Legislature
PA Lawmakers Call For Shutdown of Mariner East 2 Pipeline – DV Journal (delawarevalleyjournal.com)
Legislators hear of water woes from pipeline neighbors – Daily Local
Bills supporting Syringe Service programs reach Harrisburg, aim to combat drug addiction (abc27.com)
Pa. lawmakers must legalize syringe services programs | Opinion (inquirer.com)
Pennsylvania Highlights Need to Expand Services to Fight Substance Abuse – PennWatch
Pa. senate disapproves joining Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (wearecentralpa.com)
Pennsylvania Lawmakers Vote to Pull Out of Regional Carbon Pact (bloomberglaw.com)
Gov. Wolf and lawmakers to announce actions to prioritize environmental justice (abc27.com)
Can Pa. lawmakers beat the 90-day clock and solve redistricting puzzle? (abc27.com)
Proposed Bill Would Spare New Vehicles From Emissions Testing (sauconsource.com)
Pa. lawmakers push again to change probation system, but can they get it done? – pennlive.com
Gun reform urged on three-year mark of Pa. massacre · Spotlight PA
Guest editorial | Time to rein in quid pro quo culture of Harrisburg | Editorials | tribdem.com
House moves bill to add seniors to prescription drug program | WITF
Senate aims bill at preventing all-electric building codes | WITF
Pa. Senate passes bill that would prevent all-electric building codes – pennlive.com
Senate Committee passes safe exchange zone bill | News | tribdem.com
Coronavirus – COVID-19
Why Puerto Rico leads the U.S. in COVID vaccine rates, and what states can learn : NPR
October covid deaths exceed 100 in Allegheny County | TribLIVE.com
Business/Jobs
Nation’s labor chief joins picketers at Kellogg near Lancaster | WITF
Economic growth likely slowed sharply in the 3rd quarter. Here’s why : NPR
Pennsylvania construction jobs hard to fill despite good pay (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
Crime/Punishment
ACLU sues Montgomery County Courts over probation detention (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
Education
DeNaples doesn’t bid for Scranton busing contract | Education | thetimes-tribune.com
Elections/Politics
President Biden’s job approval is dropping in Pa.: F&M Poll – pennlive.com
Josh Shapiro breaks with Gov. Tom Wolf over strategy on climate change (inquirer.com)
Charles McElwee: Working-class voters will shape PA’s political future (broadandliberty.com)
Guest Opinion: Time for a new conservative ‘Contract with America’ (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
Environment
Transportation
I-83 South Bridge: Open houses, public meetings on replacement, tolling (ydr.com)
Health
FDA sets stronger safety warnings for breast implants (abc27.com)
Excela unveils $10 million robotic surgical center with focus on cancer | TribLIVE.com
State News
Legislation introduced to allow lawsuits against Amtrak | WITF
Time to end childhood lead poisoning in Pennsylvania (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
Bucks County YWCA to honor Boockvar over objections from lawmakers (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
A Q&A with Common Cause Pennsylvania’s Khalif Ali | City & State PA (cityandstatepa.com)
Keystone Link Coalition aims to find the link between child and animal abuse (abc27.com)
Among top horror movies, Pennsylvania is the deadliest state (poconorecord.com)
Fall turkey hunting numbers far below historic levels as season opens Saturday – pennlive.com
PA election audit: Voters, voting groups get status in lawsuit (theintell.com)
National News
U.S. issues first passport with a nonbinary gender ‘X’ option : NPR
A Parole Commission mishap robbed him of full freedom after prison : NPR
Oil company CEOs will discuss climate policies at Congress : NPR
Kansas City plans the U.S.’s first soccer stadium built for women : NPR
Stacey Abrams group donates $1.34M to pay people’s medical debts : NPR
Ransomware gang says it hacked the National Rifle Association (abc27.com)
US park service, tourism group partner to highlight tribes — from Pa. to Oregon | WITF
Local News
Is Aqua’s ‘No Rate Hike’ Pledge a Hollow Promise? – DV Journal (delawarevalleyjournal.com)
PMVB received the NEPA Alliance Regional Leadership Award. (poconorecord.com)
Ebensburg’s tentative budget holds line on taxes | News | tribdem.com
Reading to use a $20,000 Pa. grant to create a more walkable city (readingeagle.com)
Pitt
Three years after the Tree of Life shooting, Pittsburgh remembers the 11 worshippers killed | WITF
What social media had to say on the anniversary of the Tree of Life attack | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A master plan for the energy mecca of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh considers converting all streetlights to LED in proposed $16M project | TribLIVE.com
3 of 6 open seats on Allegheny County Council contested in Nov. 2 election | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Black leaders seek ‘city of peace’ | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Philly
Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium primary care clinic in Philadelphia opens next week (inquirer.com)
Black Philadelphians must fight segregation with economic empowerment | Solomon Jones (inquirer.com)
Mayor Kenney hopeful Co-Responder program improves police interactions | Local News | phillytrib.com
Philadelphia police to get stun guns after Wallace shooting | Local News | phillytrib.com
Washington
Biden’s meeting with Pope Francis will be both official and deeply personal : NPR
Biden bound for global summits as domestic agenda in limbo | News | tribdem.com
Paid family leave falls out of Biden bill as tempers rise – Daily Local
Democrats Rush to Rewrite U.S. Tax Code in Days – The New York Times (nytimes.com)