Legislatura
A complete guide to Pennsylvania’s redistricting court challenges · Spotlight PA
Revamped PA Senate Committee Will Support First Responders | Lower Providence, PA Patch
Stefano to co-chair reestablished Fire & EMS Caucus | Local News | heraldstandard.com
State Senator Proposes ‘Sales Tax Holiday’ – ButlerRadio.com – Butler, PA
Pa. senator pushes summer sales tax holiday (abc27.com)
Boscola part of legislative move for Pa. to divest holdings in Russian assets – lehighvalleylive.com
Committee moves fentanyl test strip bill to full Senate | The Bucks County Herald
Landmark Pa. hearings seek a legal pot roadmap · Spotlight PA
PA talks more funding to expedite gun background checks (broadandliberty.com)
Gov. Wolf brings budget push to Phoenixville (dailylocal.com)
PA lawmakers look to put pressure on Russia after it invades Ukraine (ydr.com)
Coronavirus - COVID-19
State’s seven-day COVID-19 average hits lowest point of year | Coronavirus | tribdem.com
Democrats look for offramp from masking in public (abc27.com)
New Biden pandemic plan: Closer to normal for the nation | Coronavirus | tribdem.com
Mask mandates continue at some Erie County spots despite COVID-19 drop (goerie.com)
What post-omicron life will look like: ‘A path towards normalcy’ | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Allegheny County has ‘turned a corner’ in covid pandemic, health official says | TribLIVE.com
Empresa/Trabajo
Ben Franklin Technology Partners creates/retains 7,356 jobs in 2021 (dailylocal.com)
U.S. job growth more than forecast in February, ADP data show | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Educación
La Asociación de Educación de PV había autorizado la huelga para el 28 de febrero (poconorecord.com)
Central York district ‘book ban’ was a myth perpetuated by the media (ydr.com)
Amazon, PSU, LCCC partnering on fully-funded schooling for front line employees | Times Leader
Elecciones/Política
Supreme Court Keeps Mail-In Voting in Place, For Now | PoliticsPA
Will Trump Endorse a Candidate for the PA Senate Nomination? | PoliticsPA
Dem. Coplen first to officially challenge Scott Perry (abc27.com)
Guy Ciarrocchi Switches Candidacy From Governor to Congress – DV Journal (delawarevalleyjournal.com)
9 Key Senate Races to Watch in the 2022 Midterms (businessinsider.com)
Medio ambiente
Climate change threatens chemical plants across the U.S. : NPR
Controlling invasive species in Pennsylvania | Smart Talk (witf.org)
Transporte
EMTA has received $26 million in federal aid. How it’s been used (goerie.com)
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission needs a light to be shined on it | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Salud
Pa. DOH makes changes for hospitals to help patients (abc27.com)
Biden’s mental health plan has potential, experts say, if Congress acts : Shots – Health News : NPR
Pennsylvania grants Delaware County’s first health department final approval | WITF
Noticias del Estado
Senators Casey & Toomey react to State of the Union (abc27.com)
Pa. faces bike shortage due to supply chain issues (abc27.com)
Guest column: Pennsylvania can substantively marginalize Putin’s global influence – Daily Local
Pa. state agencies moving to rid their portfolios of investments in Russia – pennlive.com
Pa. white supremacist propaganda rose in 2021, Anti-Defamation League report says (inquirer.com)
Noticias nacionales
Ukraine refugee count tops 1 million as Russia besieges ports (abc27.com)
Russian aircraft now banned from U.S. airspace : NPR
Russians and Belarusians banned from Paralympics amid boycott risk (inquirer.com)
Russian police jail kids who took flowers and ‘No to War’ signs to Ukraine’s embassy | WITF
Neutral Finland, Sweden warm to idea of NATO membership : NPR
Jan. 6 panel says it has evidence Trump broke laws in trying to overturn the election : NPR
Noticias locales
Flying Ice Blamed for Accident on I-78 in Lower Saucon (sauconsource.com)
Bucks County gets $45 million to aid with opioid prevention, treatment (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
Editorial: Local Ukrainian community leading war aid (dailylocal.com)
Blue Zones in Corry: Erie County Council inches closer to unlocking funds (goerie.com)
This Pa. city is named the top ‘Allergy Capital’ of the U.S. for 2022 – pennlive.com
Council members take ‘eye-opening’ tour of Luzerne County prison | Times Leader
Scranton among best metros for economic development | Business | thetimes-tribune.com
Lackawanna County to pursue first countywide reassessment since 1968 | News | thetimes-tribune.com
Pitt
Filadelfia
Philadelphia drops its indoor mask mandate as COVID-19 cases fall | Health | phillytrib.com
Philadelphia Police say homicides in pinpoint areas higher this year | Local News | phillytrib.com
Philadelphia police shoot and kill a boy after officers in a car were shot, officials say | WITF
You’re waking up to a 😷-free Philly | Morning Newsletter (inquirer.com)
Philadelphia School District will likely make masks optional March 9 (inquirer.com)
Washington
House to vote on bill to help veterans exposed to burn pits : NPR
Justice Dept. Announces Task Force to Go After Russian Oligarchs – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Federal Reserve will raise interest rates this month, Jerome Powell to tell Congress (inquirer.com)