Legislature
State Supreme Court upholds new House and Senate maps | City & State PA (cityandstatepa.com)
Pa. State Supreme Court rules Pa. State Senate, House maps constitutional (abc27.com)
Pa. Supreme Court rejects legal challenges to state’s new legislative maps · Spotlight PA
Supreme Court Rejects Challenges to Newly Drawn PA Maps – PoliticsPA
Court upholds new maps for Pennsylvania General Assembly | WITF
Business-Model Change to Liquor Store Sales Stalls in Pennsylvania. (vista.today)
Senate Democrats Discuss Housing Scarcity and Houselessness at Policy Hearing – NewsBreak
Pennsylvania lawmakers to introduce bill to end smoking in casinos (wgal.com)
Changes to PA’s Clean Indoor Air Act would end smoking in casinos (wtae.com)
Pa. Republicans weigh haves and have nots with Act 77 (abc27.com)
Kayden’s Law included in VAWA, bolsters protection for women, children (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
Sen. Steve Santarsiero to host College Financial Planning event | The Bucks County Herald
Coronavirus – COVID-19
Deltacron, the latest COVID-19 variant, is on the rise (inquirer.com)
How to tell if you have long COVID : Shots – Health News : NPR
How the COVID-19 pandemic has shrunk our worlds | WITF
Two week COVID-19 metric meets summertime level | Coronavirus | thetimes-tribune.com
Business/Jobs
Ask The Experts: What to do with the prevailing wage? | City & State PA (cityandstatepa.com)
Federal Reserve Walks a Tightrope Between Inflation and Recession – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Exton Square mall being sold to a developer (dailylocal.com)
Hundreds of jobs available at the Great Northeast Job Fair | Business | standardspeaker.com
Will Inflation Fix Itself? – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Crime/Punishment
Pa. attorney general meets with police chiefs, discusses shortages (abc27.com)
‘That’s a problem’: Pennsylvania seeing ‘historic shortage of police’ | Today in Pa. – pennlive.com
PSP steps up DUI patrols ahead of St. Patrick’s Day (abc27.com)
Education
HBCU bomb threats: Education Department offers grants to targeted schools : NPR
Teen Takes: Schools must address student mental health after threats (theintell.com)
Elections/Politics
Harrisburg Rep. Lewis to not seek re-election (abc27.com)
Why Stacey Abrams Is Rejecting Her Democratic Stardom – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Jason Richey and the Contract With Pennsylvania – PoliticsPA
Georgia GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker questions evolution : NPR
Mehmet Oz vows to renounce Turkish citizenship if elected US senator in Pennsylania | WITF
Haddock running for state House seat in 118th | Election | thetimes-tribune.com
Transportation
‘Pilot shortage’: SkyWest dropping air service for Johnstown, 28 other cities | News | tribdem.com
More people in region considering hybrid, electric vehicles as gas prices surge – Daily Local
PennDOT to work on I-78 and I-81 in Lebanon, Dauphin counties (ydr.com)
Planners to hold meeting looking for input on U.S. 522 corridor – pennlive.com
Health
Opioid settlement will send $1B to Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | thecentersquare.com
Alzheimer’s patients divided over Aduhelm, or aducanumab (inquirer.com)
State News
Pa. VA center targeted for closure – The Morning Call (mcall.com)
Dr. Rachel Levine is named one of 12 ‘Women of the Year’ by USA Today | WITF
National News
Russian airstrike hits Ukraine theater; hundreds are feared trapped (inquirer.com)
A deepfake video showing Volodymyr Zelenskyy surrendering worries experts : NPR
Guest Opinion: Let’s stop helping an ambitious dictator’s economy (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
Russia’s strike on Ukraine maternity hospital is part of a terrible wartime tradition | WITF
Customers are outraged at Netflix plans to crack down on password sharing : NPR
Families of Parkland shooting victims are awarded $127.5 million : NPR
Local News
Upper Darby residents may be eligible for trash fee rebate – Delco Times
Lancaster County advocates to push for bail reform (abc27.com)
Road collapse limits traffic on Virginia Avenue in Lower Yoder Township | News | tribdem.com
Spring food drive in West Goshen to help those struggling with food insecurity – Daily Local
Mifflin House, an Underground Railroad stop, receives support from York County (ydr.com)
Allentown City Council to reconsider pro-union contractor law – The Morning Call (mcall.com)
Lansdale area fire companies donate gear to counterparts in Ukraine (mainlinemedianews.com)
Berks receives $1.1 million federal loan to renovate commercial building (readingeagle.com)
Volunteers honored during state labor and industry secretary’s Olivet visit (readingeagle.com)
Pitt
Pittsburgh’s bike share rolling out new fleet, including e-bikes | TribLIVE.com
Masks likely to remain at least another month for most in city schools | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Suspensions prompt some Port Authority workers to get vaccinated | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh City Council wants to hear from public on big nonprofits’ bills | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Philly
Philadelphia historic sites to donate Saturday proceeds to help children in Ukraine | WITF
PPD say carjacking numbers decreasing recently | Local News | phillytrib.com
Don’t pick a superintendent until Philly gets a new mayor | Opinion (inquirer.com)
Washington
The Fed raises interest rates for the first time since 2018 : NPR
Fed begins inflation fight with key rate hike, more to come | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette