-- Gov. Shapiro
-- Erie Times/USA Today: What Shapiro Is Running On In Bid For 2nd Term As PA Governor
-- TribLive/Inquirer: Gov. Shapiro Endorses Democrat Bob Harvie’s Campaign To Out Republican Cong. Brian Fitzpatrick In Bucks County Seat
-- Spotlight PA: State Task Force Hunting Misleading A.I. Chatbots As Shapiro Administration Vows Legal Crackdown
-- Wall Street Journal Editorial: Pennsylvania’s New Education Hope - Conservative Billionaire Jeff Yass Prize Fund - As Gov. Shapiro Works Against School Choice
-- Fortune Magazine: Microsoft A.I. Chief Gives It 18 Months - For All White-Collar Work To Be Automated By A.I.
-- The Economist: Prepare For An A.I. Jobs Apocalypse - Governments Should Lay A Safety-Net
-- Race For Governor
-- Erie Times/USA Today: What Shapiro Is Running On In Bid For 2nd Term As PA Governor
-- Budget 2026
-- The Center Square: Projected State Budget Deficit Of $5.7 Billion By Independent Fiscal Office Prompts Prediction Of [Another] ‘Crisis’ In Pennsylvania
-- AP: President Proposes To Suspend Federal Tax On Gasoline (18.4 cents), Diesel (24.4 cents) That Supports Highway, Bridge, Transit Projects [Gasoline Went Up $1.55/Gallon In PA Since President’s War On Iran Began]
-- PA House/Senate
-- Spotlight PA: Lebanon County Man Arrested For Making ‘Politically Violent’ Threats Against 20 Democratic State Lawmakers For Being ‘Gun Grabbing Communists!’
-- WESA: List Of Democratic PA Lawmakers Threatened By Lebanon County Man Grows To 36
-- Spotlight PA: State Police Take Blame For Failing To Notify Lawmakers About Violent Threats, Promise A Better Alert Process
-- Scranton Times: State House, Senate Candidates Stake Out Positions On A.I. Data Centers
-- PennLive: $1 Million Flows Into Heated PA State Senate Primary In Berks, Lancaster, Lebanon Counties
-- TribLive: Bartolotta, Buchtan Square Off In Contentious Republican State Senate Primary In Washington County
-- WTAE: President Nominates Republican PA State Sen. Doug Mastriano As US Ambassador To Slovakia
-- US Senate/House
-- Inquirer: Fetterman Casts Deciding Vote Supporting President’s War On Iran
-- PA US Sen. Fetterman Introduces Legislation To Promote Development Of LNG Natural Gas Export Facilities; LNG Facilities Proposed In PA Communities Already Overburdened By Pollution [PaEN]
-- TribLive/PennLive: US Senate Democrats Rally Around Fetterman, Say Critics Need To ‘Show Some Respect’
-- TribLive/Inquirer: Gov. Shapiro Endorses Democrat Bob Harvie’s Campaign To Out Republican Cong. Brian Fitzpatrick In Bucks County Seat
-- 2026 Elections
-- Post-Gazette: The New Political Era Of Insurgent Candidates Is Roiling The PA Primary Election
-- TribLive/Inquirer: Gov. Shapiro Endorses Democrat Bob Harvie’s Campaign To Out Republican Cong. Brian Fitzpatrick In Bucks County Seat
-- PennLive: $1 Million Flows Into Heated PA State Senate Primary In Berks, Lancaster, Lebanon Counties
-- Spotlight PA: ‘Skill’ Gambling Games, Sports Betting Interests Spending Millions Competing Over 3 Republican State Senate Primaries
-- TribLive: Bartolotta, Buchtan Square Off In Contentious Republican State Senate Primary In Washington County
-- Elections
-- President’s War On Iran
-- May 17: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Same As Yesterday, Now $1.53/Gallon Higher To $4.64 Since Feb. 27 [Armstrong County Average Price Still Highest at $4.91]
-- May 17: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $4.51 Ohio- $4.54 PA- $4.64
-- Feb. 27: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $2.98 Ohio- $2.79 PA- $3.11
-- Inquirer: Fetterman Casts Deciding Vote Supporting President’s War On Iran
-- TribLive: Rising Fuel Costs, Asphalt Prices, Salt Usage Strain Local Road Budgets
-- TribLive Editorial: Asphalt, Oil And The High Cost Of Smooth Roads
-- AP: President Proposes To Suspend Federal Tax On Gasoline (18.4 cents), Diesel (24.4 cents) That Supports Highway, Bridge, Transit Projects [Gasoline Went Up $1.55/Gallon In PA Since President’s War On Iran Began]
-- Wall Street Journal: The Oil Shock Is Causing A $45 Billion Rupture In The Economy Slamming Consumers While Boosting Investors
-- Financial Times: President’s Iran War Is Ripping Across The US Economy At A Cost Of Hundreds Of Billions Of Dollars In Lost Output, Soaring Fuel Prices, Rising Borrowing Costs, Supply Chain Disruptions [PDF of Article]
-- PA Impacts Of President’s Policies
-- PennLive: Abuse Claims, Protests, Surround Clearfield County Federal ICE Prison [Part 1 of 8]
-- PennLive: Immigrant To PA Followed The Law, But Then A Lawyer’s Error Changed Everything; ICE Arrested Him [Part 2 of 8]
-- WVIA: House Federal ICE Detainees Means Millions Of Dollars For Pike County
-- TribLive/Spotlight PA: First Amendment Rights At Center Of Clash Between PA Schools, Students Over Federal ICE Walkouts
-- Fortune Magazine: Microsoft A.I. Chief Gives It 18 Months - For All White-Collar Work To Be Automated By A.I.
-- The Economist: Prepare For An A.I. Jobs Apocalypse - Governments Should Lay A Safety-Net
-- New Federal Administration
-- WTAE: President Nominates Republican PA State Sen. Doug Mastriano As US Ambassador To Slovakia
-- Miscellaneous State/Harrisburg Politics
-- TribLive Editorial: Do Wecht, Fetterman, Catena Point To Changing Democratic Party?
-- A.I. /Data Centers
-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - May 18 [PaEN]
-- The Center Square: Citizens A.I. Data Center Town Hall Speakers Criticize Industry, Shapiro, Secrecy [Vast Extent Of Intense Opposition To PA Data Center Boom Bulldozing Communities Evident In Town Hall]
-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Outpouring Of Frustration Over PA’s Rapid A.I. Data Center Growth At Citizens Online Town Hall Meeting
-- AP: As Electric Bills Rise, Some States Are Focusing On The Growing Profits Of Utilities [PA Featured]
-- Scranton Times: Opponents Sound Off On Wildcat Ridge A.I. Data Center Campus Noise Projections In Archbald [588 Backup Diesel Generators Tested Monthly Exempt From Noise Limits]
-- Better Path Coalition Briefing: May 18 Webinar On Data Center Noise - Understanding Community Impacts [PaEN]
-- DEP Considering Permits For 17 A.I. Data Center Projects, Aware Of 34 Other Proposals; Data Centers In Fast Track Permitting Program Need Same Permits, Meet Same Standards As Everyone Else [PaEN]
-- PUC Releases Final Order Establishing First-of-Its-Kind Voluntary Large Load (Data Center) Model Tariff Framework [PaEN]
-- PUC Commissioners Tell PA US Senators Federal Permitting Reform Should Maintain State Oversight of Transmission Line Siting Projects [PaEN]
-- UGI Energy Services, Prime Data Centers Announce $100 Million Partnership To Develop New Natural Gas Infrastructure For A Power Plant To Feed A.I. Data Center Development, Likely In Cameron, Potter Or Tioga Counties [PaEN]
-- PJM Interconnection Issues Hot Weather Alert For May 18 For Entire Footprint, May 19 For Mid-Atlantic, Southern Regions [PaEN]
-- Utility Dive: PJM Grid Operator May Be ‘Too Big To Function:’ FERC Chairman Swett
-- Spotlight PA: State Task Force Hunting Misleading A.I. Chatbots As Shapiro Administration Vows Legal Crackdown
-- Fortune Magazine: Microsoft A.I. Chief Gives It 18 Months - For All White-Collar Work To Be Automated By A.I.
-- The Economist: Prepare For An A.I. Jobs Apocalypse - Governments Should Lay A Safety-Net
-- International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
-- May 17: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Same As Yesterday, Now $1.53/Gallon Higher To $4.64 Since Feb. 27 [Armstrong County Average Price Still Highest at $4.91]
-- May 17: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $4.51 Ohio- $4.54 PA- $4.64
-- Feb. 27: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $2.98 Ohio- $2.79 PA- $3.11
-- TribLive: Rising Fuel Costs, Asphalt Prices, Salt Usage Strain Local Road Budgets
-- TribLive Editorial: Asphalt, Oil And The High Cost Of Smooth Roads
-- PJM Interconnection Issues Hot Weather Alert For May 18 For Entire Footprint, May 19 For Mid-Atlantic, Southern Regions [PaEN]
-- DEP Considering Permits For 17 A.I. Data Center Projects, Aware Of 34 Other Proposals; Data Centers In Fast Track Permitting Program Need Same Permits, Meet Same Standards As Everyone Else [PaEN]
-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - May 18 [PaEN]
-- AP: As Electric Bills Rise, Some States Are Focusing On The Growing Profits Of Utilities [PA Featured]
-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: UGI Natural Gas Supply Cost For Default Customers Not Changing June 1; Will Be An Increase Dec. 1
-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs- 17-- Dropped One From Last Week
-- PA US Sen. Fetterman Introduces Legislation To Promote Development Of LNG Natural Gas Export Facilities; LNG Facilities Proposed In PA Communities Already Overburdened By Pollution [PaEN]
-- Reuters: European Union Warns Rising Reliance On US Natural Gas Brings Dependency, Price Risks
-- Reuters: EIA: US Natural Gas Output To Hit Record High In 2026, While Demand Declines
-- Bloomberg: Clean Energy Seen As ‘Immune’ To Hormuz-Style Fossil Fuel Price Shocks
-- UGI Energy Services, Prime Data Centers Announce $100 Million Partnership To Develop New Natural Gas Infrastructure For A Power Plant To Feed A.I. Data Center Development, Likely In Cameron, Potter Or Tioga Counties [PaEN]
-- AP: President Proposes To Suspend Federal Tax On Gasoline (18.4 cents), Diesel (24.4 cents) That Supports Highway, Bridge, Transit Projects [Gasoline Went Up $1.55/Gallon In PA Since President’s War On Iran Began]
-- Wall Street Journal: The Oil Shock Is Causing A $45 Billion Rupture In The Economy Slamming Consumers While Boosting Investors
-- Financial Times: President’s Iran War Is Ripping Across The US Economy At A Cost Of Hundreds Of Billions Of Dollars In Lost Output, Soaring Fuel Prices, Rising Borrowing Costs, Supply Chain Disruptions [PDF of Article]
-- Flooding
-- Natural Resources Conservation Service-PA: Emergency Watershed Program Completes Final Tropical Storm Debby Recovery Project In Clearfield County
-- Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Explosion
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: US Steel, Contractor Contest Federal OSHA Citation Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Explosion That Killed 2, Injured 12
-- TribLive: Allegheny County Council Approves New Regulations For US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works As Required In Consent Decree Following 2018 Plant Explosion [Not The 2025 Explosion]
-- Education
-- WHYY: Years After COVID Pandemic, Learning Loss Has Left PA Schools Lagging Behind Much Of The US
-- TribLive/Spotlight PA: First Amendment Rights At Center Of Clash Between PA Schools, Students Over Federal ICE Walkouts
-- Wall Street Journal Editorial: Pennsylvania’s New Education Hope - Conservative Billionaire Jeff Yass Prize Fund - As Gov. Shapiro Works Against School Choice
-- Health Care
-- TribLive: PA Home Healthcare Crisis: Low Medicaid Rates Drive Nursing Shortage
-- Spotlight PA: Workers In Penn State Health Operating Rooms Raised Alarms About Safety, Sterilization
-- TribLive: PA Hospitals To Get $572 Million In Delayed COVID Reimbursements From FEMA
-- Law Enforcement
-- Spotlight PA: Lebanon County Man Arrested For Making ‘Politically Violent’ Threats Against 20 Democratic State Lawmakers For Being ‘Gun Grabbing Communists!’
-- WESA: List Of Democratic PA Lawmakers Threatened By Lebanon County Man Grows To 36
-- Spotlight PA: State Police Take Blame For Failing To Notify Lawmakers About Violent Threats, Promise A Better Alert Process
-- PennLive: Abuse Claims, Protests, Surround Clearfield County Federal ICE Prison [Part 1 of 8]
-- PennLive: Immigrant To PA Followed The Law, But Then A Lawyer’s Error Changed Everything; ICE Arrested Him [Part 2 of 8]
-- WVIA: House Federal ICE Detainees Means Millions Of Dollars For Pike County
-- The Economy
-- Wall Street Journal: The Oil Shock Is Causing A $45 Billion Rupture In The Economy Slamming Consumers While Boosting Investors
-- Financial Times: President’s Iran War Is Ripping Across The US Economy At A Cost Of Hundreds Of Billions Of Dollars In Lost Output, Soaring Fuel Prices, Rising Borrowing Costs, Supply Chain Disruptions [PDF of Article]
-- Fortune Magazine: Microsoft A.I. Chief Gives It 18 Months - For All White-Collar Work To Be Automated By A.I.
-- The Economist: Prepare For An A.I. Jobs Apocalypse - Governments Should Lay A Safety-Net
[Posted: May 17, 2026]
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