Legislatura
Democrats in Harrisburg call for gun law reforms after deadly Texas shooting – City & State Pennsylvania (cityandstatepa.com)
Man with a ban: How Gov. Tom Wolf’s veto tally is defining his legacy – City & State Pennsylvania (cityandstatepa.com)
Energy Choice Bill Moves to Full House Over Green Activist Opposition – DV Journal (delawarevalleyjournal.com)
Consideration of Assault Weapons Ban Stopped – PoliticsPA
Pa. House votes against taking up gun bill after Texas killings | WITF
Pennsylvania House Democrats fail in their attempt to force a vote on assault weapons ban | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pennsylvania House votes against taking up gun bill after Texas killings | TribLIVE.com
Criminal justice team meets with Sen. Judy Schwank to discuss programs for women | Penn State University (psu.edu)
‘We will not go away:’ Philly Black Clergy, allies call for more money for gun violence prevention – Pennsylvania Capital-Star (penncapital-star.com)
Bill allowing personal testing equipment, Fentanyl test strips passes House committee – Pennsylvania Capital-Star (penncapital-star.com)
Pennsylvania lawmaker wants to see student cellphone ban in schools statewide | Today in Pa. – pennlive.com
Coronavirus - COVID-19
COVID-19 case rate increases, but at slower pace in Lancaster County | Health | lancasteronline.com
Delito/Castigo
A SWAT team raided a Pennsylvania home. It wasn’t the first time (poconorecord.com)
Medicaid fraud: Pennsylvania treatment facility owner pleads guilty to $12M kickback scheme | Pennsylvania | thecentersquare.com
Pennsylvania teen charged with attempted murder in school stabbing – The Morning Call (mcall.com)
Educación
State-mandated school safety protocols aim to protect students attending Pa. schools – pennlive.com
Montgomery County superintendents react to Texas elementary school shooting (dailylocal.com)
Texas school shooting: Bucks schools, police departments respond (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
Security measures heightened, discussed in Western Pa. districts after Texas school shooting | TribLIVE.com
Security, student counseling among reactions at local schools to Uvalde shooting | Education | standardspeaker.com
Lehigh Valley school districts call for prevention efforts after Texas school shooting kills 21 (mcall.com)
Philadelphia Futures and Steppingstone Scholars, which help Philly kids get to college, are merging. Here’s why. (inquirer.com)
Philadelphia Futures and Steppingstone Scholars, which help Philly kids get to college, are merging. Here’s why. (inquirer.com)
Elecciones/Política
Gun control polls: Where Pennsylvanians stand on proposals to regulate guns (inquirer.com)
Pennsylvania’s GOP Senate primary between Oz, McCormick goes to a recount | Pennsylvania | thecentersquare.com
Republican Pa. Senate primary race heads toward recount | WITF
Who won the Pa. Republican Senate primary? Everything to know ahead of a recount (inquirer.com)
Pa Senate race: Dept. of State orders Oz-McCormick recount (abc27.com)
How redistricting flipped the 2022 primary script for PA Republicans (goerie.com)
Can anything bring some normalcy to Pa. politics? Yep. | John Baer – pennlive.com
Jarrett Coleman claims Republican primary election win in Pa. Senate 16th District, but Sen. Pat Browne says he may seek recount (mcall.com)
All but 30 ballots counted in Allegheny County as statewide recount in U.S. Senate race looms | TribLIVE.com
Still deep in primary ballot processing, Luzerne County Election Board faces recount | Times Leader
Georgia primary takeaways: Trump’s GOP influence takes a hit : NPR
Medio ambiente
El cambio climático está causando estragos en nuestra salud mental | Opinión - Pennsylvania Capital-Star (penncapital-star.com)
Delaware County businesses composting unrecyclable pizza boxes, food waste into enriched soil (delcotimes.com)
New study urges Pennsylvania to improve recycling efforts | TribLIVE.com
Pa.’s environmental justice policy gets revamped — and scrutinized | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Transporte
More cyclists are being killed by cars. Advocates say U.S. streets are the problem | WITF
Salud
Delaware County and Crozer reach settlement to keep behavioral health services open (delcotimes.com)
Oklahoma governor signs the nation’s strictest abortion ban : NPR
Being denied an abortion limits women’s economic prospects : NPR
Noticias del Estado
Pa. Senators Casey and Toomey calling for gun legislation (abc27.com)
Pat Toomey says he hasn’t given up on expanded background checks passing Senate | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
What Pa. members of Congress, other officials are saying about Texas elementary school shooting – The Morning Call (mcall.com)
Electric in PA increasing up to 45% beginning June 1 (abc27.com)
Las empresas cubren Pa. con anuncios sobre cómo obtener una tarjeta de marihuana medicinal, pero los médicos son silenciados - Spotlight PA
Rural Pa. training program helps fill dire volunteer firefighter, EMS shortage – Pennsylvania Capital-Star (penncapital-star.com)
Curt Sonney supports PASSHE funding request, says reforms working (goerie.com)
Noticias nacionales
How to help Uvalde families following yesterday’s elementary school shooting | WITF
Don’t be ‘horrified and heartbroken’ at Uvalde. Get mad as hell and do something | Will Bunch (inquirer.com)
Editorial: Yes to new gun laws, but the crisis is deeper than firearms | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
While debate over gun restrictions amplifies, the overwhelming emotion in Uvalde is grief | WITF
States divided on tightening restrictions on guns, even as mass shootings rise | WITF
More reactions, findings about gunman emerge after Texas school shooting : NPR
Miami Heat urge fans to call senators about gun law reform before playoff game : NPR
From Columbine to Robb, 169 dead in US mass school shootings | WITF
GRAHAM: Solve Gun Violence? America’s Pols Would Rather ‘Fight’ Than ‘Fix’ – DV Journal (delawarevalleyjournal.com)
Guest Opinion: Want progress on guns? Don’t agonize. Organize. (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
Our national pathology over guns is no longer insane. It’s inhuman | John L. Micek – Pennsylvania Capital-Star (penncapital-star.com)
What needs to be done to end mass shootings? | News | standardspeaker.com
World leaders are responding to the Uvalde school shooting : NPR
FDA statement on homemade baby formula (abc27.com)
Ubuntu: What it is, and why we could use more of it in public life | Lloyd E. Sheaffer – Pennsylvania Capital-Star (penncapital-star.com)
Here’s how much it could cost to rebuild Ukraine — and who would pay for it : NPR
Noticias locales
Soroptimists Celebrate 50 Years of Service to Women and Girls | Doylestown, PA Patch
Lancaster County again seeking 24 lifeguards; here’s what else we know about Central Park Pool closure | Local News | lancasteronline.com
Los campos de golf y clubes de campo públicos del condado de Bucks ganan millones (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
Many local residents honored at Fund for Women and Girls event in West Chester – Daily Local
Tick Tock Early Learning Center in Avondale celebrates completion of $1 million renovation project – Daily Local
Vietnam Wall replica will be in Erie over Memorial Day weekend (goerie.com)
Delaware County veterans hold Memorial Day parades, ceremonies – Delco Times
Volunteers place flags on veterans graves (readingeagle.com)
$143,500 in grants awarded to improve health in Berks (readingeagle.com)
Allentown residents urge city council to spend pandemic relief dollars on affordable housing, youth center, public safety – The Morning Call (mcall.com)
Transitional housing apartment building for families receives zoning approval | Times Leader
Pitt
Thousands of infant formula cans donated to Pittsburgh-area families | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Local orgs release recommendations for improvement to state recycling legislation | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Ground broken for historic National Negro Opera Company house’s restoration | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Mount Washington residents speak out against plan to put Jane Seymour sculpture on Grandview Avenue overlook | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
What 23 recommendations were made in the voter-mandated review of Pittsburgh police? (nextpittsburgh.com)
City art commission blocks plan to put Jane Seymour sculpture on Mount Washington overlook | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Filadelfia
Walter y Marjorie Livingston homenajeados | Noticias Locales | phillytrib.com
Philadelphia’s population decline among largest of major U.S. cities, Census estimates show – Philadelphia Business Journal (bizjournals.com)
Pew finds most Philadelphians believe reducing business taxes would increase profits, not jobs – Philadelphia Business Journal (bizjournals.com)
City of Philadelphia and PHA collaborate for violence prevention | Local News | phillytrib.com
Officer dies in motorcycle crash; had been involved in shooting of Walter Wallace Jr. | Local News | phillytrib.com
Councilmember Brooks launches campaign to recover community gardens | Local News | phillytrib.com
Philly building inspectors are raising safety concerns (inquirer.com)
Philly water problems won’t be solved by continuing to raise rates (inquirer.com)
Washington
Biden signs policing order on anniversary of Floyd’s death | News | phillytrib.com
