Legislature
Pennsylvania lawmaker wants to expand solar energy options | Pennsylvania | thecentersquare.com
Sport of kings: Pennsylvania subsidizes horse racing with $3.5B | Pennsylvania | thecentersquare.com
Kaufer, Haddock announce fire company, EMS grants | Times Leader
Business/Jobs
Job fair targets workers as businesses boost wages to attract help | TribLIVE.com
Costco, Wawa, Sheetz and other companies to open more stores in central Pa. – pennlive.com
Philly’s 10th and Market Starbucks baristas want to unionize like other local shops (inquirer.com)
COVID-19
COVID test kits, vaccines and treatments may soon cost you more : Shots – Health News : NPR
New York City municipal employees won’t have to get COVID-19 vaccines anymore : NPR
Crime/Punishment
Chester County among highest in human-trafficking cases in Pa. – Daily Local
Five Pa. Jehovah’s Witnesses members charged with child sexual abuse charges | WITF
Education
Pennsylvania school funding trial decided in favor of school districts (inquirer.com)
Lehigh Valley leaders praise landmark Pa. schools funding ruling (mcall.com)
Poorer districts win challenge to Pennsylvania’s public school funding | WITF
Judge deems Pennsylvania’s school funding system unconstitutional | WITF
Judge rules Pennsylvania does not equitably fund public education (abc27.com)
Pa. court rules state’s school funding method unconstitutional (dailylocal.com)
Judge Rules PA’s School Funding System Unconstitutional – DV Journal (delawarevalleyjournal.com)
Penn State expects Class of 2022 to fill leadership void after making early impact (dailylocal.com)
Student resource officers added to West Chester schools – Daily Local
Lehigh University denied a liquor license for on-campus pub – pennlive.com
Developer plans to build 4 warehouses near several central Pa. schools – pennlive.com
The Central Bucks School District is buying books to consider banning them from libraries | WITF
Pa. school leaders are much less diverse than the students they serve, according to new study | WITF
Penn State withdraws law schools from U.S. News ranking consideration | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Elections/Politics
Democrats win special elections, Pa. House majority · Spotlight PA
Democrats win control of Pennsylvania House, end GOP rule (abc27.com)
Dems Sweep Special Elections; Move Into Majority in PA House (politicspa.com)
HEMPHILL: Big Business Loses Support of Republicans – DV Journal (delawarevalleyjournal.com)
Conservative groups look beyond Trump for 2024 GOP nominee – WAVY.com
Philly mayor race: Jeff Brown’s $1.2M education in city politics from PAC (inquirer.com)
Environment
How the EPA values human lives lost to climate change : NPR
The rocky road to recycled: Where do bottles, cans and cardboard really go? – pennlive.com
Gun Safety
Health
Boston University researchers find CTE in 345 of 376 former NFL players – Mainline Media News
State News
They put some union into the State of the Union address – Pittsburgh Union Progress
Biden State of the Union: ‘Dreamer’ who joined first lady calls it ‘amazing’ (inquirer.com)
Pennsylvania’s acting attorney general leads coalition urging stronger PFAS regulations | WITF
Coffee & Chocolate Trail in central Pa. offers sweet treats at 16 places – pennlive.com
Scranton ammunition plant makes artillery shells for the war in Ukraine | WITF
National News
Over 400 ready-to-eat foods are recalled over listeria contamination fears : NPR
LeBron James breaks Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s NBA career scoring record : NPR
7,700 dead in Syria and Turkey as race for earthquake survivors goes on : NPR
Memphis officer took, shared photos of bloodied Tyre Nichols, documents show : NPR
Top officials challenge local abortion ordinances — but could the strategy backfire? (kunm.org)
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy visits UK for first time since Russia’s invasion – pennlive.com
Disney faces losing control of its kingdom with Florida bill – pennlive.com
New Jersey program to ID gambling problems launches for Super Bowl 2023 (inquirer.com)
Local News
Aqua Wastewater application to acquire DELCORA on hold (dailylocal.com)
Army’s first black helicopter pilot to be honored in West Chester – Daily Local
Terry Tracy: Victories claimed by Delco’s health department ring hollow (broadandliberty.com)
Meeting held tonight on proposed York County warehouse construction (abc27.com)
Potential reopening of Pittston/West Pittston bridge still under review | Times Leader
Montgomery County authorizes $1.5M in voter services contracts (mainlinemedianews.com)
Pitt
Fallen McKeesport officer remembered for passion, as outside law enforcement steps in | TribLIVE.com
Philly
Philadelphia School District teachers sometimes leave because of parking woes (inquirer.com)
Ohio train derailment: What if it happened in Philadelphia? (inquirer.com)
South Philadelphia Chiefs bar opts out of Super Bowl Sunday | WITF
Eagles fan Joe Biden opens State of the Union with joke about Super Bowl (inquirer.com)
Washington
State of the Union 2023 address recap: Biden lays out ambitious agenda (phillyburbs.com)
President Biden calls for restoring child tax credit | ABC27
5 takeaways from Biden’s State of the Union address : NPR
Biden declares in State of Union US is ‘unbowed, unbroken’ | Politics | standardspeaker.com
Sarah Huckabee Sanders focuses on culture wars in response to State of the Union : NPR
Arkansas Gov. Sanders slams Biden for ‘woke fantasies’ | TribLIVE.com
Balloon shooting tensions linger as China refuses call between top officials : NPR