Legislatura
Rep. Bizzarro: GOP using redistricting amendment to grab full control (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
Congressional redistricting map approved by Pennsylvania House | Pennsylvania | thecentersquare.com
Proposed Pa. congressional district map approved by House, moves on to Senate (abc27.com)
State House approves new redistricting map as court challenges loom | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pa. House approves proposed congressional map as court challenges loom · Spotlight PA
Last chance to comment on new legislative districts looms (dailylocal.com)
Twitter backlash over Lehigh County controller claim of GOP creating ‘ghetto’ – lehighvalleylive.com
PA Lawmakers Renew Plea To Halt Mariner East 2 Pipeline | Lower Providence, PA Patch
3 SEPA Legislators Ask AG Shapiro to Illegally Shut Down ME2 Pipe | Marcellus Drilling News
Inspection Finds DelVal Dems’ Pipeline Complaints Unfounded – DV Journal (delawarevalleyjournal.com)
Taxpayers’ high price for secrecy | Editorial | citizensvoice.com
Coronavirus - COVID-19
El coronavirus en Pensilvania, en cifras | City & State PA (cityandstatepa.com)
Biden redoubling focus on testing amid shortages, confusion – Daily Local
Central Bucks officials vote against CDC coronavirus guidelines (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
Is Omicron Peaking? – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
China: Over 20 million in COVID-19 lockdown ahead of 2022 Olympics : NPR
The public is tuning out health messaging about omicron, as cases surge : Shots – Health News : NPR
COVID is raging and Americans are tuning out | WITF
Fauci: Omicron will infect ‘just about everybody’ (abc27.com)
Soaring COVID-19 cases renew US debate over mask mandates | News | standardspeaker.com
Debates over school mask policies intensify as COVID numbers spike | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Berks doctors watching to see if high level of COVID cases will soon peak (readingeagle.com)
Cannabis compounds may stop COVID-19 infection, study suggests – pennlive.com
Kids’ low COVID-19 vaccination rates called a ‘gut punch’ | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Philly-area schools are adopting some CHOP guidelines while ignoring others (inquirer.com)
COVID-19’s omicron sends Erie hospital admisisons soaring (goerie.com)
COVID cases at Cambria prison continue to climb; in-person visits halted | News | tribdem.com
Experts: Omicron tidal wave makes COVID-19 case counts less meaningful | Coronavirus | tribdem.com
Empresa/Trabajo
Bucks County businesses raise wages, offer bonuses in worker shortage (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
Grocery store shortages are back. Here are some of the reasons why : NPR
US shoppers find some groceries scarce due to virus, weather | News | phillytrib.com
Unionization efforts spread across US for Amazon, Starbucks (abc27.com)
With U.S. inflation hitting a 39-year high, Federal Reserve knows its next move – pennlive.com
Inflation at 40-year high pressures consumers, Fed and Biden | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Four ways Americans are feeling inflation (inquirer.com)
Vanguard CEO, top execs offer stock & bond, inflation forecasts for 2022 and beyond (inquirer.com)
Delito/Castigo
Educación
Americans choose jobs over college : NPR
Most Scranton schools to go virtual after COVID cases spike | Education | thetimes-tribune.com
Hazleton Area schools finished 2020-21 in the black, audit shows | Education | standardspeaker.com
Bellefonte school board returns to Native American logo and ‘Red Raiders’ nickname | WITF
Wilkes-Barre Area could seek new deal to sell Meyers | Education | citizensvoice.com
Central Bucks officials vote against CDC coronavirus guidelines (theintell.com)
Elecciones/Política
Special election to be held to replace State Senator on May 17th | WOLF (fox56.com)
New poll finds abortion rights is a top priority for Democrats : NPR
David McCormick makes Senate campaign official after Democrats asks for investigation | WITF
Trumpworld descends on the Pennsylvania Senate race – NewsBreak
‘Why lie to me?’ Pennsylvania senate race rivals attack carpetbaggery (fox29.com)
West Manchester Township supervisor testifies against preliminary state Senate proposal (ydr.com)
Medio ambiente
Transporte
Salud
Pennsylvania faces fentanyl overdose crisis; not enough beds for teens (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
Editorial: Amid a cascade of health crises, one thing we can do (mainlinemedianews.com)
Noticias del Estado
Investigators probe wreckage of crashed medical helicopter | State & Region | phillytrib.com
Popular Pennsylvania spot named among 10 best winter fishing destinations in country – pennlive.com
The state of agriculture in Pennsylvania | Smart Talk (witf.org)
Noticias nacionales
US lawmakers pay honor to late Sen. Harry Reid | ABC27
Germany’s Syria torture trial results in a guilty verdict : NPR
Clyde Bellecourt, co-founder of the American Indian Movement, dies at 85 : NPR
Ronnie Spector, ’60s icon who sang ‘Be My Baby,’ dies at 78 (abc27.com)
U.S. Army increases bonuses to $50,000 for some new recruits : NPR
No Ukraine breakthrough, but NATO and Russia eye more talks | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Ohio Supreme Court strikes down GOP-drawn plan for legislative districts | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Noticias locales
Lower Makefield welcomes 2022 with swearing in ceremony, new board leadership – thereporteronline
New designation will help improve West Scranton | News | thetimes-tribune.com
Shenandoah council adopts 2022 budget with no tax increase | News | standardspeaker.com
Berks weather: Some kind of storm is likely Sunday into Monday (readingeagle.com)
Martin Luther King Jr. events in Lehigh Valley – The Morning Call (mcall.com)
Montgomery County town is fighting over last large undeveloped parcel (inquirer.com)
Winter storm could bring all snow or a wintry mix to central Pa. (ydr.com)
Warner Theatre in Erie: After $27M makeover iconic theater ready to reopen (goerie.com)
Erie Refocused tackles the ‘really big lifts’ of community development (goerie.com)
Count it again: City of Erie to challenge 2020 U.S. Census (goerie.com)
Receiver intends to go to court over Chester elected officials’ salaries (delcotimes.com)
Pitt
Pittsburgh Public Schools updates its list of closures | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Port Authority, operators union at odds over vaccination mandate | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Yes to Wilkinsburg annexation | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Filadelfia
Krasner blames gun prosecution failures on stop-and-frisk policing (broadandliberty.com)
Netflix remaking ‘The Raid,’ but setting it in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood (inquirer.com)
Washington
Dems switch strategy on voting bill as Biden pushes action – Daily Local
The top House Republican won’t comply with Jan. 6 panel request to voluntarily testify : NPR
Democrats chart path forward on voting rights legislation : NPR
Senate passes bill to honor Emmett Till and his mother | News | phillytrib.com
McEnany sits down with Jan. 6 investigators (theworldnews.net)