-- City & State PA: Year-Ed Q&A With Republican Senate Pro Tempore Kim Ward [Biggest Win - Eliminating RGGI Carbon Pollution Reduction Program Covering Power Plants That Was Never Implemented]
-- City & State PA: Q&A With PA House Republican Leader Jesse Topper
-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Wins For Working Families, PA Economy In 2025 - By Rep. Ryan Bizzarro (D)
-- TribLive Editorial: A Year Defined By Accountability
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Fred Rogers On The ‘Slender Threads’ That Hold Our Lives And Communities Together
-- Republican Herald Editorial: The Most Critical Fight In 2026 Is For Ourselves - The Blurry Line Between Reality And A.I. [PDF of Article]
-- Gov. Shapiro
-- Spotlight PA: Shapiro Leaves Board Of Pardons Seat Empty After Concerns Over Member’s ‘Inappropriate’ Questioning
-- Race For Governor
-- CBS21: Sources: Gov. Shapiro To Kick Off Reelection Campaign Jan. 8
-- PennLive: Republican PA State Treasurer Stacy Garrity Gets Nod From Conservative PAC In Governor Bid
-- Budget 2026
-- The Center Square: PA Public Transit Whiplash Ahead In 2026
-- Dept. Of Revenue Reports December Tax Revenue $238 Million (5%) Over It’s Estimates; Year-to-Date Up $238.7 Million (1.1%) Over Estimates
-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports December State Revenue Exceeded IFO Estimate By $184 Million (3.8%), Year-to-Date Up $215 million (1%)
-- PA House/Senate
-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Wins For Working Families, PA Economy In 2025 - By Rep. Ryan Bizzarro (D)
-- City & State PA: Year-Ed Q&A With Republican Senate Pro Tempore Kim Ward [Biggest Win - Eliminating RGGI Carbon Pollution Reduction Program Covering Power Plants That Was Never Implemented]
-- City & State PA: Q&A With PA House Republican Leader Jesse Topper
-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County State Sen. James Malone Tries To See Beyond Party Lines During First Year In Office
-- US Senate/House
-- PennLive/Inquirer: Republican Karen Dalton Seeking To Challenge Republican Con. Scott Perry In Primary
-- Morning Call Guest Essay: Congress Is Working To Help Americans Face The Cost Of Living - By Republican Cong. Ryan Mackenzie
-- Statewide Offices
-- PennLive: Republican PA State Treasurer Stacy Garrity Gets Nod From Conservative PAC In Governor Bid
-- York Dispatch/Inquirer: Republican PA Attorney General Dave Sunday, Democratic NJ AG Matthew Platkin Forge Unlikely Partnership
-- Special Elections
-- Post-Gazette: Mazzocco, Leckenby To Compete In Special PA House Election Feb. 24
-- Morning Call: Candidates Chosen For Special PA House Election In Lehigh Valley Feb. 24
-- Morning Call: Candidate Selection Process For PA House Special Election Leads One Candidate To Withdraw
-- 2026 Elections
-- TribLive Editorial: Preparing For The Politics Of 2026
-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: Pennsylvania Will Again Be In Political Spotlight In 2026 [PDF of Article]
-- PA Capital-Star: Pennsylvania Expected To Be Key Battleground For Congress In 2026
-- AP: After Quiet Off-Year Elections, Democrats Renew Worries About President Interfering In The Midterms
-- The Center Square: Ahead Of Midterms, Pennsylvania Politics Still Swinging
-- National Elections
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Democrats Won 90% Of Key Races In 2025, And Republicans Are Jumping Ship - By Mark Singel
-- Venezuela Action
-- TribLive: Western PA Federal Lawmakers Speak Out Following Capture Of Venezuelan President
-- Morning Call: Lehigh Valley, PA Lawmakers React To Venezuela Strikes: ‘Decisive Victory For US Security,’ And ‘Presents A Grave Danger’
-- Post-Gazette: Protesters Gather In Pittsburgh Opposing Attack On Venezuela, As McCormick, Fetterman Laud US Action, Lee And Deluzio Denounce Attack
-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Residents Gather To Protest ‘Insanity’ Of US Attack On Venezuela, Plans To Run South American Nation
-- Tribune-Democrat: Local Reactions To Venezuelan President Capture Vary With Protests, Support
-- WNEP: Venezuelans In NE PA Speaking Out About Maduro’s Arrest, Express Hope For Country
-- KYW: Philly’s Venezuelan Community Finds Hope Amid US Strike
-- WHYY: Philadelphia Protesters Condemn US Strikes In Venezuela, Maduro’s Capture
-- Protesting The President
-- Post-Gazette: Investors Remain Outraged Over President’s Order To Free Convicted Fraudster That Fleeced Thousands Of People With Ties To Pittsburgh Area
-- WITF: Mennonite Action Spurs Political Organizing Among Lancaster’s Progressive Anabaptists
-- PA Impacts Of President’s Policies
-- Morning Call Guest Essay: America’s Latest Health Crisis Is Now Here [Caused By Congressional Republican Inaction On Health Insurance] - By Maureene May, PA Nurses
-- Morning Call Guest Essay: Congress Is Working To Help Americans Face The Cost Of Living - By Republican Cong. Ryan Mackenzie
-- Republican Herald: Petition Supporting Schuylkill County Man Detained By Federal ICE Attracting Signatures
-- New Federal Administration
-- Financial Times: Bethlehem [PA’s] Former Steelworkers Watch As President Promises Revival [PDF of Article]
-- Federal Government
-- The Center Square: PA Grabs $193 Million In Federal Funding For Rural Health
-- PA’s Role In Assault On US Capitol
-- TribLive/AP: Jan. 6 Assault On US Capitol ‘Does Not Happen’ Without President, Former Prosecutor Tells Congress
-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Five Years Later, A New Effort To Rewrite Jan. 6 Assault On US Capitol - By Jonathan Salant, former Post-Gazette journalist
-- Miscellaneous State/Harrisburg Politics
-- PennLive - John Baer: Can You Pass A 2026 Pennsylvania Politics Quiz?
-- A.I. /Data Centers
-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - January 5 [PaEN]
-- PA House Committee Approves Legislation Giving Local Officials Greater Say Over Regional-Scale Developments Like A.I. Data Centers, Warehouses [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Pittsburgh’s A.I. Skepticism Isn’t Ignorance, It’s Memory [Collapse Of Steel] - People Have ‘Every Right To Be Furious’ - By Desmond Daley, Physician and Pittsburgh Resident [PDF of Article]
-- Warren Times: Don’t Count On Lower Electricity Prices In 2026 [Data Centers Driving Increases]
-- PennLive Letter: President’s War On Wind Energy Will Make Your Electric Bill Higher - By David Kyle, New Columbia
-- PennLive Guest Essay: The Public’s A.I. Power Problem Is Not Electricity, It’s The Failure To Protect Ratepayers From Costs They Did Not Choose- Matt Hasan, Ph.D, CEO of aiRESULTS
-- International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
-- AAA Average Gasoline Prices: National- $2.83 Ohio- $2.60 PA- $3.03
-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs - 18 - Same For 6 Weeks
-- National Fuel Gas Projects 2026-27 Natural Gas Costs To Increase 6.82%
-- WTAJ: National Fuel Natural Gas Prices Set To Rise For Over 200,000 Pennsylvanians In 2026
-- Beaver Times: National Fuel Gas Projected To Raise PA Customers’ Rates 6.82% In August
-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Pittsburgh’s A.I. Skepticism Isn’t Ignorance, It’s Memory [Collapse Of Steel] - People Have ‘Every Right To Be Furious’ - By Desmond Daley, Physician and Pittsburgh Resident [PDF of Article]
-- The Center Square: New Year, Old Challenges As A.I. Data Centers Face Uncertain Path To Power Connections, PA’s Electrical Grid ‘Buckling’ Under Rising Demand
-- The Center Square: Battle To Modernize Pennsylvania’s Energy Generation Mix Will Rage On In 2026, While Preparing For A Surge In New Demand From A.I. Data Centers
-- Wall Street Journal: Be Prepared To Keep Paying More For Electricity - A.I. Data Center Demands, Rising Natural Gas Prices, Grid Infrastructure Costs [PDF of Article]
-- TribLive/AP: US Plans To Tap Oil Reserves In Venezuela President Says After Operation To Pluck Maduro From Power
-- Reuters: Venezuelan Oil Industry: World’s Largest Reserves, Decaying Infrastructure [Venezuela- 303 Billion Barrels, Saudi Arabia- 267 Billion Barrels, US- 48.3 Billion Barrels]
-- The Guardian: US Oil Giants Silent On President’s Claim They Will Spend Billions On Venezuelan Oil
-- Reuters Commentary: Five Energy Market Trends To Track In 2026 - The Year Of The Oil, LNG Natural Gas Glut
-- Reuters Commentary: The 2025 Energy Transition In 8 Charts - Clean Wins, Dirty Setbacks
-- Flooding
-- Warren Times: Kinzua Dam To Increase Water Releases Due To Rainfall, Snow Melt
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Completed Seawall Protects DC Cherry Trees, Memorials From Flooding Caused By Rising Sea Levels In Tidal Basin
-- Gas Explosions
-- Bucks Courier Times: Lawyer: PECO, Nursing Home Were Aware Of Natural Gas Leak For 2 Hours Before Deadly Blast
-- Bucks Courier Times: Residents Smelled Natural Gas Days Before Nursing Home Explosion In Bucks County; No 911 Calls For Gas Odor
-- Train Derailments
-- WPXI: Over 2 Dozen Train Cars Derail In Butler County Community Carrying Iron Pellets
-- Education
-- The Center Square: Pennsylvania’s Rocky Education Landscape In 2025
-- Post-Gazette: More Pittsburgh-Area Students Turn To The Trades As College Costs Rise
-- Spotlight PA: Penn State Board Deliberated In Public More Often This Year, Analysis Shows
-- TribLive Editorial: Penn State Trustees Still Aren’t Talking Enough In Public
-- Health Care
-- TribLive - Jack Troy: Flu Cases Spiking, Respiratory Illnesses Rising In PA
-- The Center Square: PA Grabs $193 Million In Federal Funding For Rural Health
-- Morning Call Guest Essay: America’s Latest Health Crisis Is Now Here [Caused By Congressional Republican Inaction On Health Insurance] - By Maureene May, PA Nurses
-- Law Enforcement
-- Spotlight PA: Shapiro Leaves Board Of Pardons Seat Empty After Concerns Over Member’s ‘Inappropriate’ Questioning
-- Republican Herald: Petition Supporting Schuylkill County Man Detained By Federal ICE Attracting Signatures
-- The Economy
-- Post-Gazette: More Pittsburgh-Area Students Turn To The Trades As College Costs Rise
-- Financial Times: Bethlehem [PA’s] Former Steelworkers Watch As President Promises Revival [PDF of Article]
-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Pittsburgh’s A.I. Skepticism Isn’t Ignorance, It’s Memory [Collapse Of Steel] - People Have ‘Every Right To Be Furious’ - By Desmond Daley, Physician and Pittsburgh Resident [PDF of Article]
[Posted: January 4, 2026]
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