Legislature
Santarsiero backs new crime gun agreement – Lower Bucks Times
School curriculum bill OK’d by Pennsylvania Senate panel | Pennsylvania | thecentersquare.com
Empowering Pa. parents or inciting the public? New education bill passes committee (abc27.com)
Bill requiring posted curriculum passes Pa. Senate committee (audacy.com)
Inflatable ‘protest pig’ returns to Harrisburg after five years (abc27.com)
Area lawmaker opposes proposed Aqua Pennsylvania rate hike – Daily Local
State highlights collaborative plan to pave roads with recycled plastic | Times Leader
PA Democrats Call for Shutting Down Operational Mariner East Pipe | Marcellus Drilling News
Grant program to promote community outreach on COVID-19 vaccine | State | theprogressnews.com
Pa. Senate Republicans wasting taxpayer money | The Bucks County Herald
Governor Wolf unveils new legislation to combat campus sexual assault | fox43.com
Coronavirus – COVID-19
Even if you’ve had COVID you should get the vaccine, doctors say – Daily Local
The Threat, in Perspective – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
F.D.A. to Allow ‘Mix and Match’ Approach for Covid Booster Shots – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
COVID in Pa.: Two-thirds of counties see decrease in cases. See which ones (poconorecord.com)
Allegheny County police union files suit over vaccine mandate | TribLIVE.com
COVID hospitalizations have yet to wane for LVHN, St. Luke’s – The Morning Call (mcall.com)
Business/Jobs
Amazon ups pay and benefits for seasonal York, Cumberland and Lancaster hires (abc27.com)
National union removes leadership of local District 1199C from office | Local News | phillytrib.com
Four-day work week gaining traction in the workplace | Smart Talk (witf.org)
Amazon’s Delaware warehouse has more robots than humans | Business Weekly Newsletter (inquirer.com)
Pa. must increase minimum wage | Opinion (inquirer.com)
Labor takes spotlight amid ‘Striketober’ | Columnists | heraldstandard.com
Crime/Punishment
Philadelphia becomes first large city to ban stops for minor traffic violations (abc27.com)
Train riders held up phones as woman was raped outside Philadelphia, police say | WITF
Former Coatesville superintendent sent to prison for stealing money from school – Daily Local
Education
Op-Ed: An unexpected reason to support charter schools (ydr.com)
Erie School District: Labor crunch spurs 110% boost in sub teacher pay (goerie.com)
Running out of food? Central Pa. schools scramble to feed students – pennlive.com
Lower Merion’s newest school to be named Black Rock Middle School (mainlinemedianews.com)
Mandatory masking in schools: A nuisance, but no big deal for most students | TribLIVE.com
Wilkes-Barre Area superintendent says fights and other incidents down at new school | Times Leader
Reading Area Community College turns 50 (readingeagle.com)
Elections/Politics
Dems Tap Curry for PA House 164 Race – DV Journal (delawarevalleyjournal.com)
Erie County sheriff race: Mike Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety targets Shank (goerie.com)
2 more House Democrats, including Pa.’s Mike Doyle, are retiring | WITF
Farewell to quiet, competent Rep. Doyle | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Radical freedom fest brings Steve Bannon, conservatives to northeast PA (poconorecord.com)
Shapiro makes campaign stop in Greensburg on ‘Big Fights’ bus tour | TribLIVE.com
Jim Bognet to announce campaign for Congress | Election | standardspeaker.com
Republican group is behind billboards with message: ‘Trump lost’ – pennlive.com
Guide to Pa.’s Supreme Court election, other appellate judicial races (goerie.com)
Environment
Jane Goodall, eco-grief and the ‘Book of Hope’ : NPR
Transportation/Infrastructure
Health
Flu season is here: What to know about the virus, shots and symptoms (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
Geisinger to invest $58 million in new cancer center | Business | thetimes-tribune.com
Tower Health is denied property-tax exemption for three Chester County hospitals (inquirer.com)
Pa. Breast Cancer Coalition launches statewide mammogram campaign (wearecentralpa.com)
State News
Biden visiting Scranton area Wednesday | News | standardspeaker.com
President Biden bringing social services, climate pitch to Pennsylvania | WITF
Sen. Bob Casey promotes Child Tax Credit at the Community YMCA (delcotimes.com)
La Niña ‘to emerge shortly,’ NOAA says. Here’s what it means for winter (abc27.com)
Northampton County voting machine lawsuit can move forward – The Morning Call (mcall.com)
It’s long past time for PSERS to embrace transparency, accountability | Editorial (inquirer.com)
National News
Texas lawmakers pass new congressional maps that bolster the GOP : NPR
Trump sues to stop handover of Jan. 6 documents : NPR
Trump sues to try to stop the release of documents related to the Capitol riot | WITF
Fentanyl Deaths Are Spreading In The Mountain West | Boise State Public Radio
Police in Chicago, Seattle, LA oppose vaccine mandates for public employees : NPR
Delaware State enters historic partnership with USAID | State & Region | phillytrib.com
College towns plan to challenge results of 2020 census | WITF
Local News
Chambersburg adds protection to LGBTQ+ under anti-discrimination laws (abc27.com)
Carlisle residents sound off on USPS problems, overloading local leaders (abc27.com)
East Philadelphia Street traffic islands in York get a makeover (ydr.com)
Voters consider millennial nominees for Erie County executive (goerie.com)
Erie blood bank faces prolonged shortage due to COVID-19, lack of donations (goerie.com)
Bywood Community Association receives $50G grant to make community garden (delcotimes.com)
COVID-19 relief funds spending focal point of Johnstown candidates forum | News | tribdem.com
‘Black Lives in Focus’ exhibit opens at UPJ | News | tribdem.com
Bucks Veterans Affairs director Dan Fraley retires after decades of service (theintell.com)
Tuskegee Airman returns to area to be honored by Crestwood School District | Times Leader
Wilkes-Barre Area planning new sports stadium for $8.5M | News | citizensvoice.com
NEPA dog trains with elite water rescue teams in Italy | News | citizensvoice.com
Safe Berks Silent Witness March shines spotlight on domestic violence (readingeagle.com)
2 candidates receive endorsements in November 2 election (readingeagle.com)
LGBT Center of Central Pa. is moving, and will celebrate with a farewell party – pennlive.com
Allentown’s proposed budget won’t raise taxes – The Morning Call (mcall.com)
$1.2 million slated for affordable senior housing in Phoenixville – The Mercury (pottsmerc.com)
Pitt
Height moves: CBRE relocating to One Oxford Centre from U.S. Steel Tower | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh names new president and CEO | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Philly
Philadelphia’s racial segregation in housing remains high (inquirer.com)
Councilman David Oh fishing for support on minimum force bill | Local News | phillytrib.com
Washington
Bidens honor 2020, 2021 National Teachers of the Year | ABC27
Bill Scher: Why the bipartisan infrastructure bill could pass this month (broadandliberty.com)
Opinion | Joe Manchin Doesn’t Like What Joe Biden Is Doing – The New York Times (nytimes.com)