Legislature
The Pennsylvania National Guard Is Getting a Pay Raise – MyChesCo
More transparency sought in Pennsylvania oil, gas industry | Pennsylvania | thecentersquare.com
Harrisburg Republicans: Nice bike lanes permitted only under these conditions (inquirer.com)
Analysis: Wolf traded away charter school reform for education funding (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
State deal nets millions for homeowners, renters | Columnists | heraldstandard.com
Large donation will help feed the hungry – South Philly Review
$1M grant will help prep former Sony industrial site in East Huntingdon for tenants | TribLIVE.com
Coronavirus – COVID-19
COVID patients find dangerous advice and pills online : Shots – Health News : NPR
COVID rises across U.S. amid muted warnings and murky data | Coronavirus | standardspeaker.com
Bucks County reported 872 additional COVID-19 cases this week (theintell.com)
Scars of COVID persist for sickest survivors, their families | Coronavirus | tribdem.com
Business/Jobs
Goldman Sachs CEO worries recession more likely than his own economists : NPR
Gas prices continue to fall on drop in demand, declining oil prices | TribLIVE.com
Market boosts area farms struggling with inflation | News | thetimes-tribune.com
Education
Pennsylvania unveils extensive plan to tackle growing teacher shortage (delcotimes.com)
Penn law professor faces evaluation by peers for ‘racist speech’ | Local News | phillytrib.com
Only 28% of Americans have ‘a lot of confidence’ in public schools: poll – pennlive.com
Elections/Politics
Oz’s Strategy to Win Over PA Dems: Trump Who? (politicspa.com)
Inflation bigger issue than Jan. 6 in competitive House races : NPR
See how many Democrats became Republicans in Pa. in 2022 – pennlive.com
PA Senate race: Fetterman out-raises Oz by $8.7M in Q2 (abc27.com)
GOP candidates in PA statewide races see funding slump through June (ydr.com)
Pennsylvania Democrats may be facing a tough November, but they aren’t going in empty-handed | WITF
Elizabeth Warren to head fundraiser for Fetterman in Pennsylvania Senate race (abc27.com)
Ciresi, Neafcy Face Off Again in House 146 District – DV Journal (delawarevalleyjournal.com)
Doug Mastriano helps celebrate the political movement that made him at film premiere | WITF
Environment
PA moves water quality and saving the Chesapeake ‘to the front burner’ (ydr.com)
Researchers still don’t know what killed hundreds of birds last summer | WITF
Transportation
Unpaid Pa. Turnpike tolls increase by $50 million (mcall.com)
Health
Monkeypox keeps spreading. Here’s what authorities are doing to stop it : NPR
Heat and humidity limits being tested by Penn State researchers (inquirer.com)
State News
Pennsylvania gambling expected to hit $5B in revenues for 2022 | Pennsylvania | thecentersquare.com
Evans’ military academy diversity legislation passes House | Local News | phillytrib.com
R. Seth Williams: Progressive myths or reality-based solutions (broadandliberty.com)
Op-ed: Hold elected officials accountable for gun safety votes (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
Guest Opinion: My change of heart on gun law reforms (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
National News
Abortion ban blocked in W.Va.; Louisiana awaits ruling | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Uvalde report shows that gun laws matter, says Texas House committee member : NPR
Are gun buyback programs worth it? The answer is complicated. | Local News | phillytrib.com
Putin heads to Tehran for talks with leaders of Iran, Turkey | News | tribdem.com
Texas state police launch internal review of Uvalde response – Daily Local
U.K. breaks its record for highest temperature as heat builds (inquirer.com)
Local News
Harrisburg seeking millions to renovate parks (abc27.com)
Upper Darby Mayor will hold Town Hall meeting Tuesday to discuss ARPA funds – Delco Times
Hot temps on tap in Northeast PA for next week | Crime-Emergency | thetimes-tribune.com
A councilman in Reading wants the city to implement reparations for slavery | WITF
Easton council unanimous in support for state, federal abortion protections – lehighvalleylive.com
Pitt
Downtown Pittsburgh experiencing growth in housing market (nextpittsburgh.com)
Picklesburgh attendance ‘largest ever’ according to organizers | TribLIVE.com
Philly
Task force tracks man accused of building ghost guns in Philly | WITF
Washington
House to vote on same-sex marriage in effort to push back against court : NPR
Steve Bannon trial related to Jan. 6 begins with jury selection : NPR
Staff in several U.S. House offices begin the process of unionizing | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette