Legislature
How to fight the affordable housing and climate crises at once – honestcolumnist
Cannabis reforms defeat opposition | News, Sports, Jobs – The Sentinel (lewistownsentinel.com)
Pennsylvania Senate Approves Cannabis Banking Legislation – Cannabis Business Times
Wolf pushes PA Opportunity Program, $2,000 payouts to Pennsylvanians (poconorecord.com)
Cephas, Tartaglione announce $25.6M in funding for maternal, child health – home (spresscafe.com)
Lawmaker announces $25K grant for Doylestown Borough church – thereporteronline
Gov. Wolf Highlights Plan to Improve Business Opportunities in Pennsylvania – MyChesCo
Three 11th District Organizations Receive Nonprofit Security Grants – BCTV
Coronavirus – COVID-19
Berks COVID update: 27 more cases as 9 people remain hospitalized (dailylocal.com)
The data behind Philly’s return to masks, explained (inquirer.com)
HAP honors LVHN for COVID-19 vaccine strategy (poconorecord.com)
Shanghai Reports First COVID-19 Deaths Of Latest Outbreak : NPR
China’s GDP Data Hint at Heavy Cost of its Zero Covid Strategy – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Business/Jobs
Small business owners raise prices to keep up with inflation | Business | citizensvoice.com
Crime/Punishment
2 dead, 9 injured in Pittsburgh Airbnb party shooting | ABC27
Philly’s shooting spree continues with a 3-year-old among 16 victims; 3 dead (inquirer.com)
Compassion is hard to come by in Pennsylvania’s broken prison system. | Editorial (inquirer.com)
Patrick Lyoya shooting reopens debate about police interaction with Blacks | News | phillytrib.com
Education
Guest Column: Times change, and so must education – Daily Local
Charter school reform could save Pennsylvania schools $373 million – The Morning Call (mcall.com)
Bodine students walked out over conditions at their Philly high school. Here’s why. (inquirer.com)
Elections/Politics
GOP voters largely undecided weeks from primary · Spotlight PA
Column: We’re giving the candidates some space — with conditions (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
A Q&A with State Rep. Summer Lee – City & State Pennsylvania (cityandstatepa.com)
Should Pennsylvania’s primaries be open to all registered voters? | Smart Talk (witf.org)
Pa. 2022 Senate race fund-raising reports: John Fetterman way ahead of Conor Lamb (inquirer.com)
Pa. 2022 Senate race fund-raising reports: Mehmet Oz, David McCormick spend millions (inquirer.com)
Christie says Trump midterm endorsements won’t be ‘determinative’ – NewsBreak
Environment
Avian Influenza Confirmed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania | Local News | lancasteronline.com
Pennsylvania has first case of highly pathogenic bird flu (mainlinemedianews.com)
Petroleum company fined $1 million for leaks into the Schuylkill (inquirer.com)
Organizers turn up the heat on Vanguard climate campaign (inquirer.com)
Rising tornado numbers linked to climate change, study says (wtae.com)
Transportation
Health
USPSTF guidelines call for screening kids as young as 8 for anxiety : Shots – Health News : NPR
Flu cases, colds up in Western Pa. as people relax covid-19 precautions | TribLIVE.com
State News
Pennsylvanians react to Gov. Wolf’s stimulus check proposal – WPXI
Op-Ed: Pat Toomey should work to head off credit card swipe fee hikes (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
PUC approves sale of York Water Company to private business PAWC (ydr.com)
Pennsylvania’s getting over $15 million from Google this year | Today in Pa. – pennlive.com
New Jersey marijuana: Can you bring it back to Pennsylvania? – The Morning Call (mcall.com)
National News
Missile Strikes In Western Ukraine Kill 6 : NPR
Speaking of genocide, President Joe Biden escalates the war of words over Ukraine | WITF
Washington state retools first-in-nation long term care benefit : Shots – Health News : NPR
File your taxes on time. Here’s what you should know about your refund | WITF
FDA investigating Lucky Charms after reports of illness | WITF
Pope makes Easter plea for Ukraine peace, cites nuclear risk | WITF
US rocked by 3 mass shootings during Easter weekend; 2 dead | News | phillytrib.com
Local News
Freeze warning tonight, steady rain (& wet snow at times) Monday | ABC27
Two major fires in one week displace nearly 90 people (abc27.com)
Future for Middletown’s Stone Meadows Farm include homes, farming (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
Bucks County Water and Sewer Authority attracts interested buyers (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
Monroe County’s average home sold for a higher price year over year (poconorecord.com)
Ukrainian refugees in Erie: Officials expect them to resettle here (goerie.com)
Lackawanna County aims to boost sports tourism | News | thetimes-tribune.com
Pitt
Pittsburgh police asking anyone with video, photos from mass shooting scene to share them (wtae.com)
Philly
Suit seeks to overturn renewed Philadelphia mask mandate (abc27.com)
Philly LNG Task Force Bill Has Bipartisan Support – DV Journal (delawarevalleyjournal.com)
Philadelphia Weekly to cease print publication – Philadelphia Business Journal (bizjournals.com)
Inflation hits Philadelphia consumers in their pockets | Local News | phillytrib.com
Philadelphia school board member Maria McColgan resigns | Local News | phillytrib.com
Philly adding more bike patrols to keep an eye on Center City | Local News | phillytrib.com
Washington
On Tax Day, Treasury Makes a Plea For More IRS Funding – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Biden to host Southeast Asian leaders for May 12-13 summit | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette