Legislature
PA Minimum Wage at $7.25, Experts and Locals React | WJAC (wjactv.com)
Pennsylvania bill “Damar’s Law” would require AEDs at school sporting events (abc27.com)
Pa. lawmaker proposes to make harassing sports officials illegal (abc27.com)
Pennsylvania lawmakers renew efforts to enact child reunification legislation (abc27.com)
Pennsylvania state senator set to make history as first to give birth in office (19thnews.org)
Pennsylvania takes steps to ease volunteer firefighter crisis | Pennsylvania | thecentersquare.com
Changes proposed to Pennsylvania medical marijuana program (abc27.com)
Mastriano pitches bill to limit drag shows amid conservative social media furor – pennlive.com
Joanna McClinton unsure whether she’ll be Pa.’s first female speaker (inquirer.com)
Rozzi locks state house chamber, listening tour begins (abc27.com)
Pa. House remains deadlocked, out of session – WHYY
Has Time Run Out For Child Sex Abuse Survivors, Again? (politicspa.com)
Grant to help Bucks residents with PFAS-tainted water | The Bucks County Herald
No single person should have unchecked authority in Pennsylvania government (phillyburbs.com)
Business/Jobs
Pa. union membership was steady in 2022 as the workforce grew (inquirer.com)
Sheetz’s ‘smile policy’ for convenience store workers may not have teeth (inquirer.com)
Rutter’s to open 50 more stores, including some in Pennsylvania – pennlive.com
Erie’s Black Wall Street: Unity in family, community, nation, race (goerie.com)
COVID-19
FDA advisers set to consider one-and-done annual COVID booster plan | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
COVID, flu, RSV: ‘tridemic’ infections decline but vaccines still recommended (inquirer.com)
LVHN closes Monroe COVID clinic, vaccines available through doctors (poconorecord.com)
Crime/Punishment
Pottstown-area police plan DUI enforcement – Daily Local
Education
Editorial: Schools should boost taxpayers, not fund balances (dailylocal.com)
Penn State hasn’t paid for Proud Boys event security · Spotlight PA State College
Central Bucks enlists law firm focused on religious liberty for library book policy (inquirer.com)
Quakertown Community School District to hire “floater teachers” | The Bucks County Herald
As Erie Rise slipped, charter school alienated one of its biggest fans (goerie.com)
Elections/Politics
National
Adam Schiff announces Senate bid for Feinstein’s California seat : NPR
Over Trump and on to DeSantis, Philly’s deep pocket, private club crowd looks to 2024 (inquirer.com)
Statewide
Republicans eye McCormick to oust Sen. Casey in 2024 Pennsylvania race (abc27.com)
District/Local
Who’s running for mayor in Philadelphia? – City & State Pennsylvania (cityandstatepa.com)
Black Clergy holds breakfast meeting with mayoral candidates | Local News | phillytrib.com
Philadelphia mayor’s race: Jeff Brown slams Krasner, shifts tone on police funding (inquirer.com)
Environment
Transportation
Gun Safety
Health
State News
Report: Pennsylvania’s slashed corporate tax rate still lags | Pennsylvania | thecentersquare.com
Pennsylvanians could be using mobile ID on their phones soon (inquirer.com)
Fetterman named to Senate Agriculture, Banking committees, among others (abc27.com)
Rep. Mike Kelly named chairman of House Ways & Means tax subcommittee (goerie.com)
Former Pennsylvania Attorney General William Sennett passes away (abc27.com)
PPL customers shocked by sky-high electric bills | Business | citizensvoice.com
UGI files request to raise rates again | Business | citizensvoice.com
National News
New U.S. race, ethnicity standards proposed; first since 1997 (inquirer.com)
FDA to make it easier for gay and bisexual men to donate blood : Shots – Health News : NPR
Tyre Nichols death: 5 Memphis ex-cops jailed and charged with Nichols’ murder : NPR
DeSantis faces backlash after Florida rejects African American studies course : NPR
Auschwitz liberation anniversary noted as war continues in nearby Ukraine – pennlive.com
Local News
West Chester Food Cupboard gets funding for expansion – Daily Local
New 108-room hotel to be built in West Chester – Daily Local
Lancaster Mayor Sorace delivers fifth ‘State of the City’ address (abc27.com)
Plan OK’d to build 3 warehouses near Cumberland Valley High School – pennlive.com
Officials: One step left for Johnstown’s Act 47 exit | News | tribdem.com
Loch Nairn Golf Club in Chester County becomes a park (inquirer.com)
Marconi, Gilbert McBride won’t seek reelection to Wilkes-Barre council | News | citizensvoice.com
Pitt
Feds issue update, but no conclusion, on Fern Hollow Bridge collapse | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Fern Hollow Bridge: A year of rebuilding (post-gazette.com)
Feds issue update, but no conclusion, on Fern Hollow Bridge collapse probe | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Philly
Philly’s Right to Counsel gives tenants facing eviction free legal help (inquirer.com)
Water bills in Philadelphia to increase over the next two years (inquirer.com)
Luxury apartments displace artists at Viking Mills in E. Kensington (inquirer.com)
City Council resolution condemns Union League for DeSantis honor | Local News | phillytrib.com
City Council business | Local News | phillytrib.com
FDR Park community meeting draws hundreds, starts off in tense face-off (inquirer.com)
Philly’s Right to Counsel gives tenants facing eviction free legal help (inquirer.com)
Developer near Delaware SEPTA stop shifts plans from offices to warehouse (inquirer.com)
Washington
National Archives asks past presidents, VPs to look for classified items (inquirer.com)
Democrats won’t cut spending to raise debt ceiling, Hakeem Jeffries says : NPR
Doug Emhoff visits Europe to raise Holocaust awareness and fight antisemitism : NPR