Legislature
Pennsylvania Celebrates Progress on Dairy Future Commission Plan | Main Edition | lancasterfarming.com
Pa. marks farmland milestone with ceremony in Berks | Berks Regional News | wfmz.com
Ceremony in Berks Celebrates 600,000 Acres of Farmland Preserved across Pennsylvania (berksweekly.com)
‘Something we must do’: Pennsylvania Democrats voice support for federal infrastructure bill | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
PA immigration advocates make last minute push for Congressional support | AL DÍA News (aldianews.com)
Pennsylvania GOP senators, accept reality, move on | Commentary | phillytrib.com
CORMAN: Careful, Thoughtful Investigation is Necessary to Restore Faith in Our Elections – DV Journal (delawarevalleyjournal.com)
Hearings in election ‘investigation’ to begin this week, Corman says | WITF
Pa. GOP lawmaker says he’s taking election investigation ‘very seriously’ | Pennsylvania Capital-Star (penncapital-star.com)
‘If our work leads to … changing those results, then so be it’: Senator says hearings begin this week in Pennsylvania election ‘investigation’ – The Morning Call (mcall.com)
Infighting continues as new Pa. GOP lawmakers take on election investigation | News | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh City Paper (pghcitypaper.com)
Wolf Administration Announces $2.3 Million to Address Blight in McKees Rocks – McKees Rocks Community Development Corporation
State employees must mask at work, regardless of vaccination status | WITF
New poll: Pa. voters are a hard ‘no’ on gerrymandering | Tuesday Morning Coffee | Pennsylvania Capital-Star (penncapital-star.com)
My son is incarcerated. Prison gerrymandering silences his voice. It’s time to end it | Opinion | Pennsylvania Capital-Star (penncapital-star.com)
Pa. lawmakers push bills on both sides of mask mandate, but don’t expect them to become law – pennlive.com
Letters: Vaccines save lives, Laughlin shows spine calling out GOP (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
Coronavirus – COVID-19
Pfizer’s COVID vaccine gets full approval from the FDA | WITF
UPMC infectious disease specialist and Harrisburg University director react to Pfizer’s FDA approval (abc27.com)
Federal government and lawmakers rejoice at FDA approval of COVID vaccine (abc27.com)
FDA Approval Of Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Could Lead To More Companies Requiring Employees To Be Vaccinated – USA Breaking News
Facing new vaccine mandates, more Philly-area residents are agreeing to COVID-19 shots (inquirer.com)
Despite protest, most hospitals in Bucks and Montco requiring vaccinations (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
Hawaii governor asks only essential visitors to come: ‘It’s not a good time to travel to the islands’ (abc27.com)
Mississippi Warns People Not To Use The Livestock Drug Ivermectin For COVID-19 : NPR
New hours for LVH-Hazleton vaccine clinic | Coronavirus | standardspeaker.com
COVID vaccine approval spurs optimism in Berks County pharmacists | Coronavirus | readingeagle.com
Pregnant, unvaccinated and intubated: Doctors alarmed by rise in virus cases among expectant mothers | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Federal judge reinstates mandatory masks at North Allegheny | TribLIVE.com
Carbondale Area, Valley View finalize mask requirements | Education | thetimes-tribune.com
Business/Jobs
Crowdfunded medical cannabis dispensary in southwest Pennsylvania plans expansion | Pennsylvania | thecentersquare.com
Covid-19 keeping unemployed workers from looking for jobs – Philadelphia Business Journal (bizjournals.com)
Cambridge Innovation Center to double its Philadelphia lab space – Philadelphia Business Journal (bizjournals.com)
Nurses at Pittsburgh’s West Penn Hospital ratify their first union contract | News | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh City Paper (pghcitypaper.com)
Berks County’s 25 largest employers look different in 2021 [CHART] | Business | readingeagle.com
Yuengling beer officially hits store shelves across Lone Star State (abc27.com)
Crime/Punishment
Allentown police chief: Charles Roca named to lead department – The Morning Call (mcall.com)
A Proud Boys Leader Who Burned A Black Lives Matter Flag Gets 5 Months In Jail : NPR
Manheim Twp. votes not to renew current police services contract with Lancaster Twp.; talks ongoing | Local News | lancasteronline.com
Shuman Juvenile Detention Center to close in September | News | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh City Paper (pghcitypaper.com)
Education
State health officials welcome students back to school, urge districts to utilize testing resources | Pennsylvania Capital-Star (penncapital-star.com)
Some Penn Staters concerned as semester starts without a vaccine requirement | WITF
Central Dauphin to require masking for students and staff (abc27.com)
Students’ lack of routine vaccines muddies start of school | WITF
Wolf Administration in Pittsburgh to encourage COVID testing at schools (abc27.com)
Allentown Diocese mandates masks in schools – The Morning Call (mcall.com)
Some students apprehensive as school year begins at West Chester University | Local-news | dailylocal.com
Mask policy causes uproar in Unionville | Local-news | dailylocal.com
Face masks mandated at Erie County schools (goerie.com)
Diocese of Scranton schools to determine mask mandates on local transmission | News | citizensvoice.com
Bethel Park school board called ‘Nazis’ after changing course, requiring masks in school | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
COVID-19 vaccines: Two Erie County ZIP codes trail all others (goerie.com)
Susquehanna Township school board ties mask mandate to COVID-19 case counts – pennlive.com
Temple University’s new president removes provost, shuffles other senior leaders in shakeup – Philadelphia Business Journal (bizjournals.com)
St. Luke’s is investing $84 million to grow its Upper Buck campus in Milford – Philadelphia Business Journal (bizjournals.com)
High Point University President Nido Qubein on the school’s rapid growth and bucking higher-ed’s playbook in the process – Philadelphia Business Journal (bizjournals.com)
Community Briefs: Neumann deepens commitment to sustainability | Lifestyle | delcotimes.com
Penn State won’t require masks at outdoor sporting events | Coronavirus | tribdem.com
Parents look at progress at Waldorf school | Local News | phillytrib.com
Pittsburgh teachers ratify contract, greatly aiding PPS’s transportation plan | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pennsbury equity and diversity plan bashed as critical race theory agenda (theintell.com)
Hundreds of Penn State faculty may teach remotely to protest lack of vaccination mandate | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Elections/Politics
Pitt Cyber’s policy director announces run for Congress (wtae.com)
Poll: PA voters are largely undecided on U.S. Senate candidates | City & State PA (cityandstatepa.com)
Poll: Fetterman Leads Dem Senate Race, GOP Field Split | PoliticsPA
Philly labor leader Ryan Boyer on building Black economic and political power (inquirer.com)
Roughly 56,000 Felony Offenders Can Now Vote In North Carolina : NPR
Report on partisan Arizona audit delayed after pro-Trump Cyber Ninjas contract COVID (yahoo.com)
Environment
Climate activists set their sights on the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission | StateImpact Pennsylvania (npr.org)
Geoffrey Pohanka: Clash of the titans — wind power vs. coal power (broadandliberty.com)
Lancaster Nuns Still Fighting Pipeline Most Have Forgotten – DV Journal (delawarevalleyjournal.com)
Climate Change Powered Tennessee Floods : NPR
Health
Doctors Say It Is Safe To Get Flu Shot And COVID-19 Booster Shot Around Same Time – CBS Pittsburgh (cbslocal.com)
Dems seek support services for survivors of Native American boarding schools in Pa., elsewhere | Pennsylvania Capital-Star (penncapital-star.com)
Lancaster General Health to lead a campaign to stop lead poisoning (abc27.com)
State News
Dems seek support services for survivors of Native American boarding schools in Pa., elsewhere | Pennsylvania Capital-Star (penncapital-star.com)
Research hoping to find a new test to detect Lyme disease in tick-heavy Pa. – The Morning Call (mcall.com)
Bethel Park man, Rostraver native competes in Paralympic Triathlon in Tokyo this week | TribLIVE.com
A ruling against the P-G could further protect reporters against racial discrimination | News | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh City Paper (pghcitypaper.com)
Aqua Pa. seeks 17.9% hike in water and sewer rates in Philly suburbs (inquirer.com)
Casey pushes for federal funding for early childhood education during Scranton preschool visit | Education | thetimes-tribune.com
Pa. Education Secretary visits Mt. Lebanon High School, answers questions on Pa. mask policies (wtae.com)
National News
Taliban Reject Extended Deadline as U.S. Races to Finish Evacuation – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
US troops surge evacuations out of Kabul as Taliban considers shutting down airlifts – pennlive.com
Taliban warn of ‘consequences’ if U.S. extends evacuation past August | TribLIVE.com
CIA director holds secret meeting in Kabul with Taliban leader, sources say | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Kathy Hochul Is Sworn In as New York’s First Female Governor – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Cuomo’s last day as governor: Hochul to take office without ‘distractions’ (abc27.com)
BLM protesters were targeted by federal government with stiffer punishments, an analysis shows | Across America | phillytrib.com
Jesse Jackson ‘responding positively’ to COVID treatment | Across America | phillytrib.com
The Tokyo Paralympic Games Have The Most Athletes — And The Most Women — In History
Local News
Free lead paint removal available for some Lancaster County residents | Transforming Health
Lehigh Valley veterans react as Afghanistan falls – The Morning Call (mcall.com)
PECO upgrade will remove High Street trees in Pottstown historic district | Local News | pottsmerc.com
Tropical Storm Henri brings heavy rains, flooding to Poconos (poconorecord.com)
Roads closed across Monroe after Tropical Storm Henri downpour (poconorecord.com)
Upper Darby looks to better serve residents using mapping technology | Local-news | delcotimes.com
Erie’s long slide to fifth in PA population a disappointment (goerie.com)
Hazleton civic partnership talks about missing link on extending trail | News | standardspeaker.com
“He will be missed”: Friends remember community advocate Jirau | News | standardspeaker.com
Residents speak out against plan for Sugarloaf Twp. cell tower | News | standardspeaker.com
Tropical Storm Henri brings flooding and road closures to Luzerne County | Crime-emergencies | citizensvoice.com
Joyce becomes Pittston Chamber’s board president | News | citizensvoice.com
State flags in Washington County ordered to fly at half-staff for late district attorney | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Philly
Patty-Pat Kozlowski: Wit or witout gunfire? (broadandliberty.com)
Former Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery in South Philadelphia on fire again – Philadelphia Business Journal (bizjournals.com)
Councilmember remembers an energetic cousin lost to gun violence | Local News | phillytrib.com
Thomas: Engaging our youth can put them on path to success | Local News | phillytrib.com
Washington
Biden’s Spending Proposals Face A Tough Road In Congress : NPR
Opinion | The Nine Democrats Making Nancy Pelosi’s Life Harder Are Making a Big Mistake – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Officer cleared in fatal Capitol shooting of Ashli Babbitt on Jan. 6 (ydr.com)