Legislature
Wolf adds to mounting veto tally, kills permitless-gun bill | WITF
Wolf vetoes concealed carry legislation, has most vetoes since Milton Shapp (abc27.com)
Letter to the editor: RGGI vital to fighting climate crisis | TribLIVE.com
Senators Plan Public Hearing on Drug Treatment – The Post (sanatogapost.com)
News Flash • West Chester Borough, PA • CivicEngage (west-chester.com)
Kennett Greenway receives $1.47 million in grant funding | Chester County Press
Senator Carolyn Comitta’s Staff to visit West Grove Borough – NewsBreak
Pa. lawmakers fight to lower insulin costs (abc27.com)
Pa. clean water bills will benefit those who love the outdoors (poconorecord.com)
Kenyatta calls for state of emergency on gun violence in Philadelphia | Local News | phillytrib.com
This week’s biggest Winners & Losers | City & State PA (cityandstatepa.com)
Coronavirus – COVID-19
Pushing COVID-19 boosters, Biden says ‘we need to be ready’ – Daily Local
Will vaccines protect us against the omicron variant? : Goats and Soda : NPR
5 omicron COVID variant cases confirmed in NY: Hochul (abc27.com)
State officials visit Chesco to pitch COVID vaccine – Daily Local
UPMC to study omicron variant, announces new research guiding COVID-19 treatment (abc27.com)
Biden announces plan for free COVID home test kits | ABC27
Antibody injections offer a new path for COVID-19 treatments, UPMC says | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Thanksgiving spikes COVID hospitalizations; Wellspan preps for crisis (ydr.com)
York County Prison COVID rise halts visitors (ydr.com)
Far more Pa elder-care workers had COVID-19 than previously believed (theintell.com)
CMS administrator highlights importance of vaccinating health care staff | Health | phillytrib.com
Berks COVID update: Cases and reinfections soar (readingeagle.com)
Business/Jobs
November 2021 Jobs Report: A Gain of 210,000 – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
STUDY: 10% of Pennsylvanians say it’s ‘very difficult’ to survive in current economy (abc27.com)
Kellogg, union reach a tentative contract deal to end two-month strike : NPR
Striking Kellogg’s workers to get 3% raises in new contract | WITF
Op-Ed: Inflation excuses miss the point | Pennsylvania | thecentersquare.com
Jobless rates drop in Chester, Delaware, Montgomery counties [Emploiyment] (dailylocal.com)
Some central Pa. restaurants cutting down on delivery and takeout orders – pennlive.com
More than 200 UPS workers to lose jobs in Throop | News | thetimes-tribune.com
Crime/Punishment
Court hears debate over accused synagogue shooter’s words | WITF
Education
Central York School Board final recount for Rebecca Riek Faith Casale (ydr.com)
Elections/Politics
‘Testing the waters’: Former Congressman Keith Rothfus looking at US Senate race (wtae.com)
Conservative Republican Caroline Avery will primary Brian Fitzpatrick (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
Environment
Transportation
Part of Pa. Turnpike to be closed due to bridge demolition in Dauphin County (abc27.com)
Health
Chester County Hospital named one of nation’s top 50 cardiovascular hospitals (dailylocal.com)
IBC invests in firm to get members more mental health care (inquirer.com)
Deadline looms for chance to pick a Medicare Advantage plan | Times Leader
State News
New area code coming to southeastern Pennsylvania (dailylocal.com)
Vaunted Pennsylvania Society weekend loses luster among politicos · Spotlight PA
The price of electricity is going up, especially in the midstate – pennlive.com
National News
Roe v. Wade’s future is in doubt after historic arguments at Supreme Court | WITF
FTC sued to block Nvidia-Arm merger, which would be largest in chip industry : NPR
Racism plagues US military academies despite diversity gains | News | phillytrib.com
Local News
Historic House Holiday Tours Return to Fairmount Park – MyChesCo
Collegeville telecom company brings back its ‘Holiday Hotline’ (dailylocal.com)
Susan Rzucidlo ready to take mayoral reins in Avondale come January – Daily Local
Harrisburg business owner helps to de-clutter homes on A&E’s ‘Hoarders’ series – pennlive.com
Snowplow driver shortages in Erie trouble for local snow removal businesses (goerie.com)
Racism plagues US military academies despite diversity gains | News | phillytrib.com
Pitt
Woodland Hills, church teaming up for gun buyback program – WPXI
Allegheny County says some workers were fired for lack of vaccinations | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh Public Schools on ‘modified lockdown’ Friday due to threats | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh survey asks: How should revamped Smithfield Street look? | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Heinz Endowments awards $5.4 million in grants to local cultural organizations | TribLIVE.com
Philly
A new supermarket is a big hit in Juniata Park | Local News | phillytrib.com
Tangled titles bill passed in City Council | News | phillytrib.com
Washington
Senate passes bill to avoid shutdown after clash over vaccine mandates (abc27.com)
House approves a short-term funding bill to avoid a government shutdown | WITF
Congress passes funding legislation to avert a partial shutdown : NPR
How Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg stack up politically : NPR
Defense spending bill caught in Capitol Hill battle (abc27.com)
Democrats urge Congress to include paid family leave into Build Back Better plan | ABC27
Jan. 6 panel votes to refer ex-DOJ official Jeffrey Clark for contempt of Congress | WITF
On to the rest of Congress’ end-of-year to-do list – POLITICO