Legislature
Pennsylvania Senate Approves Law Banning Injection Sites — Breaking U.S News (newsus.app)
PA Senate Votes To Ban Safe Injection Sites (politicspa.com)
Pa. lawmakers push to expand certification for immigrant teachers | 90.5 WESA
Pa. doesn’t fund public defense. Shapiro’s budget would change that. | 90.5 WESA
Insurance costs for breast, ovarian cancer screenings nixed | Pennsylvania | thecentersquare.com
Organized labor amendment heads east | Pennsylvania | thecentersquare.com
A laudatory confirmation hearing for PennDOT’s acting leader | Pennsylvania | thecentersquare.com
Pa. House passes bill adding LGBTQ protections to state nondiscrimination law – pennlive.com
Pennsylvania House passes LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination bill (abc27.com)
With fire departments struggling for volunteers, states respond to the alarm (morganton.com)
Diversity Walk Dedication Looks at Effort to Unite Us (vista.today)
School bus companies rally lawmakers for special CDLs (abc27.com)
Business/Jobs
Giant Eagle to cut prices on about 800 items starting tomorrow | Today in Pa. – pennlive.com
Pa. distribution center to close; 132 people to be laid off – pennlive.com
Is a Golf Galaxy store coming to central Pa.? – pennlive.com
Crime/Punishment
Body found in Pa. woods off of I-80: reports – pennlive.com
Teenage shooter kills 8 children, guard at Serbia school – pennlive.com
Police looking for man suspected of assaulting woman at Dauphin County restaurant – pennlive.com
Texas Mass Shooting Suspect Arrested After Manhunt – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Vernon Steed is accused of running a COVID-19 fraud scheme that stole $95K (inquirer.com)
Education
Pennsylvania school district must allow After School Satan Club; judge (abc27.com)
School District of Lancaster signs deal with new superintendent (abc27.com)
U.S. History Scores for 8th Graders Plunge – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Elections/Politics
May 2 Playbook: Marching Toward A New Primary Date? (politicspa.com)
Pennsylvania residents reminded to apply for mail ballot before deadline (abc27.com)
Transportation
Low-altitude flights proposed over PA Wilds · Spotlight PA State College
How to provide feedback on plan to lower fighter jet training over Pa. Wilds – pennlive.com
Pa. adds to list of licensing, motor vehicle forms that can be submitted online – pennlive.com
State News
IRS: Pennsylvania lost 14,000 people and $1.8 billion | Pennsylvania | thecentersquare.com
R.M. Palmer workers smelled rotten eggs before chocolate factory exploded | WITF
Dauphin County Popeyes under federal investigation over staff treatment | WITF
Dickinson graduate, Pa. county judge to be nominated for federal judge position – pennlive.com
17th annual Kids and Anti-Smoking rally held at State Capitol (abc27.com)
Miss Pennsylvania speaks on mental health, opioid crisis (abc27.com)
Pennsylvania Turnpike starts final phase of all electronic tolling (abc27.com)
PennDOT announces 20+ forms can now be submitted online (abc27.com)
PPL to lower rates this summer (abc27.com)
PennDOT employee took pictures of sensitive customer documents: State Police (abc27.com)
National News
Here is how all 50 states rank for individual income taxes | National | thecentersquare.com
Judge Allows Abortion Clinics to Remain Open in Utah for Now – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
‘No Contracts, No Scripts,’ Hollywood Writers Begin Strike – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Elon Musk threatens to re-assign @NPR on Twitter to ‘another company’ : NPR
What the WGA writers’ strike means for viewers of TV and movies : NPR
Kids under 13 would be barred from social media under bipartisan Senate bill : NPR
Local News
Local scuba divers set an unusual record (abc27.com)
Central Dauphin High School students speak with Vietnam War veterans (abc27.com)
Organized labor amendment heading east to Pa. from Illinois – The Morning Call (mcall.com)
Bud Light sales fizzle in Western Pennsylvania amid transgender boycott | TribLIVE.com
Pitt
Judge denies motion to prohibit death penalty in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting case | TribLIVE.com
SEIU Healthcare union asked about influence on Gainey administration – CBS Pittsburgh (cbsnews.com)
Police arrest Jeannette woman missing since late Monday, they say incident was a hoax | TribLIVE.com
Homelessness is up in Allegheny County, official reports | TribLIVE.com
Nearly everything you need to know about the Pittsburgh Marathon | TribLIVE.com
Philly
Two Philadelphia schools mourn three more students | Local News | phillytrib.com
Philly’s plastic bag ban is working, study finds | Local News | phillytrib.com
A decade after Delaware County woman’s disappearance, questions remain (inquirer.com)