Legislature
Calls for Penn professor’s removal after anti-Asian comments (audacy.com)Calls for Penn professor’s removal after anti-Asian comments (audacy.com)
Sen. Street’s Statement on President Biden’s Call to Defend US Democracy – MyChesCo
Pa. State Senator Wants Payment Apps To Be Option On Turnpike – YouTube
Lawmaker returns home for first time since October car wreck | News | tribdem.com
Redistricting: Transparent process or same old story with maps tied up in the courts? (abc27.com)
Pennsylvania’s new House map can fix decades of gerrymandering | Opinion (inquirer.com)
Pennsylvania Senate Republicans score court victory in elections investigation (broadandliberty.com)
AFP-Pennsylvania Launches 2021 Midsession Legislative Scorecard – Americans for Prosperity
Senator Dan Laughlin opposes natural gas ban proposed by New York governor | WJET/WFXP/YourErie.com
Sen. Judy Schwank calls for public investment in child care (readingeagle.com)
PA lawmakers near deadline for new congressional map. Here’s what’s next | WSKGWSKG
This week’s biggest Winners & Losers | City & State PA (cityandstatepa.com)
Re: Jake Corman and John Krill comments on Pa.’s school funding | PennLive letters – pennlive.com
Coronavirus – COVID-19
Supreme Court blocks Biden’s vaccine-or-test mandate for large private companies : NPR
Supreme Court halts COVID-19 vaccine rule for US businesses (inquirer.com)
Pa. health secretary got COVID-19 booster while pregnant, hopes to set example – pennlive.com
Gina Diorio: The Covid context the Wolf administration isn’t giving (broadandliberty.com)
Omicron, unvaccinated dominate cases at LGH (abc27.com)
High-volume COVID testing site to open in Berks and Delaware counties (readingeagle.com)
USPS to deliver COVID test kits, Philadelphia part of pilot program (inquirer.com)
PA hospitals could move to crisis standard, emergency room diversions (theintell.com)
Opinion: Pocono hospitals are under strain. Here’s how you can help. (poconorecord.com)
Business/Jobs
Letter: Unions protect working Americans (readingeagle.com)
Health Care Workers Gather Downtown To Demand Changes – CBS Pittsburgh (cbslocal.com)
Shortages reported at grocery stores nationwide, and blame goes beyond the pandemic – pennlive.com
Crime/Punishment
Oath Keepers leader arrested, charged with seditious conspiracy for Jan. 6 riot : NPR
Over $72 million in illegal drugs seized in 2021 by Pa. State Police (abc27.com)
Delaware County DA criticized for handling of police shooting of 8-year-old | WITF
Education
Navient settlement: Indebted student borrowers to benefit | WITF
Masks in schools: Erie County Executive Brenton Davis defends lifting mandate (goerie.com)
Elections/Politics
Rep. Sonney announces retirement | WJET/WFXP/YourErie.com
Dillsburg independent announces run for 10th Congressional District seat | Politics | cumberlink.com
Martell Covington enters race to fill Gainey’s state House seat | 90.5 WESA
Pennsylvania AFL-CIO endorses Josh Shapiro for governor | City & State PA (cityandstatepa.com)
Republicans threaten to skip traditional general election debates : NPR
DelVal Republicans Hope to Catch the ‘Red Wave’ in 2022 – DV Journal (delawarevalleyjournal.com)
Former Treasury Department official enters race for Pa. Senate seat | Pennsylvania News | wfmz.com
Four GOP Senate Candidates Debate in Western PA – DV Journal (delawarevalleyjournal.com)
Fox News, others seek access to ‘attorneys’ eyes only’ report on voting machines – pennlive.com
Thomas announces GOP bid in 119th | Times Leader
Op-Ed: Preserve our democracy by voting (theintell.com)
Letter to the editor | Excellent voting system in Pa. | Readers Forum | tribdem.com
Environment
Chesapeake Bay Foundation gets grant to help disadvantaged farmers | WITF
Transportation
Pennsylvania Turnpike tolls: Lawmaker suggests use of PayPal, Venmo as payment methods – WPXI
Health
Blood donors needed in worst shortage in more than a decade | News | citizensvoice.com
State News
Houlahan introduces bill would ‘strengthen our national security’ – Daily Local
Houlahan urges passage of voting, election bills, as Biden all but concedes defeat – Daily Local
Guest Opinion: Fitzpatrick fails the acid test of his own independence (theintell.com)
Where hackers are stashing Pa. unemployment money (abc27.com)
Pa. organizations urge residents to transition from 3G to 5G service (abc27.com)
Republican candidates warn of immigrant ‘ghost flights,’ but lack facts and context | WITF
The Pennsylvania Farm Show is back in person, but attendance is down | WITF
DEP offering free radon testing in Chester County – Daily Local
National News
King family to lead march for voting rights | Across America | phillytrib.com
U.S. is ‘fully prepared’ if Russia invades Ukraine, secretary of state says : NPR
National blood crisis forcing doctors and patients to make tough choices : NPR
Djokovic Faces Deportation As Australia Revokes Visa Again : NPR
A Wisconsin judge rules absentee ballot drop boxes are not allowed under state law : NPR
Prince Andrew is stripped of his royal patronages and military titles : NPR
Your tax refund could be delayed unless you take these steps (readingeagle.com)
Local News
Nor’easter to bring a period of plowable snow Sunday night to the Midstate (abc27.com)
Berks weather: 3 to 6 inches of snow Sunday-Monday (readingeagle.com)
Nearly all-new Mohnton Borough Council gets down to business (readingeagle.com)
Stimulus checks and slippery sidewalks on Wilkes-Barre residents’ minds | Times Leader
Receiver seeks to gain more revenue from Covanta for Chester (delcotimes.com)
Pitt
Restoring Pittsburgh’s vacant land to use just got a little bit easier | 90.5 WESA
For Pittsburgh Public Schools redistricting effort, a long road ends with a familiar map | 90.5 WESA
Numerous Pittsburgh-area schools closed because of COVID-related issues | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Significant winter storm expected to arrive Sunday, weather service warns | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Philly
Philly Council has until Feb. 12 to approve new district map (audacy.com)
Statue celebrating Harriet Tubman displayed at City Hall (audacy.com)
Area vaccination events held to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day | Local News | phillytrib.com
Philadelphia schools that remain open struggle with staff shortages and quarantines (inquirer.com)
Washington
Biden says he doesn’t know if voting rights legislation can pass : NPR
Federal voting right bills stalled in US Senate | ABC27
Biden to announce three more Federal Reserve nominees : NPR
Analysis: Biden overshoots on what’s possible in divided D.C. | News | tribdem.com
President announces deployment of six additional medical teams to states in need (abc27.com)