Legislature
The help, professionalism from Pa. state senator’s staff did not go unnoticed | Letter – lehighvalleylive.com
New state funding encourages Southeast PA high school students to pursue careers in manufacturing | The Bucks County Herald
Gov. Wolf calls recent mass shootings ‘appalling,’ reiterates call for gun reforms | TribLIVE.com
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf vows aggressive push to establish a hydrogen and carbon storage hub in the region | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Coronavirus – COVID-19
COVIDtests.gov goes live again with more free tests : NPR
Biden offering additional eight free COVID-19 tests to each U.S. household (inquirer.com)
FORCELLINI: COVID-19 Has Made Us More Aware of Public Health Risks Around Us – DV Journal (delawarevalleyjournal.com)
Beijing locks down more people in China’s ‘zero-COVID’ fight | Coronavirus | tribdem.com
Business/Jobs
Advocates: Aid is needed to pay Bucks County child care workers amid labor shortage (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
Coalition seeks to place 1 million African Americans in good paying jobs | Local News | phillytrib.com
Gas prices edge closer to $5 a gallon, Pa. sets another record high average – pennlive.com
Allentown Morning Call Guild walks off job in 1-day strike | WITF
Employee shortages impacting summer jobs | News | thetimes-tribune.com
Crime/Punishment
Upper Makefield mom’s motive in killing sons hard to pinpoint, experts say (theintell.com)
Reporter shares her close connections to community beset by violence (ydr.com)
Pa. State Troopers will help patrol Chester this summer amid a shortage of officers (inquirer.com)
Education
DHS denies attempt to reopen Glen Mills School – Delco Times
We must unite for our children and for our future as a nation | Opinion – Pennsylvania Capital-Star (penncapital-star.com)
Elections/Politics
Primary preview: Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Idaho, Oregon, Kentucky : NPR
Pennsylvania GOP governor primary preview : NPR
LIVE COVERAGE: Primary Election Day 2022 in Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania Capital-Star (penncapital-star.com)
Election 2022: Candidate surges and health issues before Pennsylvania primary | Pennsylvania | thecentersquare.com
Voter registration update: PA GOP further narrows Dems’ registration edge – City & State Pennsylvania (cityandstatepa.com)
Election 2022: Pa. Secretary of State says primary election results to take time | National News | kpvi.com
Top election official: Pa. election returns will take ‘days’ to calculate in some counties | Election | standardspeaker.com
Primary voter turnout expectations low across Pittsburgh region | TribLIVE.com
Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidates scrambling before the primary | WITF
Pennsylvania sets up the November General Election today in key races (delcotimes.com)
Pa. voters must prioritize clean energy, environmental issues in Tuesday’s primaries | Opinion – Pennsylvania Capital-Star (penncapital-star.com)
Pennsylvania governor race divides Republicans, unites Democrats | WITF
Lancaster Co. House candidate loses Dem endorsements in confusion over abortion stance – Pennsylvania Capital-Star (penncapital-star.com)
Party establishment scrambles to prevent Mastriano nomination (broadandliberty.com)
Republican commissioners, again, remove mail-in ballot dropbox from Lancaster County building [update] | Local News | lancasteronline.com
Republican U.S. Senate candidates criss-cross Pa. by ground and air looking for every last edge – pennlive.com
Opinion | 10 Republicans on President Trump’s Sway in Georgia, Ohio and Pennsylvania – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Josh Shapiro to begin general election campaign for governor in Johnstown | News | tribdem.com
John Fetterman won’t attend his election night party in Pittsburgh, but second lady Gisele Fetterman will host | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pa.’s richest person has spent at least $18 million on the 2022 primary — mostly to influence one issue | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Crypto Industry Wields Its Influence in Washington After Pouring Over $30 Million Into Campaigns – NBC Connecticut
Environment
Michael Bloomberg Plans a $242 Million Investment in Clean Energy – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Health
Pennsylvania third for drug overdose deaths nationally | Pennsylvania | thecentersquare.com
Chester County Hospital earns top grade for safety – Daily Local
Abortion restrictions could also make it harder to get care after miscarriages (inquirer.com)
State News
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey celebrates $500,000 in federal funding for Berks Tec Centro (readingeagle.com)
National News
Biden heads to Buffalo to meet with shooting victims’ families : NPR
Buffalo Suspect Planned Attack for Months, Online Posts Reveal – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
FDA announces plans to ease baby formula shortage : Shots – Health News : NPR
Abbott says agreement reached to reopen baby formula plant | TribLIVE.com
The Great Replacement conspiracy theory has gone from fringe to mainstream : NPR
Ukraine says it’s downed 200 aircraft, a mark of Russian failures in the sky : NPR
Ukraine: More than 260 fighters evacuated from Mariupol mill | Times Leader
Ukraine mounts effort to pull last fighters from Mariupol steel mill (inquirer.com)
US rental market hits another record-low vacancy as apartment renewals increase – Philadelphia Business Journal (bizjournals.com)
Elon Musk says Twitter’s fake accounts could end his $44 billion offer to buy the company – pennlive.com
Sweden signs NATO request; Finland to formally endorse move (inquirer.com)
Local News
Armstrong Flooring secures $24M in loans to keep company operating as it reorganizes, seeks buyer | Local News | lancasteronline.com
Lancaster city Historical Commission finds no issues with College Avenue designs | Local News | lancasteronline.com
This central Pa. city is worst in country for grass allergies: study – pennlive.com
Kennett senior complex to host job fair – Daily Local
Upper Darby audit will be released Thursday – Delco Times
Dauphin County law enforcement, first responders recognized in annual ceremony – pennlive.com
Downtown Wilkes-Barre’s newest community space opens | Times Leader
Marathon zoning hearing about proposed Dallas Twp. development to resume in June | News | citizensvoice.com
Scranton City Council rejects deal with consultant to help lobby for federal funding | News | thetimes-tribune.com
Free baby formula available in Tamaqua on Wednesday | News | standardspeaker.com
Two towns in rural Pa. are giving remote workers free housing for a month, in the hopes they’ll stay longer (inquirer.com)
Pitt
Pittsburgh officials seek an easier path to home ownership for residents | TribLIVE.com
City Council continues with efforts to explore more affordable housing options | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Port Authority bus driver involved in Fern Hollow Bridge collapse takes 1st step in suing Pittsburgh | TribLIVE.com
Pittsburgh Whittier K-5 closed until Thursday because of covid cases | TribLIVE.com
How Pittsburgh-area parents are coping with the baby formula shortage | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
U.S. Steel sued by feds, Allegheny County health department over pollution allegations at Edgar Thomson Works | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Restrictions on Route 130 between Turtle Creek and Monroeville add to east suburban traffic woes | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh Public Schools survey on superintendent sees over 1,000 responses | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Several Gainey appointments for major departments get City Council’s OK | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County partner to form task force to lead domestic violence reform initiatives | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Philly
DA Larry Krasner activates Election Day task force | Local News | phillytrib.com
‘Put away petty grievances’: In West Philadelphia, families of gun violence victims come together for healing and reflection | Local News | phillytrib.com
Penn Medicine, CHOP to lead $6M health equity initiative that includes more city green spaces – Philadelphia Business Journal (bizjournals.com)
SEPTA starts process of replacing more than 100 trolleys | Local News | phillytrib.com
Main Line Health plans a small hotel plus condos and more for the St. Charles Borromeo Seminary site (inquirer.com)
Washington
Biden eases restrictions on Cuban travel, remittances : NPR
Supreme Court sides with Sen. Ted Cruz in campaign finance case : NPR
Karine Jean-Pierre holds first briefing as White House press secretary | News | phillytrib.com
Low cost high-speed internet for qualified families under a federal program | WITF
With echoes of Trump, GOP splinters over $40B aid for Ukraine | TribLIVE.com
