Legislature
Three bills in Pa. state Senate aim to reduce maternal mortality | 90.5 WESA
Argall praises work in Hazleton, wants to help do more | Business | standardspeaker.com
$500K Grant For Montco Special Needs Baseball Field | Hatboro, PA Patch
Business/Jobs
Brookings issues roadmap to redirect Pennsylvania’s sluggish innovation economy (nextpittsburgh.com)
WellSpan promises to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 (abc27.com)
Westmoreland commissioners launch program to link students to local jobs | TribLIVE.com
Crime/Punishment
Officials announced Thursday that crime is down and arrests are up in Chester (delcotimes.com)
Education
Supreme Court won’t block student loan debt relief program : NPR
Erie High used for ‘call-in’; anti-violence efforts focus on juveniles (goerie.com)
Allentown Superintendent John Stanford fired after controversies (mcall.com)
Pa. state university system releases its climate survey results (inquirer.com)
Elections/Politics
National
Slavery is on the ballot for voters in 5 US states | Across America | phillytrib.com
Will Wood: Abortion rights are on the ballot (mainlinemedianews.com)
Statewide
Joe Biden says John Fetterman has ‘got to win’ Pennsylvania Senate seat (inquirer.com)
Fox 29 Poll: Senate Race Too Close to Call; Governor Tightening (politicspa.com)
What national polling could mean for Fetterman vs. Oz, Mastriano vs. Shapiro (inquirer.com)
Doug Mastriano will flirt again with the QAnon crowd as another election approaches (inquirer.com)
🗳️When we think Pa.’s big elections will be called | Morning Newsletter (inquirer.com)
District/Local
Bognet, Cartwright face off in 8th Congressional District debate | Election | standardspeaker.com
6th Congressional District candidates forum scheduled Sunday in Reading (dailylocal.com)
Pinsley: Make it easy to vote, hard to cheat (buckscountycouriertimes.com)
Latino civil rights groups sue York County board of elections (abc27.com)
Berks will count undated mail ballots while courts decide their fate (readingeagle.com)
Gun Safety
Are gun buybacks just ‘political theater’? | Pro/Con (inquirer.com)
Philadelphia is in crisis. Who’s persevering and who’s giving up? (inquirer.com)
Transportation
Montgomery County awards $1M in transportation grants (mainlinemedianews.com)
Health
Here are symptoms as early RSV season sends babies to Erie hosptials (goerie.com)
Military suicides drop as leaders push new programs | TribLIVE.com
State News
Biden touts investment in Pennsylvania’s infrastructure | Pennsylvania | thecentersquare.com
Biden touts Pittsburgh bridge as infrastructure win | State & Region | phillytrib.com
Dean tackles the issues during town hall in Pottstown (mainlinemedianews.com)
National News
U.S. heating worries mount amid growing costs, uncertainty | TribLIVE.com
Mississippi community with Confederate monument gets Emmett Till statue : NPR
The Pentagon will pay for service members to travel for abortions : NPR
In Oregon, Democrat’s nearly 40-year reign may be coming to an end : NPR
The U.K. will have 5 prime ministers in just 6 years. What’s gone wrong? : NPR
Average long-term US mortgage rates rise this week to 6.94% – Daily Local
Diwali will become an official holiday on school calendars in New York City : NPR
Taylor Swift Releases ‘Midnights,’ Her 10th Studio Album – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Local News
Proposed Upper Darby 2023 budget includes real estate millage, sewer increases (delcotimes.com)
Cambria controller questions autopsy costs during budget hearing | Local News | tribdem.com
Warehouse plan will generate more than $2 million in tax revenue for West Chester – Daily Local
Mayor Williams says Harrisburg is strongest it’s been in decades (abc27.com)
Hazleton’s 2023 budget proposal contains no property tax increase | News | standardspeaker.com
Filmmaker proposes $25 million film studio for Tamaqua | News | standardspeaker.com
Pitt
Frazer files $2.8M lawsuit against Pittsburgh Mills property owners | TribLIVE.com
Looming cut to pharmacy network angers Western Pa. veterans, pharmacists | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Philly
The new Philly superintendent’s transition team report is out. Here’s what it says. (inquirer.com)
Philly City Council threatens to sue Wolf over juvenile detention center (inquirer.com)
Wawa is closing two Center City locations. Here’s what former workers told me. (inquirer.com)
Philly playoff fever for Union, Phillies | Sports Daily Newsletter (inquirer.com)
Washington
What’s in the so-called ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill that could impact the whole country : NPR
Steve Bannon will be sentenced Friday for flouting House Jan. 6 panel : NPR