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

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else--

-- Gov. Shapiro

-- Politics PA: Shapiro Says ‘Good Progress’ Being Made In State Budget Negotiations; Criticizes Federal One Big Beautiful Bill

-- AG Sunday Defers To State’s Democratic Governor In Legal Fights With President

-- Budget 2025

-- Politics PA: Shapiro Says ‘Good Progress’ Being Made In State Budget Negotiations; Criticizes Federal One Big Beautiful Bill

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PA Nearing Its Budget Deadline; The Battle Will Likely Stretch Long Into The Summer

-- PA Capital-Star: Republican PA Senate Leader Predicts Budget Deadline Will Be Blown

-- Inquirer: PA Lawmakers Will Miss June 30 Budget Deadline As State Faces $5.5 Billion Shortfall, Top Republican Says 

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Transportation In Pennsylvania Is A Bipartisan Issue - By Former Governors Mark Schweiker and Ed Rendell 

-- PA House/Senate

-- Inquirer: PA Lawmakers Will Miss June 30 Budget Deadline As State Faces $5.5 Billion Shortfall, Top Republican Says 

-- Beaver Times/Spotlight PA: After Minnesota Shootings, Some PA Lawmakers Seek Privacy, Personal Protection Increase

-- Post-Gazette: Rising Political Violence In PA, Across US, Sparking Concerns About Candidate Pipelines

-- US Senate/House

-- PA Capital Star: How McCormick Beat Casey: A Deep Dive Into 2024 PA US Senate Race

-- Statewide Offices

-- AG Sunday Defers To State’s Democratic Governor In Legal Fights With President

-- AG Sunday Spotlights Safe2Say Something’s Impact On PA Students During 2024-25 School Year

-- AG Sunday Announces Historic Settlement With Purdue Pharma, Sackler Family Regarding Manufacture, Distribution Of Opioids That Fueled Addiction Epidemic

-- 2024 Elections

-- PA Capital Star: How President Triumphed: A Comprehensive Look At 2024 Presidential Campaign And PA’s Results

-- PA Capital Star: How McCormick Beat Casey: A Deep Dive Into 2024 PA US Senate Race

-- PA Impacts Of President’s Policies

-- PA Capital-Star/Capital & Main: Attacks On Immigrants Put Erie’s Revival In Danger 

-- York Dispatch Editorial: We Are All Immigrants, That’s Part Of What Make America Great

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Penn State Hit With $27 Million Cut In Climate-Smart Farming Grant, Will Reapply 

-- Post-Gazette: Western PA School Districts Brace For Possible ‘Catastrophic’ Cuts In Federal Programs For Homeless Students

-- Capital & Main: A Coal Miner’s Daughter Takes On DOGE To Protect Miners’ Health

-- CNN: EPA Telling Some Staff To Stop Policing The Oil & Gas Industry

-- The Center Square: Appalachian Regional Commission Set For 93% Reduction In Funding In Big Beautiful Bill 

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Four-Letter Word Missing From The Big Beautiful Bill - JOBS - By Kate Harper & Conor Lamb, Energy Future PA  

-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy: One Bad Backward Bill Will Hurt The Nation - By John Quigley

-- TribLive Editorial: What Did The Nippon Steel - US Steel Deal Really Do?

-- New Federal Administration

-- AG Sunday Defers To State’s Democratic Governor In Legal Fights With President

-- Miscellaneous State/Harrisburg Politics

-- Post-Gazette: Rising Political Violence In PA, Across US, Sparking Concerns About Candidate Pipelines

-- Flooding

-- The Derrick: Heavy Rain Floods Roads; Polk Borough Among Affected Communities In Venango Counties

-- Gas Explosions

-- PUC Approves $750,000 Penalty On UGI For 2020 Pipeline Rupture In Monroe County That  Killed A Woman, Injured 2 Others 

-- WVIA: UGI, PUC Settle Natural Gas Eruption Case That Killed A Woman In Monroe County

-- Train Derailments

-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: EPA’s Work On Train Derailments Far From Done

-- Three Mile Island Restart/Data Centers

-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader Guest Essay: Consumers Shouldn’t Subsidize The Energy Needs Of Data Centers - By Matthew Kandrach, Consumer Action For A Strong Economy

-- Education

-- Post-Gazette: Western PA School Districts Brace For Possible ‘Catastrophic’ Cuts In Federal Programs For Homeless Students

-- AG Sunday Spotlights Safe2Say Something’s Impact On PA Students During 2024-25 School Year

-- Health Care

-- AG Sunday Announces Historic Settlement With Purdue Pharma, Sackler Family Regarding Manufacture, Distribution Of Opioids That Fueled Addiction Epidemic

-- Law Enforcement

-- PA Capital-Star/Capital & Main: Attacks On Immigrants Put Erie’s Revival In Danger 

-- York Dispatch Editorial: We Are All Immigrants, That’s Part Of What Make America Great

-- AG Sunday Defers To State’s Democratic Governor In Legal Fights With President

-- AG Sunday Spotlights Safe2Say Something’s Impact On PA Students During 2024-25 School Year

-- The Economy

-- PA Capital-Star/Capital & Main: Attacks On Immigrants Put Erie’s Revival In Danger 

-- TribLive Editorial: What Did The Nippon Steel - US Steel Deal Really Do?

-- Dept. Of Labor & Industry Reports PA Unemployment Rate Holds Steady at 3.4% In May For 8th Consecutive Month

[Posted: June 22, 2025]