, Fall In Westmoreland, Fayette Counties
-- Post-Gazette: Despite Drought, Christmas Tree Crop And Prices Holding Steady In PA
-- PennLive: From PA’s Christmas Tree Mega-Auction, Here’s What Buyers Can Expect To Pay This Season
-- PennLive: Will Drought Impact Central PA Christmas Tree Sales, Prices?
-- WNEP: Drought Impacts Lake At Beltzville State Park In Carbon County
-- DCNR Lifts Open Burn Ban In State Parks, Forests
-- Game Commission Lifts State Game Lands Campfire Ban
-- WNEP: 60 Acre Wildfire Contained On Montage Mountain In Lackawanna County
-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Firefighters Take Service Across State To Fight Wildfires
-- New York Governor Declares 15 Counties In Drought Warning, Drought Watch Statewide
-- Flooding
-- Appalachian Voices: Statement On Request For $98 Billion In Federal Disaster Funding
-- PA Emergency Management Agency, Delaware River Basin Commission: Nov. 26 Hazard Mitigation Grant Funding Webinar, 9:00 to 10:00 a.m.
-- WHYY: Philly Launches Flood Alerts For Eastwick Neighborhood: ‘A Long Time Coming’
-- Citizens Voice: Cemetery Headstones Washed Away In 1972 Flood Found In Forty Fort
-- TribLive Editorial: Another Step Forward For River Recreation?
-- Post-Gazette/AP: Climate Change Increased Hurricane Wind Strength By 18 MPH Since 2019, Study Says
-- Gas Explosions
-- DEP Prints Corrected Notice Inviting Comments On New Air Pollution Permit For Revolution Natural Gas Cryogenic Processing Plant In Washington County; Plant Suffered Major Explosion, Fire In 2022 [PaEN]
-- WTAE: Residents Smelled Natural Gas Prior To Explosion At Allegheny County Apartment
-- Education
-- Gov. Shapiro: PA Secretary Of Education Dr. Khalid Mumin To Resign Dec. 6; Angela Fitterer Named Interim Acting Secretary
-- Erie Times: Erie Rise Private Charter School Settles Lawsuit Over ‘Hostile Work Environment’ As It Dissolves
-- TribLive: Need For English As 2nd Language Education Growing In Westmoreland Schools
-- TribLive Editorial: Teaching English As 2nd Language Turns Immigrants Into Community
-- TribLive: 17-Year-Old Boy Charged 2nd Time For Threats Targeting Chartiers Valley School District, Police Say
-- WNEP: Delay In PHEAA State Grant Payments Threatens College Students’ Fates Across Pennsylvania
-- Post-Gazette: PennWest, 2 Other PA State Universities Begin Directly Admitting Students Without An Application To Bolster Enrollment
-- Spotlight PA: Penn State Trustees Rarely Discuss Key Issues Before Voting-- Unless They’re Related To Athletics Or Rules For Members
-- Post-Gazette: University Of Pittsburgh Graduate Students Vote To Unionize
-- PennLive: Susquehanna University Settles Lawsuit Over Pandemic Shutdown For $675,000
-- Health Care
-- The Center Square: Report: Uncompensated Medical Care On The Rise
-- Tribune-Democrat/CNHI: Report: PA Still Among States With Highest Count Of Kids Without Health Insurance
-- PA Insurance Dept. Reminds Pennsylvanians Of Available, Affordable Health Insurance Options Through Pennie Health Insurance Marketplace
-- PA Insurance Dept. Releases Comprehensive Study On Health Insurer Provider Directories, Aiming To Improve Healthcare Access For Pennsylvanians
-- PA Insurance Dept. Releases New Report On State’s Health Insurance Market
-- Inquirer: Philly’s Soda Tax Had An Impact On Health In The City, New Research Finds
-- The Center Square: Dr. Oz Picked To Lead Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services
-- Law Enforcement
-- The Center Square: Lt. Gov. Austin Davis Promotes State Grants To Fill Police Vacancies [Video]
-- PA Capital-Star: PA Supreme Court Upholds State Laws Blocking Local Gun Control
-- WESA: Pittsburgh Efforts To Regulate Firearms Likely Dead After PA Supreme Court Ruling
-- PennLive: Sexual Assault Victims Find PA Prosecutors Take On Few Cases, Why? ‘I Felt Attacked By Them’
-- PennLive: How Some Areas Get Sex Crime Prosecutions Right
-- PennLive: Lehigh County DA Promises Change In County With PA’s Lowest Rate Of Prosecuting Sex Offenses
-- Citizens Voice: Protection From Abuse Filings Surge Across NE PA, State
-- Fox43: Protection From Abuse Fillings On Rise Across Pennsylvania
-- TribLive: 17-Year-Old Boy Charged 2nd Time For Threats Targeting Chartiers Valley School District, Police Say
-- Post-Gazette: Mother Of Murdered Transgender Teen From Mercer County Calls For LGBTQ Hate Crimes Legislation
-- PennLive: PA Capitol Gathering Commemorates Transgenender Lives Lost Amid Growing Political Hostility
-- PA Capital-Star: PA Officials Mark Transgender Day Of Remembrance In Increasingly Hostile Political Environment
-- PA Capital-Star: US House Speaker Bans Trans Women From Women’s Bathrooms At The US Capitol
-- The Economy
-- PennLive: PA Farm Industry Braces For Raids, Deportations Under Republican Administration
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: How Pittsburgh Can Develop A Workforce For The Future
-- Post-Gazette: PA Senate Republican Leader Exhorts Shapiro To Publicly Engage In US Steel Sale Drama
-- The Center Square: Shapiro’s ‘Critical’ Engagement In US Steel Sale Questioned
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shapiro Says He’s Working As Honest Broker On Nippon Steel-US Steel Deal
-- TribLive: Steelworkers Union Boss Rips PR Blitz Pushing US Steel-Nippon Deal
-- Post-Gazette: Japanese Steelmaker Nippon Says It Will Not Accept Presidential Block Of US Steel Deal
-- TribLive Editorial: Are There Any Guarantees With Nippon Steel Purchase Of US Steel?
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Time For Post-Election Sanity: Approve Nippon - US Steel Deal
-- Other
-- PennLive: Dauphin County Commissioner Criticizes Contracts With Political Consultant Worth $870,000
-- PennLive: Dauphin County Agency To End Ex-Official’s Questionable $60,000 NRA Gun Show Contract
[Posted: November 24, 2024]
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