Legislature
Senator Hits The Road, Details Projects In The Doylestown Area | Doylestown, PA Patch
Schwank, BCPS Announce $100,000 in State Funding for Pardon Project – BCTV
Another View – The Daily Courier
Sealing the Cracks in Weatherization and Home Repair | Planetizen News
Coronavirus – COVID-19
COVID-19 protocols under local control as new school year begins in Pa. | News | tribdem.com
Business/Jobs
Pa.’s farmers markets contribute $18M to local economies, finds study | Today in Pa. – pennlive.com
Crime/Punishment
State police to conduct sobriety checkpoint in Chester County – Daily Local
Police: Man killed himself after ramming US Capitol barrier | WITF
Police: Man drives into fundraiser crowd in Berwick, then kills mother | WITF
The ongoing movement to end solitary confinement in Lehigh County (mcall.com)
Education
Penn Hills School District taking steps to form a school police department (yahoo.com)
Penn State spent half a million dollars on police overtime at football games in 2021 · Spotlight PA
Universal free school lunch is over in Pa. · Spotlight PA
Lower Merion begins eminent domain process for new sidewalks near new middle school – Delco Times
Elections/Politics
Poprik: Fetterman, Shapiro will be a rubber stamp for Biden (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
Some Republicans Make a More Restrained Case for Defending Trump – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
DelVal Counties Could Decide Fate of Mastriano, Oz – DV Journal (delawarevalleyjournal.com)
Pa. U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman returns to campaign stage months after stroke | WITF
Fetterman ‘grateful’ as he returns to Pa. Senate race – Delco Times
Environment
Critics question release of greenhouse gas in forests and parks : NPR
Transportation
$3.5M purchase of bridge, rail line, opens path to Armstrong trail expansion | TribLIVE.com
Health
Free monkeypox testing and vaccine available in Erie, with restrictions (goerie.com)
First Hospital clients conduct informational picket at CCS | Times Leader
Fentanyl test strips are an important tool to prevent overdose deaths | Opinion (inquirer.com)
State News
Pennsylvania unveils plans for first-of-its-kind recreation area | WITF
Answers sought on mail delivery delays in Delaware, Pennsylvania | Delaware | thecentersquare.com
Penn. worker with cancer wrongfully fired over COVID risk, says EEOC (goerie.com)
National News
China announces new drills as U.S. delegation visits Taiwan | News | tribdem.com
Lawyers appeal Griner’s Russian prison sentence : NPR
Iran denies involvement but justifies Salman Rushdie attack : NPR
3 shot at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee (abc27.com)
Anne Heche dead at 53; actress removed from life support after organs harvested (abc27.com)
Salman Rushdie remains in critical condition, his son says | WITF
FBI collected multiple sets of classified documents from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home | WITF
Nebraska cops used Facebook messages to investigate an alleged illegal abortion | WITF
Local News
Kutztown Rotary Club picnic thanks farmers (readingeagle.com)
Op-Ed: Central Bucks should rethink Growth & Development lesson format (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
Thousands flock to Hibernia Park for annual Old Fiddlers Picnic – Daily Local
Pennsylvania festival resumes after report of shot sends people fleeing (abc27.com)
William Goodridge statue is first in York to honor African Americans (ydr.com)
Selling sewer system no longer on Wilkes-Barre mayor’s radar | News | citizensvoice.com
Scranton’s Indian community celebrates nation’s 75th Independence Day | News | thetimes-tribune.com
Musikfest shut down as apparent shooting sends crowd scrambling (mcall.com)
Pitt
Philly
SEPTA changing schedules, adding service to hopefully boost ridership | Local News | phillytrib.com
Philadelphia school district releases updated COVID protocols | Local News | phillytrib.com
Washington
Can the federal Safer Communities Act make a difference in Philadelphia? – WHYY
Why Rand Paul wants the Espionage Act to be repealed : NPR
Chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan was a turning point in Biden’s presidency : NPR
Biden energy secretary sees U.S. fuel prices dropping further, but there’s a catch – pennlive.com