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Legislatura

Gov. Tom Wolf, lawmakers say it’s time for municipalities fully relying on state police to chip in
https://www.pennlive.com/news/2019/06/gov-tom-wolf-lawmakers-say-its-time-for-municipalities-fully-relying-on-state-police-to-chip-in.html

As budget talks progress, Wolf renews request for new state police fee
https://www.witf.org/state-house-sound-bites/2019/06/as-budget-talks-progress-wolf-renews-request-for-new-state-police-fee.php

Proposed state police fee would hit several local communities
https://www.timesonline.com/news/20190611/proposed-state-police-fee-would-hit-several-local-communities

Bill allowing armed school security officers passes Pa. Senate
https://www.pennlive.com/news/2019/06/bill-allowing-armed-school-security-officers-passes-pa-senate-despite-concerns-about-allowing-more-guns-in-schools.html

$100M private schools bill passes Pa. Senate, but governor’s veto looms
https://www.pennlive.com/news/2019/06/100m-private-schools-bill-passes-pa-senate-but-governors-veto-looms.html

Bill that nearly doubles size of tax credit program for private school scholarships heading to Wolf’s desk
https://www.penncapital-star.com/education/bill-that-nearly-doubles-size-of-tax-credit-program-for-private-school-scholarships-heading-to-wolfs-desk/

Republicans look to boost private school tax credit. Wolf says he doesn’t get it.
https://www.witf.org/state-house-sound-bites/2019/06/republicans-look-to-boost-private-school-tax-credit-wolf-says-he-doesnt-get-it.php

With new tip line in place, lawmakers push schools to address reported threats
https://www.penncapital-star.com/blog/with-new-tip-line-in-place-lawmakers-push-schools-to-address-reported-threats/

Pa. bottle bill would set up deposit program to reduce waste, litter
https://triblive.com/news/pennsylvania/bottle-bill-would-set-up-deposit-program-to-reduce-waste-litter/

In surprising move, proposed legislation would eliminate PIAA transfer rule
https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/highschool/2019/06/11/Proposed-legislation-eliminate-PIAA-transfer-rule-private-public-tournaments/stories/201906110088

State targets transfer rule
https://www.citizensvoice.com/news/state-targets-transfer-rule-1.2495238

Separate playoff tournaments proposed for public, private schools
https://www.readingeagle.com/sports/article/new-bill-could-lead-to-sweeping-changes-for-piaa

PIAA playoff debate solved? Legislation would create separate playoffs for public and private schools
https://www.mcall.com/sports/varsity/mc-spt-legislature-sports-championships-separation-act-20190611-yss5wi4vqvbwnkcao7wyhcm5wu-story.html

Bill to raze, sell Allentown State Hospital property passes Pennsylvania Senate unanimously
https://www.mcall.com/news/local/allentown/mc-nws-allentown–20190611-76kxubelgbdwddpf2qxe7edo64-story.html

House passes state Rep. Jim Marshall’s bill on infant choking prevention
https://www.timesonline.com/news/20190611/house-passes-state-rep-jim-marshalls-bill-on-infant-choking-prevention

‘It is quite a story,’ says Daylin Leach. He’s right. | John Baer
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/john-baer-daylin-leach-resignation-jay-costa-expulsion-20190611.html

Bill to take over insurance exchange wins House’s backing
https://www.witf.org/news/2019/06/bill-to-take-over-insurance-exchange-wins-houses-backing.php

Bill Tracker: Easing training requirements for junior firefighters
https://cumberlink.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/bill_tracker/bill-tracker-easing-training-requirements-for-junior-firefighters/article_7a2a1e2a-ef3b-5241-9470-7f1ba3a7583a.html

Section of Route 30 to become the J. Edward ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson Memorial Bypass
https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/section-of-route-30-to-become-the-j-edward-hutch-hutchinson-memorial-bypass/

State staggers towards new gerrymander
https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/opinion/state-staggers-towards-new-gerrymander-1.2495113

Family support centers are a critical lifeline to struggling families | Opinion
https://www.penncapital-star.com/commentary/family-support-centers-are-a-critical-lifeline-to-struggling-families-opinion/

Administración

Wolf administration hopes ‘groundswell’ support can pass natural gas severance tax
https://triblive.com/news/pennsylvania/wolf-administration-hopes-groundswell-support-can-pass-natural-gas-severance-tax/

Empresas

White House helicopters not enough to save Sikorsky plant in Coatesville and its 465 jobs
https://www.inquirer.com/business/phillydeals/trump-helicopters-sikorsky-coatesville-oil-gas-20190612.html

Delito/Castigo

Meeting over controversial Penn Hills arrest produces dialogue but not resolution
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2019/06/11/penn-hills-arrest-police-dog-chief-howard-burton-excessive-force-brandi-fisher/stories/201906110137

DUI task forces under scrutiny following Supreme Court decision
https://triblive.com/local/regional/dui-task-forces-under-scrutiny-following-supreme-court-decision/

Former Reading Mayor Vaughn Spencer to serve federal prison sentence in Kentucky
https://www.readingeagle.com/news/article/former-reading-mayor-vaughn-spencer-to-serve-federal-prison-sentence-in-kentucky

Educación

Schools blame tax increases on state mandates
https://www.timesonline.com/news/20190611/schools-blame-tax-increases-on-state-mandates

What are the best high schools in Pennsylvania? U.S. News and World Report releases state, U.S. rankings
https://www.pennlive.com/news/2019/06/what-are-the-best-high-schools-in-pennsylvania-us-news-and-world-report-releases-state-us-rankings.html

Hundreds of Lehigh Valley parents still cited for kids’ truancy, though fewer under new law
https://www.mcall.com/news/police/mc-nws-pennsylvania-allentown-school-truancy-student-absences-20190612-rtqkncgonbeezmbe5o7f5pguki-story.html

Harrisburg police captain to retire, take job as school district police chief
https://www.pennlive.com/news/2019/06/harrisburg-police-captain-to-retire-take-job-as-school-district-police-chief.html

PHEAA offers low-cost, no-fee private student loans
https://triblive.com/news/pennsylvania/pheaa-offers-low-cost-no-fee-private-student-loans/

Saint Vincent to announce new president on Friday at Pittsburgh’s Heinz Field
https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/saint-vincent-to-announce-new-president-on-friday-at-pittsburghs-heinz-field/

Grand gesture: Morehouse donor teaches grads the wrong lesson
https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2019/06/12/Morehouse-College-Robert-Smith-student-college-debt-loans-donor-misguided-wrong-lesson/stories/201906120046

Elecciones/Política

Retired human services executive Tay Waltenbaugh to challenge Kim Ward for state Senate
https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/retired-human-services-executive-tay-waltenbaugh-to-challenge-kim-ward-for-state-senate/

Juegos

Penn National’s proposed mini-casino near Morgantown faces a potentially fateful hearing
https://www.readingeagle.com/money/article/penn-national-license-hearing-for-morgantown-casino-scheduled-for-wednesday

Sanidad

UPMC legal officer on key modification clause: ‘We were moving at warp speed.’
https://www.post-gazette.com/business/healthcare-business/2019/06/11/UPMC-Highmark-McGough-Shapiro-consent-decrees-health-insurance-court/stories/201906110117

UPMC attorney lashes out at Highmark over agreement’s end date
https://triblive.com/local/pittsburgh-allegheny/upmc-says-ag-cant-gut-2014-agreement-with-highmark-a-deal-is-a-deal/

Allegheny Health Network to relocate urgent care services in New Kensington
https://triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/allegheny-health-network-to-relocate-urgent-care-services-in-new-kensington/

Noticias locales

Luzerne County still recovering from cyber attack
https://www.timesleader.com/news/746973/luzerne-county-still-recovering-from-cyber-attack-2

Work remains on computer network recovery
https://www.citizensvoice.com/news/work-remains-on-computer-network-recovery-1.2495210

W-B’s incoming mayor ‘concerned’ over George’s picks
https://www.citizensvoice.com/news/w-b-s-incoming-mayor-concerned-over-george-s-picks-1.2495193

Mayoral appointments raise hackles in Wilkes-Barre
https://www.timesleader.com/news/746927/mayoral-appointments-raise-hackles-in-wilkes-barre

Dems tab Richards for recorder post
https://www.standardspeaker.com/news/dems-tab-richards-for-recorder-post-1.2495126

An EPIC night for community honorees
https://www.timesleader.com/news/746951/an-epic-night-for-community-honorees

Study aims to create bicycle, pedestrian network in W-B
https://www.citizensvoice.com/news/study-aims-to-create-bicycle-pedestrian-network-in-w-b-1.2495235

Marriage license bureau to offer extended hours Thursday
https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/news/marriage-license-bureau-to-offer-extended-hours-thursday-1.2495348

Judge to rule on challenge to Moosic police chief’s appointment
https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/news/judge-to-rule-on-challenge-to-moosic-police-chief-s-appointment-1.2495100

Arnold mayor fined $10,000 for state ethics violations
https://triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/arnold-mayor-fined-10000-for-state-ethics-violations/

Construction on $18.2M Wesley Family Services complex starts in New Kensington
https://triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/construction-on-18-2-million-wesley-family-services-complex-starts-in-new-kensington/

Allegheny Township ready to move ahead on municipal building renovations
https://triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/allegheny-township-ready-to-move-ahead-on-municipal-building-renovations/

Fire, threat of explosion at Mohrsville chemical facility forces fire officials to make quick decisions
https://www.readingeagle.com/news/article/fire-threat-of-explosion-at-mohrsville-chemical-facility-forces-fire-officials-to-make-quick-decisions

Editorial: Exit plan a great opportunity for Reading
https://www.readingeagle.com/news/article/editorial-exit-plan-a-great-opportunity-for–reading

Marihuana

Religious communities consider how much faith to put in marijuana
https://www.inquirer.com/news/cannabis-religion-mariguana-religious-groups-faith-legalization-medical-20190612.html

Will Delaware legalize marijuana for adult use this year?
https://www.inquirer.com/business/weed/delaware-marijuana-legal-close-home-grow-delivery-20190611.html

Noticias nacionales

U.S. Catholic bishops convene to confront the church’s sex-abuse crisis
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/faith-religion/2019/06/11/Prosecutors-crack-down-catholic-church-priests-clergy-abuse-bishops-conference/stories/201906110067

Gas natural

Plum gas drilling meeting opened to public after brief protest
https://triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/plum-gas-drilling-meeting-opened-to-public-after-brief-protest/

Crisis de los opiáceos

Pennsylvania has third-highest rate of drug overdose deaths in the U.S., study finds
https://www.inquirer.com/health/pennsylvania-overdose-deaths-among-highest-in-nation-study-20190612.html

Wright Twp. sues opioid distributors, manufacturers
https://www.citizensvoice.com/news/wright-twp-sues-opioid-distributors-manufacturers-1.2495187

Filadelfia

Philly launched a program to put homeless people to work. Here’s what happened.
https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-mural-arts-same-day-work-homeless-suburban-station-concourse-20190611.html

Philadelphia to pay $8.4 million toward cleanup of long-contaminated Superfund site
https://www.inquirer.com/science/climate/philadelphia-clearview-superfund-site-darby-creek-20190611.html

First the driver tailgated the cyclist. Then he shot him with pepper spray.
https://www.inquirer.com/news/bike-bicycle-cyclist-philadelphia-road-rage-pepper-spray-gun-20190612.html

Boy wounded, woman killed in separate Philly street crimes
https://www.inquirer.com/news/shooting-west-philadelphia-atv-police-20190612.html

In Philly, Jill Biden says she doesn’t want her granddaughters fighting same fights ‘we’ve already won’
https://www.inquirer.com/news/jill-biden-joe-biden-philadelphia-presidential-election-fundraiser-democrat-donors-acorn-club-women-20190611.html

Dranoff goes all-in on condos for South Broad Street tower after hotel hybrid plan fizzles
https://www.inquirer.com/real-estate/commercial/dranoff-arthaus-broad-spruce-tower-sls-sbe-gene-kohn-pedersen-fox-avenue-arts-tower-20190611.html

Real ID can be an unreal hurdle for a married woman | Stu Bykofsky
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/stu-bykofsky-real-id-penndot-license–20190611.html

District land deal raises questions on councilmanic prerogative, again | Editorial
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/editorials/councilmanic-prerogative-city-council-darrell-clarke-development-kenyatta-johnson-land-use-20190612.html

After racist Facebook posts, what should happen next for Philly police | Solomon Jones
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/philadelphia-police-facebook-investigation-cops-20190611.html

Pitt

‘We’re going to give her a brand new use.’ Produce terminal rehab finally hits its stride
https://www.post-gazette.com/business/development/2019/06/11/Produce-terminal-Strip-District-Dan-McCaffery-Peduto-Primanti-parking-food-develop/stories/201906110154

Police confiscate more than 30 animals from Beechview home where alligator escaped
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2019/06/11/Police-confiscate-more-than-30-animals-from-home-where-alligator-escaped/stories/201906110142

Court deal blocks return of suicidal Allegheny County Jail inmate to restrictive housing
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2019/06/11/solitary-confinement-lawsuit-suicidal-inmate-allegheny-county-jail-kimberly-andrews-lawsuit/stories/201906110132

Port Authority to pilot new wristband ticket service
https://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2019/06/12/Port-Authority-to-pilot-new-wristband-ticketing-service/stories/201906110135

Environmental Charter School parents unhappy about bus changes
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2019/06/11/Pittsburgh-Public-Schools-bus-Environmental-Charter-Port-Authority-student-transportation/stories/201906110109

Riverbend to close historic North Side plant that once made soup for Heinz
https://www.post-gazette.com/business/career-workplace/2019/06/11/Riverbend-closure-plant-North-Side-400-layoffs-Heinz/stories/201906110069

Pittsburgh Councilwoman Harris proposes ordinance for exotic pets
https://triblive.com/local/pittsburgh-allegheny/pittsburgh-councilwoman-harris-proposes-ordinance-for-exotic-pets/

Noticias del Estado

Advocacy group’s report card flunks Pennsylvania’s nursing homes
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/state/2019/06/11/nursing-homes-report-card-Pennsylvania-F-grade-ranking-46th-in-U-S/stories/201906110114

Pennsylvania nursing homes receive failing grade from advocacy group
https://triblive.com/news/pennsylvania/pa-nursing-home-receive-failing-grade-from-texas-based-nonprofit/

London high-rise inferno that killed 72 people blamed on Pa. companies in Philly lawsuit
https://www.inquirer.com/business/law/london-grenfell-highrise-tower-fire-philadelphia-lawyer-mongeluzzi-fatal-law-20190611.html

Bear sightings in Bucks and Montco: This time of year, the animals are ‘not unusual’
https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/bear-sightings-what-to-do-bucks-montgomery-20190611.html

Black bear spotted running along Frankstown Road in Penn Hills
https://triblive.com/local/pittsburgh-allegheny/black-bear-running-along-frankstown-road-in-penn-hills/

New immigrant-run community garden plants hope for families in Bucks County
https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/fatima-community-garden-project-bensalem-pennsylvania-horticultural-society-20190607.html

Hundreds of Pennsylvania farmers getting into hemp business
https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/hundreds-of-pennsylvania-farmers-getting-into-hemp-business/

Cash 5 ticket sold at New Kensington gas station splits $1.4 million jackpot
https://triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/winning-cash-5-ticket-sold-at-new-kensington-gas-station/

Civil Air Patrol Squadron 203 moving to Forty Fort airport
https://www.citizensvoice.com/news/civil-air-patrol-squadron-203-moving-to-forty-fort-airport-1.2495197

Marine Corps League of Pennsylvania to gather in Hempfield
https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/pa-marine-corps-league-to-gather-in-area/

Insurance industry, contractors on two sides of the storm damage
https://www.citizensvoice.com/news/insurance-industry-contractors-on-two-sides-of-the-storm-damage-1.2495207

2 cheese makers in Berks County get a boost from state dairy grants
https://www.readingeagle.com/berks-country/article/milk-money

Pa. law gives rescuers options, overheated animals hope
https://www.goerie.com/news/20190612/pa-law-gives-rescuers-options-overheated-animals-hope#

Delaware Canal passageway opens in Morrisville
https://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/news/20190612/delaware-canal-passageway-opens-in-morrisville

Transporte

PennDOT announces major weekend Parkway closure
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/transportation/2019/06/11/PennDOT-announces-major-weekend-Parkway-closure-Pittsburgh-interstate-376/stories/201906110158

PennDOT sends letters of intent to Sans Souci property owners
https://www.timesleader.com/news/746971/penndot-sends-letters-of-intent-to-sans-souci-property-owners

PennDOT updates Exeter on project to rebuild busy bridge
https://www.readingeagle.com/news/article/penndot-updates-exeter-on-project-to-rebuild-busy-bridge

Washington

A photographer snapped an image of Trump’s alleged Mexico deal. Here’s what it says.
https://www.inquirer.com/politics/nation/donald-trump-mexico-secret-immigration-agreement-paper-photograph-20190612.html

Rep. Houlahan seeks answers about closure of Sikorsky plant
https://www.dailylocal.com/business/rep-houlahan-seeks-answers-about-closure-of-sikorsky-plant/article_473df6c1-53ab-514d-91d6-41477f14c041.html