Legislature
Pa. Senate committee approves bill to ban transgender women from women’s sports | WITF
PA’s farmers, municipalities pay for legislature’s inaction on clean water (ydr.com)
Penn Hills lawmaker seeking to ban cellphone use in schools statewide | TribLIVE.com
Proposal would require greater public access to records from Pitt, Penn State, others | TribLIVE.com
Wolf administration calls for more investment in Pa.’s advanced tech startups | WITF
Coronavirus – COVID-19
Long COVID’s underlying causes still elusive in new study : Shots – Health News : NPR
Business/Jobs
PPP, EIDL fraud a concern for lawmakers, SBA – Philadelphia Business Journal (bizjournals.com)
MontcoWorks NOW helping people find new careers in Montgomery County (mainlinemedianews.com)
Ben Franklin Technology Partners iXchange honors innovation – Reading Eagle
SBA names Cedarville Engineering PA’s ‘Woman-Owned Small Business of the Year’ (readingeagle.com)
U.S. job jumpers reconsider and quit again soon after | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Crime/Punishment
Three Midstate men face charges for their role in Jan. 6 riots (abc27.com)
Spring Garden police address fatal Central York teacher shooting (ydr.com)
Education
Midstate safety experts react to Texas school shooting (abc27.com)
Proposed $137M Owen J. Roberts budget calls for 1.98% tax hike (dailylocal.com)
Enrollment declines at Erie School District: Will it dip below 10,000? (goerie.com)
Southcentral PA teacher’s influence lasts a lifetime (ydr.com)
Elections/Politics
How a mail ballot ruling in Pa. could affect 2022 primary election results · Spotlight PA
Court Says Counties Can Inspect Voting Equipment – PoliticsPA
Court battles go down to count deadline in Pennsylvania U.S. Senate race | WITF
GOP intervenes in Pennsylvania U.S. Senate race vote-counting lawsuit | WITF
Primary 2022: Berks County election results have been updated (readingeagle.com)
Pennsylvania counties must count undated ballots; Dept. of State guidance (abc27.com)
DelVal Republicans Say They’ll Support Mastriano – DV Journal (delawarevalleyjournal.com)
Environment
Atlantic hurricane season 2022 forecast to be active, Climate Prediction Center says (inquirer.com)
Transportation
Cyclists deaths are on the rise and advocates say U.S. roads are the problem : NPR
State News
Local congressmen shrug off Russia ban | News | citizensvoice.com
How to protect yourself from impending electric utility rate hike | WITF
Second baby formula shipment will come through Lehigh Valley – The Morning Call (mcall.com)
National News
Gunman kills at least 19 children and 2 adults at a Texas elementary school | WITF
What we know about the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas : NPR
In the 10 years since Sandy Hook, gun laws in the U.S. haven’t changed much : NPR
Connecticut’s Sen. Murphy begs for gun compromise after Texas shooting | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Biden says ‘we have to act’ after Texas school shooting – Daily Local
Survivors of Parkland and Columbine shootings share their outrage over Uvalde : NPR
Dems pick Abrams, GOP governor candidates battle in Georgia | News | phillytrib.com
Brian Kemp wins Georgia GOP governor’s race in stinging rebuke of Trump | TribLIVE.com
Top Southern Baptists plan to release secret list of abusers | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pentagon says more high-tech weapons going to Ukraine | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Islamic State operative planned to assassinate George W. Bush, report says | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Local News
Reading youth tour Muhammed Ali’s training camp (readingeagle.com)
New chamber president sets goal of economic revival in Chester County – Daily Local
Montco2040 grant program awards $2.5M to 18 municipalities (mainlinemedianews.com)
More than 30 people displaced after 2nd alarm fire in Harrisburg: officials – pennlive.com
Lifeguard shortage forces central Pa. pools to close, reduce hours – pennlive.com
Mackenzie Scott, ex-wife of Jeff Bezos, donates $1.1M to Harrisburg nonprofit – pennlive.com
Proposed hotel and conference center ‘coming soon’ to Hotel Sterling site | News | citizensvoice.com
Pitt
Audit: Marijuana arrests persist among Black Pittsburghers despite decriminalization | TribLIVE.com
Council sends bills on county jobs back to committee | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Philly
Mayor Kenney picks two new Philly school board members (inquirer.com)
Parking Protected Bike Lanes needs a vote this week – Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia
September retrial set for Kenyatta Johnson and co-defendants | Local News | phillytrib.com
Sharswood section’s transformation continues | Local News | phillytrib.com
Female ex-officers win $1M bias verdict against Philadelphia | Local News | phillytrib.com
Philadelphia trash as college students move out prompts resident complaints (inquirer.com)
Washington
Police reform executive order to be signed two years after George Floyd’s death : NPR