-- Gov. Shapiro
-- AP: PA Gov. Shapiro’s Memoir Is Coming Out In January
-- KYW: PA Gov. Shapiro Heading To Virginia To Campaign For Spanberger
-- TribLive: Shapiro Highlights A.I. Potential For The State At Pittsburgh Global Summit
-- Post-Gazette: Shapiro Says PA ‘All In’ To Lead Country, Globe On A.I., Health
-- Race For Governor
-- The Derrick: State Treasurer Stacy Garrity: It Will Take ‘All Hands On Deck’ To Defeat Shapiro [PDF of Article]
-- Post-Gazette: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate/Treasurer Stacy Garrity Blasts Shapiro’s Book Deal During PA Budget Standoff
-- Post-Gazette: Republican State Sen. Mastriano Still Floating Gubernatorial Bid, Slams Republicans As Garrity Takes Fight To Shapiro
-- Budget 2025 (Almost 2026)
-- Spotlight PA: State Budget Impasse Continues As PA Lawmakers Travel Abroad, Hold Pricey Fundraisers
-- Greenlee Partners Calendar Of Upcoming PA Senate/House Fundraising Events
-- York Dispatch Editorial: Republican Leaders In Harrisburg, Washington- Stop Holding Pennsylvania And The Nation Hostage
-- TribLive Editorial: Enough Finger-Pointing - Pass A State Budget
-- WITF: PA Barrels Toward 4 Months Without State Budget As Lawmakers Remain At Odds
-- PA Capital-Star: PA Senate Republican Budget Plan Draws Criticism From Democrats As ‘Unserious’
-- Post-Gazette: Partisan Disagreements Flare Up Again On Day 113 Of PA State Budget Impasse
-- Erie Times: PA Senate Republican State Budget Proposal Spurs More Bickering, Budget Now Nearly 4 Months Overdue
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: If Governments Aren’t Working, Lawmakers Shouldn’t Be Paid
-- The Center Square: Taxpayers Pay Over $89 Million In Taxes A Day To State Government While Lawmakers Fumbles State Budget
-- York Daily Record: No State Budget, No Money From Us Say York County Officials As They Cut Off Payments To State
-- The Derrick: State Owes Titusville Schools ‘Over $10 Million’ Due To Ongoing State Budget Impasse
-- Post-Gazette: Some Pittsburgh-Area School Districts Withholding Private Charter School Payments During State Budget Impasse
-- PA Capital-Star: Philadelphia Preschools Say They’ll Have To Close Classrooms If PA State Budget Isn’t Passed Soon
-- Post-Gazette: ‘Stop Playing Games;’ PA Budget Impasse Leads To Financial Bleeding At School Districts
-- Post-Gazette: PA Colleges, Students Feel Strains Of State Budget Impasse
-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Won’t Pay Social Services Next Month Due To State Budget Impasse
-- TribLive: Westmoreland Commissioners OK Loan To Pay For Human Services Amid State Budget Impasse
-- Tribune-Democrat: Somerset County Takes Step Toward $9.9 Million Line Of Credit Amid Ongoing State Budget Impasse
-- PA House/Senate
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: If Governments Aren’t Working, Lawmakers Shouldn’t Be Paid
-- Spotlight PA: State Budget Impasse Continues As PA Lawmakers Travel Abroad, Hold Pricey Fundraisers
-- Greenlee Partners Calendar Of Upcoming PA Senate/House Fundraising Events
-- Beaver Times: Republican State Sen. Mastriano Looks To Forbid PA Colleges From Enforcing Strict Vaccine Mandates
-- US Senate/House
-- TribLive: Fetterman Sides With Republicans On Ending Filibuster To Reopen Federal Government
-- PennLive: Stelson Attacks Republican Con. Scott Perry After He Claims Democrats Hate The Military
-- PennLive Editorial: Republican Con. Scott Perry Has Gone Step Too Far In Defaming Millions Of Veterans Who Just Happen To Be Democrats
-- Statewide Offices
-- Attorney General Sunday Announces Charges Against Canvassers, Field Director On Falsified Voter Registration Forms In Multiple Counties
-- The Derrick: State Treasurer Stacy Garrity: It Will Take ‘All Hands On Deck’ To Defeat Shapiro [PDF of Article]
-- 2025 Elections
-- Spotlight PA: How Decisions By PA Supreme Court Shape Rural Communities: Supporting Local Regulation Of Shale Gas Drilling; Biosolids; Stormwater
-- Spotlight PA: Guns, Soda Tax, Paid Sick Leave: How PA Supreme Court Rulings Have Shaped Cities
-- WESA: Why PA Supreme Court Justice Retention Races Are So Contentious
-- Morning Call Guest Essay: PA Supreme Court Judges Deserve ‘Yes’ Vote On Retention; Republican Efforts To Unseat Them Are ‘Deliberately Misleading’ - By Bill White [PDF of Article]
-- PennLive - John Baer: Who Wins PA’s Yes/No PA Supreme Court Retention Votes And Why
-- TribLive Editorial: PA Supreme Court Retention Is Historically Brutal Fight
-- LancasterOnline: US Postal Service Says Lancaster County Mail-In Ballots Without Correct Postage Will Be Delivered
-- Elections
-- Attorney General Sunday Announces Charges Against Canvassers, Field Director On Falsified Voter Registration Forms In Multiple Counties
-- Protesting The President
-- Schuylkill County Republican Herald Editorial: Attacks On Peaceful Protesters Are Wholly Un-American [PaEN]
-- Warren Times: 320 Participants Join No Kings Protest In Warren
-- Observer-Reporter: An Estimated 800 People Join No Kings Protect In Washington, PA
-- York Dispatch: No Kings Protest Draws 1,000+ To Downtown York City
-- Altoona Mirror: More Than 1,000 Attend Altoona No Kings Rally
-- Williamsport Sun: Hundreds Turn Out For No Kings Protest In Williamsport
-- PA Capital-Star: No Kings Protests Turned Out Thousands Across PA To Protest President’s Administration
-- York Dispatch: York Residents Stand Vigil Outside Federal ICE Facility In Protest
-- WPost Editorial: Like The Tea Party Of 2009, ‘No Kings’ Protests Are A Warning To President, Republicans Dismiss At Their Peril
-- PA Impacts Of President’s Tariffs
-- PA Capital-Star: For PA’s Soybean Farmers, President’s Trade Wars, Labor Shortages, Soaring Equipment Costs Are Only The Latest Struggles
-- The Guardian: Erie, PA Is Divided Over The President As It Reels From Economic Whiplash
-- TribLive: Small Businesses Tell US Supreme Court President’s Tariffs Are An Illegal $3 Trillion Tax; Hearing Nov. 5
-- PA Impacts Of President’s Policies
-- York Dispatch Editorial: Republican Leaders In Harrisburg, Washington- Stop Holding Pennsylvania And The Nation Hostage
-- Altoona Mirror: Federal Funding For School Meal Funding Runs Dry At Area Schools
-- TribLive Editorial: Federal Food Stamp Shutdown Starves More Than The Poor, But Farmers Too
-- Post-Gazette: 300,000 Pittsburgh-Area Residents Will Lose Food Stamp Benefits Amid Federal Government Shutdown
-- York Dispatch: Nearly 60,000 York Countians Lost Federal Food Assistance Due To Federal Government Shutdown
-- TribLive: Threatened Loss Of Food Stamp Benefits Weighs Heavily On Recipients
-- PA Dept. Of Human Services: Due To Federal Shutdown, DHS Cannot Accept Applications For Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Until Dec. 3
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Federal Shutdown Means Delay In Low-Income Heating Assistance, Applications Pushed Back A Month
-- TribLive/USA Today: A Family Health Insurance Plan Now Costs Nearly $27,000; Costs Expected To Go Higher Because Of Congressional Inaction On Insurance Subsidies
-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: Federal Health Insurance Subsidy Talks Cannot Wait
-- Republican Herald Editorial: Now, Not Later, Is Best Time To Address Expiring Federal Health Insurance Subsidies
-- Spotlight PA: As Vaccine Policies Shift Under President’s Administration, PA Pediatricians Focus On Keeping Patients Informed
-- TribLive/PennLive: President’s $100,000 Visa Fee Could Worsen Doctor Shortages In Rural PA
-- The Center Square: Liberals And Conservatives Overlap In Rejecting President’s College Education ‘Compact’
-- Post-Gazette: State Emergency Officials Say New Rules, Delays For FEMA Grants Put Disaster Response At Risk
-- PennLive/Inquirer: Federal Judge Blocks Facebook From Revealing PA Activists Tracking Federal ICE On Social Media
-- Farm & Dairy: President Floats Buying Argentinian Beef To Cut Prices For Americans; Would Hurt American Cattle Producers And Disrupt The Free Market
-- Post-Gazette: Heir To Mellon Bank Fortune Reportedly Donated $130 Million To Help Pay Troops During Ongoing Federal Shutdown
-- New Federal Administration
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Words Matter - Young Republicans’ Hate-Filled Chats Reveal Deeper Crisis - By Mark Singel
-- WPost Editorial: Like The Tea Party Of 2009, ‘No Kings’ Protests Are A Warning To President, Republicans Dismiss At Their Peril
-- TribLive/New York Daily News: President Demands His Dept. Of Justice Pay Him $230 Million Personally To Compensate Him For Past Investigations, Report Says
-- Miscellaneous State/Harrisburg Politics
-- TribLive: Impact Of Property Tax Relief From Gambling Revenue Clouded By Outdated Formula
-- The Center Square: Elect The Rich? Pennsylvania Politicians Put Up Big Numbers
-- TribLive Editorial: The People Have A Right To Know About Government Lawsuit Settlements
-- A.I. /Data Centers
-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - October 27 [PaEN]
-- Data Center Stampede Trampling PA Ratepayers Part I: PA Utility Law Project - Utility Terminations Up 30% Already; Prioritize Existing Loads; Centers Need To Help Pay For Utility Assistance [PaEN]
-- Data Center Stampede Trampling PA Ratepayers Part II: PA Consumer Advocate - PUC Should Set Conditions For Centers To Be Served By The Grid; Set Power Curtailment Priorities [PaEN]
-- Data Center Stampede Trampling PA Ratepayers Part III: PJM Market Monitor - Data Centers Have Cost Existing Ratepayers $16.6 Billion Already; Centers Should Bring Their Own Power Generation To Prevent More Large Price Spikes [PaEN]
-- PA PUC To Take Up Model Tariff For Connecting Large Load/A.I. Data Centers To The Electric Grid At Nov. 6 Meeting; Other Changes Needed [PaEN]
-- PUC Votes To Suspend, Investigate PPL Electric's Proposed 7%, $356 Million Rate Increase [PaEN]
-- Utility Dive Guest Essay: Reliance On Natural Gas For Power Generation Will Worsen Energy Affordability Crisis - By Cassady Craighill, GridLab
-- Utility Dive: FirstEnergy Expects Peak Electricity Load To Grow By 45% By 2035 Due To A.I. Data Center Demands
-- Inside Climate News: How Did Virginia Become The A.I. Data Center Capital Of The World And Transform The Economy And Electric Grid? [6,247 MW Of Centers Under Construction; 2,610 MW Of Energy Generation; 24,103 MW Planned For The Future]
-- International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
-- AAA Average Gasoline Prices: National- $3.05 Ohio- $2.96 PA- $3.23
-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs - 17 - Same Last 4 Weeks
-- DEP Issues Air Quality Permit For 248 MW Wyalusing Energy Center Natural Gas Power Plant To Serve The Klondike Data Center Project In Bradford County [PaEN]
-- Citizens Interested In Submitting Comments To DEP On Tenaska Natural Gas Power Plant’s First Title V Air Quality Permit Invited To Oct. 29 Public Meeting In West Newton, Westmoreland County [PaEN]
-- DEP To Hold Dec. 17 Hearing On An Air Quality Permit For The PEI Power LLC Natural Gas Power Plant In Lackawanna County [PaEN]
-- DEP Extends Temporary Air Quality Permits For Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; No Schedule Yet For Public Review Of Full Title V Air Quality Permit Accepted July 2024 [PaEN]
-- Protect PT Hosts Nov. 4 & Nov. 11 Online Living Near Shale Gas Development Community Workshops [PaEN]
-- PennFuture: PA Senate Republicans’ ‘All Of The Above Energy’ Statements Focused On Natural Gas
-- Utility Dive Guest Essay: Reliance On Natural Gas For Power Generation Will Worsen Energy Affordability Crisis - By Cassady Craighill, GridLab
-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - October 27 [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Natural Gas Producer EQT Corp. Posts $407 Million Profit: ‘Firing On All Cylinders’
-- Reuters: EQT Production Beats Quarterly Profit Estimates On Strong, Higher Natural Gas Prices
-- Reuters Guest Essay: US LNG Gas Exporters And Households On Natural Gas Already Saddled With Record-High Energy Bills On Collision Course [PDF of Article]
-- Reuters: EU Plans Changes To LNG Gas Sustainability Law As US, Qatar Increase Pressure
-- The Guardian: US Demands EU Reverse New Climate Rules To Allow Surge In LNG Gas Imports
-- Financial Times: Fallout From The A.I.-Fuelled Dash For Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants - Supply Crunch In Giant Turbines Taking Years For Delivery
-- Bloomberg: Halliburton Is Branching Into A.I. Data Center Power Supplies As Fracking Demand Stagnates
-- Flooding
-- Erie Times: Millcreek Residents Deal With Flooding, Sewer Line Issues After Lake-Effect Rain
-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: Engineering Assessment Authorized For Erosion Near Wilkes-Barre Flood Wall
-- Post-Gazette: State Emergency Officials Say New Rules, Delays For FEMA Grants Put Disaster Response At Risk
-- Bloomberg: Disaster Recovery Is Big Business
-- The Guardian: Climate Disasters In First Half Of 2025 Costliest Ever On Record, Research Shows
-- Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Explosion
-- TribLive: US Steel To Restart Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Battery Damaged In Deadly
-- Post-Gazette: US Steel To Restart Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Battery Impacted By Explosion
-- Train Derailments
-- The Allegheny Front: Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Early Research Shows Health Impacts, More Study Needed
-- Education
-- Post-Gazette: ‘Stop Playing Games;’ PA Budget Impasse Leads To Financial Bleeding At School Districts
-- The Derrick: State Owes Titusville Schools ‘Over $10 Million’ Due To Ongoing State Budget Impasse
-- Post-Gazette: Some Pittsburgh-Area School Districts Withholding Private Charter School Payments During State Budget Impasse
-- PA Capital-Star: Philadelphia Preschools Say They’ll Have To Close Classrooms If PA State Budget Isn’t Passed Soon
-- Post-Gazette: PA Colleges, Students Feel Strains Of State Budget Impasse
-- Altoona Mirror: Federal Funding For School Meal Funding Runs Dry At Area Schools
-- AP: 1 Dead, 6 Injured In Shooting At Lincoln University Homecoming In Chester County
-- Spotlight PA: Penn State Loses Fight To Keep Internal Trustee Documents Hidden As Commonwealth Court Sides With Spotlight PA
-- The Center Square: Liberals And Conservatives Overlap In Rejecting President’s College Education ‘Compact’
-- Health Care
-- TribLive: Local Medical Experts Provide Clarity On Conflicting Federal COVID Vaccine Guidelines
-- TribLive: PA Officials Roll Up Sleeves For COVID Shots And Encourage Residents To Follow
-- Beaver Times: Republican State Sen. Mastriano Looks To Forbid PA Colleges From Enforcing Strict Vaccine Mandates
-- WITF/Spotlight PA: How Pennsylvania’s Mental Health System Failed Those Who Needed It Most
-- TribLive: Facing Burnout, Stress And Shortages, PA Nurses Push To Limit Patient Workload
-- TribLive/USA Today: A Family Health Insurance Plan Now Costs Nearly $27,000; Costs Expected To Go Higher Because Of Congressional Inaction On Insurance Subsidies
-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: Federal Health Insurance Subsidy Talks Cannot Wait
-- Republican Herald Editorial: Now, Not Later, Is Best Time To Address Expiring Federal Health Insurance Subsidies
-- Spotlight PA: As Vaccine Policies Shift Under President’s Administration, PA Pediatricians Focus On Keeping Patients Informed
-- TribLive/PennLive: President’s $100,000 Visa Fee Could Worsen Doctor Shortages In Rural PA
-- Law Enforcement
-- Attorney General Sunday Announces Charges Against Canvassers, Field Director On Falsified Voter Registration Forms In Multiple Counties
-- TribLive: Westmoreland County Judge Nixes Request For A.I. Lawyer In Pending Murder Case
-- AP: 1 Dead, 6 Injured In Shooting At Lincoln University Homecoming In Chester County
-- York Dispatch: York Residents Stand Vigil Outside Federal ICE Facility In Protest
-- PennLive/Inquirer: Federal Judge Blocks Facebook From Revealing PA Activists Tracking Federal ICE On Social Media
-- The Economy
-- PA Capital-Star: For PA’s Soybean Farmers, President’s Trade Wars, Labor Shortages, Soaring Equipment Costs Are Only The Latest Struggles
Other
-- TribLive: Impact Of Property Tax Relief From Gambling Revenue Clouded By Outdated Formula
-- TribLive: United Steelworkers Elect First Woman President
[Posted: October 26, 2025]
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