Legislature
Comitta highlights pediatric cancer tax credit – Daily Local
Sens. Host Public Hearing On Pregnancy Workplace Accommodations | Plymouth, PA Patch
Burns tours U.S. Steel facility; told mill search in infancy | News | tribdem.com
Legalize pot in Pa., says GOP state senator and ex-U.S. marshal (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
Pa. State Capitol fountain turns pink for Breast Cancer Awareness month (abc27.com)
PA House Committee Hears Plan to Toll Girard Point Bridge – DV Journal (delawarevalleyjournal.com)
Why doesn’t Pa. government practice equal pay for equal work? (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
Will PA Senate GOP issue subpoenas for voters’ information? The latest (poconorecord.com)
Pa. House OKs bill to make more pandemic data publicly available | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
House OKs bill to make more pandemic data publicly available | WITF
Coronavirus – COVID-19
Johnson & Johnson submits data to the FDA seeking approval for its COVID-19 booster – pennlive.com
COVID-19 hospitalizations fall again in Pa. – pennlive.com
GIANT offering Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster shot at most in-store pharmacies | ABC27
Monroe County COVID cases increased by 417 as of Sunday (poconorecord.com)
Vaccination rate nears three-quarters of those eligible in Delaware County – Delco Times
Business/Jobs
USPS holiday mail delays much better than last year, but some deliveries slower (inquirer.com)
IATSE members authorize a strike for better pay and working conditions : NPR
Lehigh Valley companies are paying big sign-on bonuses – The Morning Call (mcall.com)
Worker shortage hits home again as PennDOT seeks hundreds of workers to run snow plows | WITF
‘The Great Resignation’ and the impact on the American workplace | Smart Talk (witf.org)
Crime/Punishment
Historic gun violence sparks calls for more policing along Philly’s commercial corridors | WITF
Jefferson shooting is the latest example of workplace violence in health care (inquirer.com)
Bensalem police warn parents of possible cannabis Halloween candies (theintell.com)
Education
Ralliers support equitable funding for schools – Daily Local
Viral Tiktok challenge creates chaos for Midstate school district (abc27.com)
Penn Manor Superintendent Mike Leichliter to retire in 2022 | Local News | lancasteronline.com
Bus driver is any school district’s most underappreciated job (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
Guest commentary: PHEAA fulfilling mission to help Pennsylvania college students (readingeagle.com)
Hempfield Area school officials opt not to join mask lawsuit by 6-3 vote | TribLIVE.com
Elections/Politics
Police report says candidate was sideswiped in fatal crash (apnews.com)
Montgomery County to replace 16,000 misprinted mail ballots (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
Lehigh County executive debate takeaways – The Morning Call (mcall.com)
Northampton County ballot on-demand voting hours expanded – The Morning Call (mcall.com)
Countdown to election day; mail-in ballots to be sent next week | Election | citizensvoice.com
Election 2021: What you need to know about voting by mail in Berks (readingeagle.com)
Erie County voters’ guide to the Nov. 2 municipal election (goerie.com)
Conservatives Slam Anthony Fauci for Saying ‘Too Soon’ to Plan for Christmas (msn.com)
Environment
California oil spill could endanger birds, marine life for years, experts say : NPR
Bumble bee could be declared an endangered species – pennlive.com
Transportation
Snow preparations: PennDOT is gearing up for winter, needs workers (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
PennDOT preps for winter with driver shortage looming | News | citizensvoice.com
Health
Poll: Most Republicans oppose Texas abortion law provisions : NPR
State News
How Kelly, Casey, Toomey voted last week | Local News | ncnewsonline.com
Pa. school pension fund leaders seek to gag board members over leaks to media · Spotlight PA
Rental Assistance Workshop available for Pennsylvanians facing eviction (abc27.com)
State prosecutors abruptly halt pipeline probe announcement | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pa. Attorney General Josh Shapiro reschedules pipeline probe announcement | WITF
National News
Whistleblower to Congress: Facebook products harm children and weaken democracy : NPR
What caused the Facebook, Instagram outage on Monday? – pennlive.com
Pandora Papers show tax havens are part of global inequity problem : Goats and Soda : NPR
Refugee admissions hit record low, despite Biden’s reversal : NPR
Snapchat adds ‘Run for Office’ feature to help potential candidates : NPR
Bubba Wallace is just the second Black driver to win a NASCAR Cup Series race : NPR
How pumpkin spice changed the history of world (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
William Shatner will fly to space aboard Blue Origin rocket at age 90 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier had its first all-female guard change in history | WITF
Local News
Guest Opinion: Reelect DA Matt Weintraub (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
Harrisburg mayor makes first appointments to police advisory committee – pennlive.com
Early childhood education center to open in downtown Wilkes-Barre | News | citizensvoice.com
Power restored for more than 1,100 in Scranton | Crime-Emergency | thetimes-tribune.com
Staffing issues slow North Pocono mail delivery, frustrating customers | News | thetimes-tribune.com
Editorial: Reading has great opportunity amid tremendous challenges (readingeagle.com)
Luzerne County creating first assistant solicitor position | Times Leader
Northampton County’s 2022 budget includes a tax decrease – The Morning Call (mcall.com)
Solar energy project planned on former seminary property in Girard (goerie.com)
PennDOT announces $8.7 million 12th Street upgrade project for 2022 (goerie.com)
Pitt
Outraged Pittsburgh housing advocates call for reforms, CEO’s resignation | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh mayoral candidates Gainey, Moreno outline their visions for city’s future | TribLIVE.com
Philly
John Dougherty and Bobby Henon Local 98 bribery trial, explained (inquirer.com)
Applications open for Citizen Police Oversight Commission (audacy.com)
March in Philly for reproductive rights draws about 1,000 – WHYY
Philadelphia can’t curb the climate crisis without federal support | Opinion (inquirer.com)
Anrae James, killed in Jefferson Hospital shooting, left behind 3 children (inquirer.com)
Washington
‘Everybody is frustrated,’ Biden says as his agenda stalls (abc27.com)
Biden tells GOP to ‘get out of the way’ on debt limit | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Biden lifts abortion referral ban on family planning clinics : NPR
What Sen. Blumenthal’s ‘finsta’ flub says about Congress’ grasp of Big Tech : NPR
Why Biden is keeping key parts of Trump’s China trade policy : NPR
Fed officials should not be trading securities | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette