Legislature
Pa.’s budget is officially late. Here’s the latest. · Spotlight PA
GOP should leverage election reform in budget stalemate, Trump says (goerie.com)
What does a late budget mean for Pennsylvania? | State | standardspeaker.com
Pa. budget talks bog down (mcall.com)
Pa. Senate approves bill restricting fireworks | Pittsburgh City Paper (pghcitypaper.com)
Reps set to battle over Pa. abortions | News, Sports, Jobs – The Sentinel (lewistownsentinel.com)
More than 300 turn out to honor memory of late state Rep. Mike Reese | TribLIVE.com
Doylestown Rec gets $1 million from state – Lower Bucks Times
Coronavirus – COVID-19
COVID-19 vaccine for infants, toddlers, won’t be a many pharmacies (inquirer.com)
COVID-19 vaccine for infants, toddlers, won’t be at many pharmacies (inquirer.com)
Business/Jobs
Inflation reaches a record 8.6% for countries using the euro – pennlive.com
Inflation is making homelessness worse (inquirer.com)
Surging fuel costs are causing demand destruction, oil trader says (inquirer.com)
Hard Rock deal ends casino strike threat in Atlantic City (inquirer.com)
Crime/Punishment
Education
Lehigh Valley property taxes, needy schools on minds of Pa. lawmakers (mcall.com)
F. Christopher Goins starts tenure as Girard College president | Local News | phillytrib.com
Central Bucks unequal pay likely to be collective action (theintell.com)
Elections/Politics
Environment
Pennsylvania energy lawsuits expected to have limited impact | Pennsylvania | thecentersquare.com
The U.S. is ditching coal. The Supreme Court ruling won’t change that. | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Transportation
New Stonewall Bridge in Cumberland County opens to traffic – pennlive.com
Lehigh Valley airport seeing rebound after COVID (mcall.com)
Congressman calls for PennDOT Secretary to resign over toll bridge plans (abc27.com)
Amtrak waiting to hear from Lehigh Valley about bringing back passenger rail – pennlive.com
Reproductive Rights
Biden discusses abortion access options with Dem governors (inquirer.com)
Texas clinics halt abortions after state high court ruling | WITF
Supreme Court’s abortion decision puts doctors in legal limbo : Shots – Health News : NPR
Post-Roe, states struggle with conflicting abortion bans | News | phillytrib.com
Pro-Roe v. Wade March attracts 400 demonstrators to Downingtown – Daily Local
Veterans worry about the erosion of their constitutional rights : NPR
Guest Opinion: Protect life after birth, too (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
Guest Opinion: Pregnancy makes women responsible for two lives (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
Guest Opinion: War declared on women’s rights (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
How vaccine foes co-opted the slogan ‘my body, my choice’ : Shots – Health News : NPR
The end of Roe v. Wade raises fear of more prosecutions for pregnancy loss : NPR
Why overturning Roe v. Wade strengthens American democracy | Opinion (inquirer.com)
After two ectopic pregnancies, I fear what might happen without Roe v. Wade (inquirer.com)
Health
Clergy of color face unprecedented mental health challenges (inquirer.com)
State News
For a rural Pennsylvania area, a cryptocurrency mine brought noise pollution | WITF
National News
Akron police release bodycam video of Jayland Walker shooting | WKSU
WATCH: ‘What to the slave is the Fourth of July?’ By Frederick Douglass : NPR
‘Join us in California’: Newsom targets GOP in Florida ad (abc27.com)
Danish police say deadly shooting was apparently a random attack : NPR
A gunman killed 2 people and wounded 3 police officers in Texas : NPR
USPS stamp prices are about to go up (abc27.com)
Racism is still a big problem in the US, but this trend offers some hope | News | phillytrib.com
Ukraine’s farmers face Russia’s blockade and ordinance in their farms this harvest | WITF
The bullet that killed Al Jazeera’s Shireen Abu Akleh has been sent to U.S. officials | WITF
Last living WWII Medal of Honor recipient to lie in honor at U.S. Capitol – pennlive.com
Local News
From ‘Sex and the City’ to COO of a plastics recycling plant in York (ydr.com)
Harrisburg Area YMCA names new CEO – pennlive.com
Efforts to fill prominent vacant Wilkes-Barre storefronts continue | News | citizensvoice.com
Wilkes-Barre spent $6.1M in Rescue Plan funds to aid financial recovery | News | citizensvoice.com
Armor vests donated to Ukraine’s people by Schuylkill police departments (yahoo.com)
Pitt
Juul ban and reversal draw shrugs in Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Philly
Owner of the Melrose Diner and Broad Street Diner has obtained demolition permits (inquirer.com)
Washington
From one July Fourth to the next, a steep slide for Biden – Daily Local
‘Stay tuned’ for new evidence against Trump in July hearings | Times Leader