Legislatura
Legislature needs to find balance in fireworks restrictions | News, Sports, Jobs – The Sentinel (lewistownsentinel.com)
Pa. lawmakers eye stronger guidelines as school districts enhance security measures | TribLIVE.com
Lawyers, guns and money: $50 million in state grants for gun crime opening to PA counties soon – NewsBreak
Steelers star and other veterans highlighting impact of closed primaries on those who served – Pennsylvania Capital-Star (penncapital-star.com)
If anti-trans lawmakers got their way, I might not be alive today | Opinion – Pennsylvania Capital-Star (penncapital-star.com)
Coronavirus - COVID-19
The White House is suspending its free COVID-19 testing kit program : NPR
Empresa/Trabajo
PA Labor and Industry secretary hears small business hiring woes (delcotimes.com)
The new labor movement might save America. This is why | Opinion – Pennsylvania Capital-Star (penncapital-star.com)
Used car prices jumped in central Pa. with rest of nation, but dealers see market cooling – pennlive.com
Families forced to deal with rising prices as students return to school | Times Leader
Delito/Castigo
Thieves Scam Millions From Struggling Chester Upland School District – DV Journal (delawarevalleyjournal.com)
Montco man accused of beating an officer with a Trump flag during the Jan. 6 riot sentenced to nearly four years (inquirer.com)
Nuevo informe sobre el sesgo racial en Pa. Policía Estatal de tráfico se detiene retrasado por problemas de datos, dicen los funcionarios - Spotlight PA
The Philadelphia Police Department is short 1,300 officers. Here’s why the situation is about to get worse | TribLIVE.com
Educación
Pitt students to receive grants from extra $7.5 million university received – pennlive.com
In-state Pitt students to get $350 ‘grants’ from COVID-19 relief money | WITF
Daroff and Bluford charters reach a deal with the Philadelphia School District, leaving about 550 students to find other schools (inquirer.com)
Lebanon Valley College receives $5M grant to focus on global study – pennlive.com
A new school year begins. What are your goals for teachers and students? : NPR
Examining 3 of the arguments of the student loan forgiveness debate : NPR
Pennsylvania residents could pay taxes on their student loan relief (abc27.com)
Three players from Pa. football team retain law firm after hazing incident canceled season – The Morning Call (mcall.com)
To attract and retain Philly teachers, we must address the underlying causes of burnout (inquirer.com)
Elecciones/Política
The Philly GOP ousted him for possible ‘ballot harvesting’ last election. He’s back to help them (and the Green Party). (inquirer.com)
Pennsylvania Lt. Governor candidate Austin Davis visits Penn State students (abc27.com)
Doug Mastriano wore Confederate uniform for faculty photo | WITF
Trump isn’t going to jail. And that’s good news from Democrats | Bruce Ledewitz – Pennsylvania Capital-Star (penncapital-star.com)
Biden’s decision on student loans brings boost to both parties — for totally different reasons | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Thousands of Pennsylvania women, motivated by Roe decision, swell voter registration rolls | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Luzerne County Council to vote on ballot-sorting system purchase on Monday | News | standardspeaker.com
Medio ambiente
Oil slick spreads on the Delaware River near the old Festival Pier in Philly (inquirer.com)
Winter will be ‘memorable for all the wrong reasons,’ says The Old Farmer’s Almanac – pennlive.com
Young voters can save the planet | Opinion – pennlive.com
Plans for a gas station next to a bird-watching wetland in Huntingdon County spark opposition | WITF
Transporte
PennDOT seeks federal grant to upgrade Fort Duquesne, West End and McKees Rocks bridges | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Salud
Pennsylvania program sends out 10,000 anti-overdose medications | Pennsylvania | thecentersquare.com
Lancaster General Health unveils new cancer treatment center (abc27.com)
Monkeypox vaccine supply now sufficient, White House says (inquirer.com)
Critics attack UPMC Children’s over transgender care | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Nursing shortages and skilled unit closures are slowing down discharges at Pittsburgh hospitals | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Noticias del Estado
State hits Peco for improper shut offs of nearly 50,000 electric customers (inquirer.com)
Majority of funds for climate change program went to repave Bloomsburg parking lots | Pennsylvania | thecentersquare.com
Pennsylvania National Guard soldier, 17, dies after collapsing during training (abc27.com)
‘It could bring a tear to your eye’: Former Pa. Gov. Tom Ridge reflects on politics, Jan. 6, his health – pennlive.com
DEP to host public hearing on strengthening Pa.’s power grids | Monday Morning Coffee – Pennsylvania Capital-Star (penncapital-star.com)
SNAP, EBT card system outage strikes Pennsylvania (inquirer.com)
Pennsylvania nursing homes face new restriction on how they spend money (inquirer.com)
Noticias nacionales
NASA’s Artemis 1 launch | NPR
Spike in shootings and slayings since the pandemic began have become the norm. : NPR
Redacted Mar-a-Lago search affidavit unsealed (abc27.com)
Pakistan seeks international help for victims of flood that left nearly 1,000 dead (inquirer.com)
Few U.S. states delivered on promises to cut financial ties with Russia over war with Ukraine (inquirer.com)
Average U.S. long-term mortgage rates rise; 30-year at 5.55% (inquirer.com)
Howard University receives 2 bomb threats in a week as some HBCU students feel forgotten | News | phillytrib.com
International aid reaches flood-ravaged Pakistan : NPR
Jewish congregations mount legal challenges to state abortion bans – Pennsylvania Capital-Star (penncapital-star.com)
Household energy bills in Britain to soar by 80% | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Noticias locales
Hotel Bethlehem named best historic hotel in the country by USA Today for the second straight year (mcall.com)
KidsBerry Academy day care opens in Yardley Borough | The Bucks County Herald
Millennial farmers preserving traditions in the Pocono Mountains (poconorecord.com)
Letter: Inflation Reduction Act will help preserve Pocono environment (poconorecord.com)
Luzerne County Council wrestles with rising cost of prison repairs | Times Leader
Radon mitigation at work in Schuylkill County housing developments | Schuylkill | standardspeaker.com
New federal law will help numerous Berks veterans with service-connected health problems, officials say (readingeagle.com)
Event at Reading housing project helps launch new nonprofit (readingeagle.com)
Some backyard chickens be allowed in Bethlehem, Easton? (mcall.com)
Residents in this eastern Pa. township seek solutions to ‘epidemic’ of dead trees from the dreaded emerald ash borer – The Morning Call (mcall.com)
Pitt
Once a steel manufacturer, Pittsburgh site will soon produce gene therapies | WITF
Pittsburgh-area climate initiatives to receive a boost when long-awaited federal funds flow | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh City Council digs deeper into possible options to boost affordable housing | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Point Park program allows those with other degrees to pursue teaching career | TribLIVE.com
Filadelfia
Philadelphia’s new superintendent previews the 2022-23 school year (inquirer.com)
Philly’s new superintendent discusses goals for school year | Local News | phillytrib.com
School board abruptly closes 2 West Philadelphia charter schools | Local News | phillytrib.com
Philadelphians push for Roosevelt Boulevard subway project revival | Local News | phillytrib.com
Ski masks have got to go: Philadelphia City Council should ban them now – City & State Pennsylvania (cityandstatepa.com)
Washington Ave. roadwork begins on Monday. Here’s what you need to know. (inquirer.com)
El edificio LGBTQ-friendly de Filadelfia se ha convertido en un modelo nacional de vivienda asequible para personas mayores (inquirer.com)
Washington
Lower prescription prices to take time in new law | Health | phillytrib.com
How Congress has changed in the last four decades: From civility to open hostility (inquirer.com)
Inside Donald Trump’s war on the National Archives (inquirer.com)
