Legislature
School curriculum bill OK’d by Pennsylvania Senate panel (yahoo.com)
Senate bill aims to change probation procedures to lessen recidivism rate | WHP (local21news.com)
Two Chester County farms in Cochranville preserved by state (dailylocal.com)
Pa. representative introduces bill to provide PPE funding to schools (abc27.com)
Pa. State Senators sound off on possible natural gas expansion moratorium (abc27.com)
Pa. lawmaker mulling bill requiring bystanders to help victims (theintell.com)
Editorial: Pennsylvania needs to promote transparency in health policy (readingeagle.com)
Pa. senator who beat breast cancer wants to help other women (wgal.com)
Pa. Senate panel vets proposed charter school regulations | News | bradfordera.com
Pa. lawmaker mulling bill requiring bystanders to help victims (therecordherald.com)
Coronavirus – COVID-19
White House details plans to vaccinate 28M children age 5-11 for COVID (theintell.com)
FDA OKs Moderna and J&J vaccine boosters for COVID : Shots – Health News : NPR
The FDA authorizes Moderna and J&J COVID vaccine boosters | WITF
How help paying rent can slow the spread of COVID : Shots – Health News : NPR
India crosses the milestone of 1 billion COVID-19 vaccinations : NPR
Fewer new COVID-19 cases reported in Pa., but deaths jump | Coronavirus | tribdem.com
‘We’ll be ready’: Pennsylvania prepares to vaccinate younger kids (abc27.com)
DOH data shows COVID-19 case count drop in Monroe (poconorecord.com)
Friday marks key vaccination deadline for health care workers | Local News | phillytrib.com
Business/Jobs
Supply chain problems affecting economic recovery | Smart Talk (witf.org)
Amazon Workers on Staten Island Aim for Union Vote – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
SEPTA’s largest union faces possibility of a strike | Local News | phillytrib.com
SEPTA transit union tells members to be ready for a strike vote (inquirer.com)
Pa. restaurants and bars still craving return of ‘cocktails to go’ – pennlive.com
theScore joins Penn National line of sportsbooks, media providers (readingeagle.com)
Crime/Punishment
West Chester police ask officials to beef up funding – Daily Local
Charges unlikely for riders who saw Philadelphia train rape | Local News | phillytrib.com
Education
Erie School District: Teachers’ union authorizes strike amid talks (goerie.com)
Parents sue Delaware Valley School District to reverse masking policy (poconorecord.com)
Pennsylvania appeals court takes up school mask challenge | Coronavirus | tribdem.com
Penn State extends employee vaccination rule beyond its main campus | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Operation Safe Stop puts spotlight on stopping for school buses | TribLIVE.com
Elections/Politics
Fetterman continues to dominate fundraising for U.S. Senate race | 90.5 WESA
Bucks County District Attorney race: Weintraub, Stancu face off (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
Bognet enters Republican primary for Pa.’s Eighth District (poconorecord.com)
York County school board races becoming a battlefield in culture wars (ydr.com)
AG Shapiro tells Erie crowd he’s ready for ‘next big fight’ as PA governor (goerie.com)
Environment
A new report shows how climate change is hurting your health : NPR
Transportation
Westmoreland covid funds sought for proposed $20M Arnold Palmer terminal expansion | TribLIVE.com
Health
Children’s mental health is now a national emergency, health leaders say : NPR
State News
In Pa., Biden touts middle-class values of his $2T spending plan | WITF
In downtown Scranton speech, Biden speaks of his youth | News | standardspeaker.com
Biden made a visit to Steamtown to talk infrastructure (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
Biden talks infrastructure, Build Back Better at trolley museum (poconorecord.com)
Casey advances more than $2 million for NEPA projects | News | standardspeaker.com
Tenants slip through Pa.’s $1B eviction safety net · Spotlight PA
What are the statewide impacts of a plastic bag ban? | City & State PA (cityandstatepa.com)
Pa. Supreme Court opens new path to challenge local gun restrictions | fox43.com
National News
Trump Organization faces new criminal inquiry tied to one of its N.Y. golf clubs : NPR
Trump announces launch of his own social media site | News | tribdem.com
South Korea tests 1st domestically made rocket as it pursues satellite launch program : NPR
Facebook plans to rebrand and change its name – pennlive.com
NFL, players agree to end ‘race-norming’ in $1B settlement | WITF
Local News
Martin Guitar warehouse in Tatamy – lehighvalleylive.com
Free pet adoption event Saturday in Bensalem (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
Veteran Quakertown District employee slams dismissal | The Bucks County Herald
Doylestown Borough Hall sold for $2.3M | The Bucks County Herald
Preservation society in zoning dispute over student housing | News | citizensvoice.com
Flood authority to proceed with study for Duryea levee project | News | citizensvoice.com
Free paper shredding event Saturday in Mountain Top | News | standardspeaker.com
Per capita, resident taxes could get the axe in Hazleton | News | standardspeaker.com
Tamaqua discusses federal funds for borough fire companies | Schuylkill | standardspeaker.com
Pitt
Inaugural Eradicate Hate summit ends with eyes toward the future | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
How Pittsburgh set the stage for recent pig-to-human transplant surgery | TribLIVE.com
Philly
Philly School District principals decry gun violence, call for solutions (inquirer.com)
Washington
Climate policies a key sticking point in social spending negotiations | ABC27
Big changes in White House ideas to pay for $2 trillion plan – Daily Local
Democrats’ Campaign to Control Drug Prices Nears Collapse – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Republicans block Democrats’ biggest push for voting rights in the Senate : NPR
Can Democrats get infrastructure and social welfare done? (ydr.com)
GOP posturing over debt ceiling puts small-business owners in peril | Opinion (inquirer.com)