Legislature
State lawmakers renew effort to move up Pa.’s presidential primary date – pennlive.com
Pa. Senate honors Lehigh County firefighters killed in house fire – lehighvalleylive.com
Senate Bill 1 continues through Pa. State House (abc27.com)
Pa. Senate committee advances proposed constitutional amendments in single bill | News | tribdem.com
Pa. Senate adds controversy to effort to help childhood sex abuse survivors – pennlive.com
Midstate think tank highlights possible cost of sexual abuse amendment | ABC27
Pa. senators seek fewer restrictions on nurse practitioners (mcall.com)
Deadline nears for PA abuse relief amendment · Spotlight PA
Pa. lawmakers want to get rid of religious emblems law (mcall.com)
Bipartisan Bill Protects First Amendment Rights Of Teachers | WDAC
Pa. State House in limbo amid speaker of the house drama (abc27.com)
Editorial: Don’t let bipartisan experiment in Pa. House unravel | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pennsylvania Capitol Complex, area roads closing for Shapiro inauguration (abc27.com)
Pennsylvania Republican says state House speaker ‘betrayed’ him | Pennsylvania | thecentersquare.com
Meet The Freshmen In The General Assembly (politicspa.com)
Allegheny County lawmaker Jessica Benham named as co-chair to state LGBTQ caucus | TribLIVE.com
State funding to boost urban agriculture in Berks | Berks Regional News | wfmz.com
Business/Jobs
A critical shortage: amid burnout, fatigue, exhaustion, nurses leave their jobs – pennlive.com
Coinbase lays off around 20% of its workforce amid crypto downturn : NPR
Americans are piling up credit card debt – and that can be costly : NPR
Disney CEO Bob Iger says employees must work in office at least 4 days a week : NPR
Sheetz reduces diesel prices for January (abc27.com)
Central Pa.’s newest casino sets opening date – pennlive.com
COVID-19
Berks picked to be pilot site of national COVID home test and treatment program (readingeagle.com)
With new COVID-19 variant XBB.1.5 in Allegheny County, here’s what to know | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Karikó and Weissman mRNA research got them in the National Inventors Hall of Fame (inquirer.com)
Japan, South Korea protest China visa stoppage amid COVID spat (inquirer.com)
Crime/Punishment
Five Philly corrections officers involved in attack on naked inmate, feds say (inquirer.com)
Jury chosen to hear Proud Boys Jan. 6 sedition trial | News | phillytrib.com
Roxborough High shooting: Four alleged shooters are held on murder charges (inquirer.com)
Education
Feds propose ‘student loan safety net’ alongside forgiveness (inquirer.com)
New policy on challenging books at Central Bucks schools in place (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
Scranton School District moves out of recovery | Education | thetimes-tribune.com
Abington Heights school board hears options for upcoming budget | News | thetimes-tribune.com
Elections/Politics
Shapiro Announces Three More Cabinet Appointments (politicspa.com)
Josh Shapiro picks Rich Negrin to lead Pa. Department of Environmental Protection (inquirer.com)
How WITF plans to cover elections | WITF
Transportation
FAA NOTAM system outage leads to nationwide flight pause and delays : NPR
FAA system outage causing flight delays nationwide – CBS Pittsburgh (cbsnews.com)
PennDOT gets $171M in grants to expand electric vehicle network | TribLIVE.com
‘It’s huge:’ Westmoreland manufacturer wins Amtrak-related contracts | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Traffic congestion got much worse in 2022 but is still below pre-pandemic levels : NPR
Gun Safety
Health
State News
Final Pennie open enrollment deadline approaching (abc27.com)
Pennsylvania home construction down 60% from 2004 peak | Pennsylvania | thecentersquare.com
Matt Cartwright talks Amtrak in northeast PA as Congress begins term (poconorecord.com)
How a Penn think tank is connected to DOJ review of Biden’s classified documents (inquirer.com)
National News
A child or youth died every 4.4 seconds in 2021. That number could get worse : Goats and Soda : NPR
Bill Gates considers West Virginia to expand nuclear energy efforts – CBS Pittsburgh (cbsnews.com)
Romanian court rejects Andrew Tate’s appeal of 30-day arrest : NPR
3 takeaways on the Seattle schools lawsuit against big tech : NPR
Tips for reducing food waste : NPR
Golden Globes 2023: The full list of winners : NPR
The Mega Millions jackpot grows to $1.35B after no big winner : NPR
Storm-struck California scrambles to clean up ahead of rain (inquirer.com)
Local News
Water lines break, forcing several temporary moves for Somerset County offices | News | tribdem.com
West Chester parking director fired after being charged with theft – Daily Local
The late Frank Denbowski remembered as a dedicated public servant (readingeagle.com)
Christmas movie to be filmed in Gettysburg this month – pennlive.com
Whitehall commissioners vote “no confidence” in mayor (mcall.com)
Springfield supervisors defend tax increase | The Bucks County Herald
Plans call for investment in this neglected York neighborhood (ydr.com)
2023 construction in Erie include coffee shops, apartments, and gyms (goerie.com)
Pitt
Plan to reduce flooding in Greenfield has gotten a lot less green (nextpittsburgh.com)
Archive of Tree of Life attack and aftermath goes public | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Philly
Real estate development in Philly to slow in 2023 over financial uncertainty (inquirer.com)
Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations hosts anti-hate panel | Local News | phillytrib.com
Philadelphia mayor’s race: How gun violence crisis is defining campaigns (inquirer.com)
Washington
A bill that would have impacted racial disparity in cocaine crimes died in the Senate : NPR
US to max out on debt soon, setting up political fight | Associated Press | wfmz.com
House Approves GOP Inquiry Into ‘Weaponization’ of Government – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Joe Biden, Andrés Manuel López Obrado, Justin Trudeau meet in Mexico City (inquirer.com)