Legislature
Pennsylvania Republicans launch election audit, solicit testimony on ‘improprieties’ | Reuters
Brewster asks for vote on perks reform package – The Mon Valley Independent
Pennsylvania Sports Betting Bill Seeks Bar and Restaurant Kiosks (casino.org)
PA Bill Would Authorize Tavern Sports Betting Kiosks – GGB News
Brendan Boyle eyes Northern Ireland diplomat job, sources say (inquirer.com)
4 election reform bills lawmakers could consider this fall | City & State PA (cityandstatepa.com)
PA Offers Grants for Violence Intervention and Prevention – PennWatch
Pa. Senate leader sues to block Pennsylvania’s new mask mandate for schools – pennlive.com
Local control, not statewide mandates, should guide COVID management (poconorecord.com)
Pa. House rep unapologetic after claims he compared vaccines to rape (theintell.com)
Coronavirus – COVID-19
Hospitals Crushed By COVID May Have To Ration Care : Shots – Health News : NPR
Fauci says covid-19 boosters likely to start with Pfizer shot only | TribLIVE.com
COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations among kids continue to soar – pennlive.com
Delaware County prison low on COVID cases – Delco Times
Erie’s second COVID-19 surge continues to spike (goerie.com)
Business/Jobs
Group rallies for higher minimum wage on Wilkes-Barre’s Public Square | Times Leader
Rally held for jobs and better wages in downtown Wilkes-Barre | WOLF (fox56.com)
HACC faculty will rally for another push to form a union (abc27.com)
Pocono insiders talk upcoming fall tourist season, labor shortage (poconorecord.com)
Nursing home workers advocate for increased staffing | Business | standardspeaker.com
Western Pa. business owners lament: Where have all the workers gone? | TribLIVE.com
Crime/Punishment
Erie School District: Street violence spurs push for more police for now (goerie.com)
Education
Classes in session – The Philadelphia Sunday Sun (philasun.com)
Pennsylvania’s 25 best colleges for 2022, ranked – Philadelphia Business Journal (bizjournals.com)
COVID-19: York County DA won’t prosecute school mask mandate citations (ydr.com)
Pennsylvania doesn’t expect students to know basic American history (poconorecord.com)
Op-Ed: In PA schools, the rainy day is now (poconorecord.com)
Local HBCU scholars honored by White House Initiative | Local News | phillytrib.com
Pennridge emails exemption forms before Wolf’s mask mandate takes effect (theintell.com)
Mask mandate: Hamburg School District is unsure about how to handle Pa.’s order (readingeagle.com)
As Pa.’s latest school mask mandate takes effect, any court challenge may face slim odds | WITF
Teachers unions have been influential during the COVID-19 pandemic | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Elections/Politics
Trump’s backing lands early in wide-open U.S. Senate race | Local News | ncnewsonline.com
Environment
Climate change’s ‘fingerprint’ seen in Ida flooding | StateImpact Pennsylvania (npr.org)
Wolf needs to score bigger climate victories, activists say | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Transportation
PennDOT engineers to inspect 90 bridges in Midstate as floodwater recedes (abc27.com)
Health
Pa. officials address ongoing opioid crisis even after emergency declaration ended (abc27.com)
Ragweed season in Philadelphia peaks for allergy sufferers (inquirer.com)
State News
Pa. to refund $19 million to 109,000 people it overcharged in unemployment error · Spotlight PA
Biden Visiting 9/11 Sites, PA Elections Investigation Starts Soon | (wkok.com)
Gabe Kaminsky: When will PA mayors wake up to the crime crisis? (broadandliberty.com)
Communities turn to prayers and chainsaws in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida (inquirer.com)
National News
After Ida’s fury, infrastructure key in preventing misery (abc27.com)
Until 2023? Parts shortage will keep auto prices sky-high (abc27.com)
The Taliban Say They Control Panjshir, The Last Holdout Afghan Province : NPR
Taliban stop planes of evacuees from leaving but unclear why | News | tribdem.com
Divers Identify Source Of Gulf Oil Spill : NPR
Hospitals Crushed By COVID May Have To Ration Care : Shots – Health News : NPR
How COVID-19 eviction moratoriums helped and harmed landlords, tenants (ydr.com)
‘Today’ veteran Willard Scott, who delivered weather with shtick, dies at 87 | WITF
Stunned by Ida, the Northeast begins to recover and worry about the next storm | WITF
The housing shortage is significant. It’s acute for small, entry-level homes | WITF
Companies: $26B settlement of opioid lawsuits to move ahead | WITF
Local News
Clean up efforts begin after devastation in Chester County – Daily Local
Hurricane Ida cleanup: Dover Township among hardest-hit areas in PA (ydr.com)
Part of Erie’s EMI building might be saved, redevelopment authority says (goerie.com)
Neshaminy Creek regularly floods neighborhood, but no one’s leaving (theintell.com)
Lives of laborers celebrated at No. 9 Coal Mine picnic in Lansford | News | standardspeaker.com
With passion for historic redevelopment, Rinaldi takes on big projects | News | thetimes-tribune.com
West Pittston continues push for levee funding | Times Leader
Pitt
Resolving city crime is target of mayoral hopefuls Gainey, Moreno | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pitt Ph.D. candidate wins ‘Top Chef Amateurs’ challenge and $5,000 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Philly
Philly wants to hear from homeowners and businesses with Ida damage (inquirer.com)
Washington
9/11 20th anniversary: Biden wants files reviewed, possible Saudi link (poconorecord.com)