-- PennLive - John Baer: Want A Better City? Want A Better State? Work For It!
-- Gov. Shapiro
-- WHYY: Shapiro Urges Action From State Lawmakers Just Days Before SEPTA Deadline
-- PA Capital-Star: Governor’s Nominee For Education Secretary Clears Senate Committee
-- Citizens Voice: Shapiro Boasts About Workforce Opportunities A.I. Data Center In Salem Twp., Luzerne County
-- Gov. Shapiro Highlights Workforce Opportunities At Amazon A.I. Data Center In Luzerne County
-- Budget 2025
-- Post-Gazette: PA Budget Debacle: Taxpayers Losing Money As State Leaders ‘Can’t Get Their Act Together’
-- TribLive: Republican PA Senate Leaders Look To ‘Skill’ Gambling Games To Fund Transit; Say Transit Cuts A ‘Manufactured Crisis’
-- PA Capital-Star: Despite A Flurry Of Action, No Clear Path For A State Budget
-- Post-Gazette: PA Lawmakers End 3 Day Run Of Votes With No Budget In Place
-- Tribune-Democrat: Compromise Elusive As PA’s Late Budget Remains Unresolved
-- Inquirer Editorial: Republican Public Transit Proposal Is Too Little, Too Late
-- PA Capital-Star: Budget Disagreements Burst Into The Open At PA Capitol
-- TribLive: Republican Controlled PA Senate Advances Budget, Transit Plans
-- WITF: Senate Republicans Pass Dead-On-Arrival Mass Transit Funding, Temporary State Budget
-- The Center Square: Stopgap State Budget In PA May Not Break Gridlock
-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: State Budget Delay Brings Worry, Chaos
-- Inquirer: PA Senate Is Back Tuesday And Poised To Pass A Short-Term Budget, Will It Have Transit Funding?
-- Inquirer Editorial: PA Senate Republicans Must Step Up For All Pennsylvania On State Budget
-- WESA: PA Budget Is 6 Weeks Late, Lawmakers Can’t Agree On Transit Funding
-- WHYY: Shapiro Urges Action From State lawmakers Just Days Before SEPTA Deadline
-- PA Capital-Star: PA House Democrats Hold Sunday Vote On Transit Funding Bill
-- Post-Gazette: PA School Leaders Warn Of Cuts, Loans If State Budget Impasse Drags On
-- PennLive: Financial Exaggerations Fuel PA’s Private Cyber Charter School Reform Debate
-- WITF/LancasterOnline: More PA Counties Step Up To Keep Social Services Afloat During State Budget Impasse
-- TribLive: Food Stamp Skimming Escalates In PA, Officials Push For Secure EBT Cards
-- TribLive: PA Rape Crisis Centers Face Another Possible Year Of Flat Funding
-- AG Sunday Announces $200 Million Recovery From State Medical Malpractice Insurance Subsidy Agency For General Fund
-- PA House/Senate
-- TribLive Editorial: Is It Finally Time For Legal Marijuana In PA?
-- PA Capital-Star: PA Wineries Turn To Lawmakers For Legislation To Protect Them From Tariffs, Climate Change, Immigration Policy Changes
-- US Senate/House
-- WESA/WHYY: Sen. Haywood (D) To Introduce Bill Blocking Federal Takeover Of Local Police
-- York Daily Record: Stelson Moves Into Congressional District Ahead Of Bid To Unseat Republican Con. Scott Perry
-- Beaver Times: With US Senate In The Rearview, Bob Casey Prepares To Take On New Roles
-- Post-Gazette: Democratic Cong. Deluzio Accuses President’s Administration Of Undercutting Veterans Administration During Uptick In Staff Shortages
-- MCall: Republican Con. Bresnahan’s Fiancee Threatened On Social Media Ahead Of Wedding
-- Statewide Offices
-- WESA: PA Republicans Bet On State Treasurer Garrity Not Sen. Mastriano For Governor’s Race Against Shapiro
-- MCall: Republican State Treasurer Garrity Teases Run For Governor In Pittston
-- AG Sunday Announces $200 Million Recovery From State Medical Malpractice Insurance Subsidy Agency For General Fund
-- Beaver Times: PA Attorney General Urges US Dept. Of Justice Crackdown On Offshore Gambling Sites
-- PA Office Of Attorney General Website, Email Accounts, Land Phone Lines Systems Down
-- PennLive: ‘Cyber Incident’ Shuts Down PA Attorney General’s Website, Phone System
-- 2025 Elections
-- Spotlight PA: Republicans Have A Chance To Transform The PA Supreme Court This Year
-- WITF: PA Democrats Look For Gains In Rural PA Where Republicans Dominate
-- Elections
-- Spotlight PA/Votebeat: Stricter Voter ID Rules In PA Wouldn’t Have Stopped Most Ballot Fraud Cases In Recent Years, Analysis Finds
-- PA Impacts Of President’s Tariffs
-- PA Capital-Star: PA Wineries Turn To Lawmakers For Legislation To Protect Them From Tariffs, Climate Change, Immigration Policy Changes
-- Post-Gazette: Grocery Prices Are Rising, And President’s New Tariffs Could Soon Make It Worse
-- WSJ Editorial: Now We Know Who’s Paying The Tariffs - Producer Prices Surge, Real Wages Still Aren’t Rising Fast Enough
-- TribLive: Nvidia, AMD To Pay 15% Of A.I. Chip Sales To China To US Government [Selling A.I. Chips To China?]
-- PA Impacts Of President’s Policies
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: PA Hospitals Brace For Impact Of Republican Medicaid Cuts
-- PA Capital-Star: State Leaders In PA And Elsewhere Brace For ‘Heavy Lift’ From Medicaid, Food Stamp Cuts
-- TribLive: Food Stamp Skimming Escalates In PA, Officials Push For Secure EBT Cards
-- Post-Gazette: Democratic Cong. Deluzio Accuses President’s Administration Of Undercutting Veterans Administration During Uptick In Staff Shortages
-- PA Capital-Star: Advocates For Coal Miners With Black Lung Worry As Silica Dust Rule Delayed Again: ‘They Don’t Care’
-- PA Capital-Star: AmeriCorps Is Under Siege In PA And Other States; What Happens In The Communities It Serves?
-- TribLive/AP: Federal Judge Strikes Down 2 Federal Orders Against Diversity Programs At Schools And Colleges
-- WESA/WHYY: Sen. Haywood (D) To Introduce Bill Blocking Federal Takeover Of Local Police
-- WITF/LancasterOnline: Ester Soliman 25-Year Lancaster Resident, Deported To Philippines By Federal ICE From Clinton County Prison With No Notice To Family
-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: What Would Jesus Do About Illegal Immigration? Overreaction Against Immigrants Has Created A Crisis, Not The Immigrants Themselves - By Mark E. Brennan, Roman Catholic Bishop Of Wheeling-Charleston
-- Inquirer: Immigrant Detentions In NJ, PA Rise As More People Without Criminal Records Are Held
-- PennLive Letter: Why American Farms Can’t Survive Without Migrant Workers, Crops Will Rot In The Fields Without Them - By Scott Pettis, Lower Allen Township
-- WITF/LancasterOnline: President’s New Order Asks Officials To Abandon ‘Housing First’ Homeless Policy Before Matching People With Services
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Helping The Homeless Means Respecting Their Dignity, Not Putting Them In Jail
-- Citizens Voice: Union Demands Lost Jobs Be Replaced At Social Security Complex In Plains Twp.
-- Inquirer: Philly-Area Union Officials Not Backing Down As Federal Agencies Cancel Contracts
-- New Federal Administration
-- PennLive Editorial: Our Communities Won’t Accept The Politics Of Cruelty
-- TribLive Editorial: The Fed Was Right To Say No On Interest Rates [Bloomberg]
-- Inquirer: These Are Independence Park Exhibits President Could Remove Next Month [Mostly Related To Slavery]
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: President’s Attempts To Hide The Unpleasant Truths About Our Actual History Are The Real Disparagement - By Sharon Ann Holt, Fmr Editor of Pennsylvania Magazine of History & Biography
-- Miscellaneous State/Harrisburg Politics
-- TribLive Editorial: Money’s Role In American Politics Could Get Even Worse
-- Beaver Times: With US Senate In The Rearview, Bob Casey Prepares To Take On New Roles
-- International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
-- AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.14 Ohio- $3.09 PA- $3.22
-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rig Count 18, Same As Last Week
-- In Case You Missed It -- A.I./Data Center Articles & NewClips From Last Week [PaEN]
-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy Blog: Americans Just Got Scammed On Their Electricity Bills; President Promised To Cut Electricity Prices By Half Within 12 Months On Campaign Trail - By Elea Castiglione, Research Assistant
-- PUC Hearings On Proposed Rate Increase For Wellsboro Electric (22%), Valley Energy Gas (19%), Citizen Electric (11%)
-- US EIA: Natural Gas Prices To Increase 34% From $3.20 to $4.30 Next Year Due To Increase In LNG Gas Exports
-- Bloomberg: BKV Corp. CEO: Increase In LNG Gas Exports Will Drive Natural Gas Prices Up
-- Utility Dive - Commentary: Why Utilities Must Rethink Natural Gas Procurement For A High-Demand Future
-- Financial Times: Big Oil Heeds Call To ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ As Green Energy Transition Slows [Refocusing Exploration In Anticipation Of A World Hooked On Fossil Fuels For Decades]
-- Flooding
-- WNEP: Severe Rainstorm Leaves Several Communities In Scranton, Wilkes-Barre Area Damaged
-- Observer-Reporter: North Franklin Supervisors Considering Solutions To Flooding Issues In Washington County
-- PennLive Letter: Central PA Must Prepare For Potentially Catastrophic Flooding - By Julia Krall, Chesapeake Bay Foundation PA Executive Director
-- Altoona Mirror: Monitoring Weather, Flood Conditions, Keeps Everyone Safer
-- Brodhead Watershed Association: Protecting Clean Water Together - Thinking About Disaster 70 Years Later - The Flood Of 1955 In Monroe County [PaEN]
-- Lancaster Farming: How And Why To Use A Rain Barrel On Your Homestead
-- US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Explosion
-- Explosion At US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Kills 2, 10 Injured; Search For Answers Beings At 109-Year-Old Plant With A History Of Fatal Fires, Air Pollution Violations [PaEN] [Compilation Of Articles]
-- Gas Explosions
-- TribLive: Rustic Ridge Neighbors File Additional Lawsuits Ahead Of Natural Gas Explosion Anniversary In Allegheny County
-- Inquirer: A Natural Gas Explosion In Nicetown, Philadelphia Blew Out Her Rowhouse’s Windows, Then Her Landlord Ghosted Her
-- A.I. /Data Centers
-- In Case You Missed It -- A.I./Data Center Articles & NewClips From Last Week [PaEN]
-- Senate Hearing: To Communities Facing Rapid A.I. Data Center Development: Review Your Zoning Ordinance NOW, Before It's Too Late To Have Meaningful Siting, Mitigation Conversations [PaEN]
-- Senate Hearing: DEP Primer: Recurring Challenges Of A.I. Data Centers: Frequent Site Plan Changes, Inconsistent Zoning, Outdated Sewage Facilities, Limited Community Outreach [PaEN]
-- Senate Hearing: Susquehanna River Basin Commission - A.I. Data Centers Have A Dramatic Demand For Water, And The Potential To Be Among The Largest Water Consumers In The Basin [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times - Chris Kelly Opinion: The Pros And Con Artists Of A.I. Data Centers; 3-Hour Senate Hearing Like A 'Sales Seminar For Oceanfront Condos In Oklahoma' [PDF of Article]
-- Republican Herald - Chris Kelly: If Ya Can’t Buy ‘Em, Threaten ‘Em [A.I. Data Centers] [PDF of Article]
-- York Dispatch: Sen. Keefer (R) Wants Data Center Applicants To Show Their Energy, Water Needs: ‘Electric Bills Will Go Up Due To Supply. Why Would We Subsidize That To Lure Them In?’ [PDF of Article]
-- Education
-- PA Capital-Star: Governor’s Nominee For Education Secretary Clears Senate Committee
-- Post-Gazette: PA School Leaders Warn Of Cuts, Loans If State Budget Impasse Drags On
-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster School District To Vote On Borrowing $35 Million To Pay Bills As State Budget Impasse Continues
-- Post-Gazette: Rural And Small PA School Districts Turn To Sharing Services As They Face Shrinking Budgets, Declining Enrollments
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: School District Consolidation Will Be Necessary For PA
-- Citizens Voice: Fighting At Valley West School District To Be Punishable By Cyber School
-- PennLive: Financial Exaggerations Fuel PA’s Private Cyber Charter School Reform Debate
-- MCall: The Economic Impact Of Colleges, Universities In Lehigh Valley?
-- TribLive/AP: Federal Judge Strikes Down 2 Federal Orders Against Diversity Programs At Schools And Colleges
-- Health Care
-- PA Capital-Star: State Leaders In PA And Elsewhere Brace For ‘Heavy Lift’ From Medicaid, Food Stamp Cuts
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: PA Hospitals Brace For Impact Of Republican Medicaid Cuts
-- Post-Gazette: Another Roadside Birth Renews Call To Reopen Maternity Unit In Elk County
-- Spotlight PA: State Delays New Contract With Extra Accountability Measures For PA Elder Abuse Agencies
-- Tribune-Democrat: Pharmacy Benefits Manager To Drop Local Pharmacy, Advocates Warn Of Health, Economic Impact; Class-Action Lawsuit To Be Filed
-- Tribune-Democrat: Cambria Judge Orders Pharmacy Benefits Manager To Pause Terminating Local Pharmacy From Network For Now
-- Tribune-Democrat: Basic Pharmacy Care Disappearing In Cambria County Region; Lawmakers Can Help
-- WITF/LancasterOnline: Ex-Professor Pushes CVS Pharmacy Probe After 2 Central PA Pharmacists’ Suicides
-- TribLive: PA Rape Crisis Centers Face Another Possible Year Of Flat Funding
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: PA Hospitals Brace For Impact Of Republican Medicaid Cuts
-- WITF/LancasterOnline: President’s New Order Asks Officials To Abandon ‘Housing First’ Homeless Policy Before Matching People With Services
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Helping The Homeless Means Respecting Their Dignity, Not Putting Them In Jail
-- Law Enforcement
-- Spotlight PA: Republicans Have A Chance To Transform The PA Supreme Court This Year
-- TribLive: PA Rape Crisis Centers Face Another Possible Year Of Flat Funding
-- WITF/LancasterOnline: Ester Soliman 25-Year Lancaster Resident, Deported To Philippines By Federal ICE From Clinton County Prison With No Notice To Family
-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: What Would Jesus Do About Illegal Immigration? Overreaction Against Immigrants Has Created A Crisis, Not The Immigrants Themselves - By Mark E. Brennan, Roman Catholic Bishop Of Wheeling-Charleston
-- Inquirer: Immigrant Detentions In NJ, PA Rise As More People Without Criminal Records Are Held
-- PennLive Letter: Why American Farms Can’t Survive Without Migrant Workers, Crops Will Rot In The Fields Without Them - By Scott Pettis, Lower Allen Township
-- PennLive Editorial: Our Communities Won’t Accept The Politics Of Cruelty
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Helping The Homeless Means Respecting Their Dignity, Not Putting Them In Jail
-- TribLive Editorial: Is It Finally Time For Legal Marijuana In PA?
-- The Economy
-- PA Capital-Star: Counties, Municipalities In PA Look To Ease Economic Hardship Threatening Main Street [Carnegie, Allegheny County]
-- PA Capital-Star: AmeriCorps Is Under Siege In PA And Other States; What Happens In The Communities It Serves?
-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Rebuild America’s Navy At The Fmr Erie Coke [Coal] Plant Site - By William Lewis, US Navy
-- Post-Gazette: Grocery Prices Are Rising, And President’s New Tariffs Could Soon Make It Worse
-- TribLive: Nvidia, AMD To Pay 15% Of A.I. Chip Sales To China To US Government [Selling A.I. Chips To China?]
-- TribLive Editorial: The Fed Was Right To Say No On Interest Rates [Bloomberg]
[Posted: August 17, 2025]
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