Legislature
Huge new facility brightens prospects in West Philadelphia – The Philadelphia Sunday Sun (philasun.com)
Bills on parole agent body cams, coverage for donor breast milk pass through Pa. Senate | News | meadvilletribune.com
Oh the places literacy should go. But we need to help children get there | Opinion – Pennsylvania Capital-Star (penncapital-star.com)
Pa. Senate confirms new education secretary, state fire commissioner, insurance head | Don’t Miss This | ncnewsonline.com
PA Environment Digest Blog: Senate Committee Unanimously Reports Out Nomination Of Richard Negrin As Secretary Of DEP (paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com)
Pa. to study birth complications; aim is healthier outcomes | WITF
Mumin confirmed as Pennsylvania education secretary despite criticism from both sides – TittlePress
SEPTA awarded $80 million grant for low-emission buses | Pennsylvania | thecentersquare.com
Tryko Partners Breaks Ground on Cedarwood Homes Development in Pittsburgh – Caryl Communications
Pa. Senate gives stamp of approval to insurance, fire commissioners – pennlive.com
Senate Committee Passes Baker, Bartolotta And Williams Bill To Reform PA’s Probation System | WDAC
Flood Watch, Severe Thunderstorm Watch Declared In Montgomery County | Norristown, PA Patch
Letter: Pennsylvania facing child care crisis (readingeagle.com)
Some rural Pennsylvania counties left out of home repair program | 90.5 WESA
How PA spent COVID stimulus money · Spotlight PA
Demand is set to swamp Pa.’s Whole-Home Repairs Program as some rural counties are left out | News, Sports, Jobs – The Express (lockhaven.com)
How Pa. has (and hasn’t) spent billions of COVID-19 stimulus dollars – TittlePress
US: Diwali to be a school holiday in New York City, says mayor – World News (wionews.com)
Pa. House panel talks challenges of cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay, local waterways – Pennsylvania Capital-Star (penncapital-star.com)
Pennsylvania House passes I-95 disaster proclamation extension (abc27.com)
Business/Jobs
Business groups critical of antitrust legislation against large online platforms | Illinois | thecentersquare.com
FTC sues Amazon for ‘trapping’ people in Prime subscriptions | WITF
Amazon Early Prime Day deal: Get up to 4 months of Amazon Music Unlimited free – pennlive.com
Crime/Punishment
Driver injured after truck smashes into Pa. bar: reports – pennlive.com
Arrest made in killings of anniversary couple and 97-year-old woman – pennlive.com
Theater-goer shot to death during fight over seat: police – pennlive.com
Driver with baby in backseat led troopers on 20-mile chase through central Pa.: state police – pennlive.com
Woman left 4 kids alone in apartment that caught fire: police – pennlive.com
Pa. man accused of severely injuring baby arrested after months on the run – pennlive.com
Body of Pa. man, 62, found in Lehigh River – pennlive.com
20-year-old ID’d as man killed in weekend Harrisburg shooting – pennlive.com
Education
Mumin confirmed as Pennsylvania education secretary despite criticism from both sides – TittlePress
Bipartisan school choice embrace reframes state budget negotiations | Pennsylvania | thecentersquare.com
Report: Thousands of Pa. students asked for mental health help last year – Pennsylvania Capital-Star (penncapital-star.com)
Seeking higher-education reforms, Pa. House GOP vote down funding for Temple, Penn State and Pitt – Pennsylvania Capital-Star (penncapital-star.com)
In suburban Allentown school board race, deep-pocketed PACs step up – Pennsylvania Capital-Star (penncapital-star.com)
Cabrini University to close May 2024; Villanova purchasing campus | Local News | phillytrib.com
Elections/Politics
Red and blue state divide grows even wider in 2023’s top voting and election laws – Pennsylvania Capital-Star (penncapital-star.com)
Environment
Pa. could be a model for solar-powered schools — If it can get past political divisions – Pennsylvania Capital-Star (penncapital-star.com)
Flood Watch, Severe Thunderstorm Watch Declared In Montgomery County | Norristown, PA Patch
Drought hits the Midwest, threatening crops and the world’s food supply – Pennsylvania Capital-Star (penncapital-star.com)
Transportation
SEPTA awarded $80 million grant for low-emission buses | Pennsylvania | thecentersquare.com
Clean energy program may soon include EV chargers | Pennsylvania | thecentersquare.com
Gun Safety
Philly leaders want to ban ski masks to prevent gun violence; opponents say it’s an intrusion on Black youth | Local News | phillytrib.com
Health
Report: Thousands of Pa. students asked for mental health help last year – Pennsylvania Capital-Star (penncapital-star.com)
State News
Pa. Senate committee approves Shapiro’s pick for elections chief – Pennsylvania Capital-Star (penncapital-star.com)
Report: Cracker plant hasn’t delivered for Beaver Co. | Tuesday Morning Coffee – Pennsylvania Capital-Star (penncapital-star.com)
Pennsylvania hunting license sales open with new online system (abc27.com)
Pennsylvania Game Commission website issues plague opening day for licenses (abc27.com)
June 26: Budget Countdown Begins (politicspa.com)
Pennsylvania to receive nearly $1.2 billion in federal funding for broadband development – City & State Pennsylvania (cityandstatepa.com)
I-95 Reopens To Traffic In Philadelphia (politicspa.com)
Prosecutors seek the death penalty against Pa. man in Idaho | WITF
Jurors in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting weigh death penalty | WITF
Pa. gas drillers pay record amount in impact fees | StateImpact Pennsylvania (npr.org)
Jurors hear why Robert Bowers should not get death penalty | WITF
Pa. clinicians: Revise the physician–only abortion law | WITF
Whither The Volunteer Firefighter In PA? (politicspa.com)
National News
SCOTUS decision on Lancaster County mail carrier case coming | WITF
Attorneys general announce support for FTC’s ‘click to cancel’ subscription policy | National | thecentersquare.com
Biden announces plan to spend $40 billion on countrywide high-speed internet | National | thecentersquare.com
Supreme Court deals major blow to Texas, Louisiana in deportation lawsuit | National | thecentersquare.com
Texas pecan farmers on the front lines of border crisis | Texas | thecentersquare.com
A train carrying hazardous materials plunges into Yellowstone River after bridge fails | WITF
Local News
Profiles in Pride: Celebrating LGBTQ+ voices in central Pa. – pennlive.com
Harrisburg School District to vote on demolishing vacant high school building (abc27.com)
Harrisburg synagogue packs food for the hungry | ABC27
Camp Hill Borough in need of crossing guards for upcoming school year (abc27.com)
‘An absolute disaster’: Hunters unhappy with first day of Pa. Game Commission license sales – The Morning Call (mcall.com)
Allentown to crack down after hookah lounge stabbing (mcall.com)
Bethehem Catholic softball coach Rich Mazza resigns (mcall.com)
Battle resumes in Lower Saucon over zoning for potential Bethlehem Landfill expansion | Lehigh Valley Regional News | wfmz.com
Monument honoring Black patriots celebrated at Valley Forge national park – Mainline Media News
About 40% of households in Berks struggling to make ends meet (readingeagle.com)
Hazleton mayor asks state to study traffic on Poplar Street, Diamond Avenue | News | standardspeaker.com
Pitt
Who keeps Pittsburgh’s T trains moving? (nextpittsburgh.com)
How many ballparks has Pittsburgh been home to over the years? (nextpittsburgh.com)
PWSA proposes three years of water rate increases in Pittsburgh (nextpittsburgh.com)
‘A recipe for disaster:’ Residents oppose eight-story housing complex near Frick Park | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
‘He murdered 11 innocent worshippers’: Prosecutors begin the penalty phase of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Norfolk Southern makes strides in East Palestine derailment remediation, still much work to be done | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Man found fatally shot in Pittsburgh’s East Hills | TribLIVE.com
Activists call on Pittsburgh Public Schools to stop issuing citations against students, cut back on suspensions | TribLIVE.com
Philly
‘Incredibly gross’: Former Eagles QB Carson Wentz is getting slammed on social media – pennlive.com
Sixers Innovation Lab shuts down as former manager Seth Berger launches new VC fund – Philadelphia Business Journal (bizjournals.com)
Agilent Technologies to invest $22M in latest Delaware expansion – Philadelphia Business Journal (bizjournals.com)
FTA announces $80 million investment in SEPTA for clean energy infrastructure upgrades | State & Region | phillytrib.com
Three weekend double shootings: Fairmount Park, Southwest Philly and Strawberry Mansion | Local News | phillytrib.com
Cabrini University to close May 2024; Villanova purchasing campus | Local News | phillytrib.com
Philadelphia joins several other cities and states exploring reparations | Local News | phillytrib.com
Washington
Fetterman Endorses Innamorato For Allegheny County Executive (politicspa.com)
Pa.’s Fetterman, U.S. Senate Dems seek answers from USDA on SNAP program changes – Pennsylvania Capital-Star (penncapital-star.com)
