Friday PA Capitol NewsClips

Independent Fiscal Office: State Faces Over $1.7 Billion Budget Deficit In FY 2019-20

Esack: Another Year, Another Possible $1 Billion+ Budget Deficit For PA

PA Table Games Revenue Drops 8.1 Percent In October
AP-Scolforo: Pension, Gambling Laws Among Legislative Session Highlights

Voter Turnout In Some PA Counties Neared Presidential Election Levels

Smerconish: I Violated PA Election Law On Absentee Ballots And I’m Not Ashamed
Op-Ed: Money In Politics Might Seem Distasteful, But First Amendment Protects It

Editorial: Saccone: Party Loyalty Shouldn’t Trump A Politician’s Conscience

Maykuth: Valley Forge Casino Jumps Into PA Sports Betting Competition

Hollywood Casino To Begin Taking Sports Bets Today (Thursday)
Maykuth: Hollywood Casino First To Launch Legal Sports Betting In PA

14 New Lawsuits Against Pittsburgh Diocese In Sex Abuse Scandal

12 Suits Alleging Sexual Abuse In Pittsburgh Diocese Include 4 Priests Not Previously Named

New Lawsuit Against PA Catholic Dioceses Demand More Secrets Be Revealed

Convicted In Child Porn Case, Rogue Priest Still Preaches

Erie Bishop Criticizes Media, Attorney General Report On Clergy Child Abuse

Column: Delay In Addressing Sexual Abuse Another Black Eye For Catholic Church
Op-Ed: Seeking Cash From Catholic Clergy Predators Long After They Escape

Editorial: Scranton Cardinal’s Stunning Tone-Deafness

Op-Ed: Philly Doctor On Why Advocating Against Gun Violence Is Part Of The Job

Pittsburgh Officials Release Amazon HQ2 Bid

Pittsburgh Offered Billions In Incentives To Amazon

Alexa, Why Didn’t You Pick Pittsburgh?

Micek: What Did We Lose By Not Landing Amazon, Nothing
Editorial: Amazon Lessons In Pittsburgh: City, County Abrogated Their Duty To Taxpayers

Editorial: Winning Amazon HQ2 Sites Offered Less Than Half What PA Did

Editorial: The Farce Is Over, Amazon Played Everyone

Doctors: Highmark-UPMC Split Will Be Hard On Seniors

Independence, Penn Medicine Make Progress In Reducing Hospital Readmissions

Column: Pharmacists On Front Lines Of Opioid Crisis, So Why Don’t More Fight?

Philadelphia Announces 2nd Round Of Rebuild Sites Funded By Soda Tax

Rotting From Within: When Dream Homes Become Nightmares In Southeast

Accreditation Decision Nears On Art Institute Of Pittsburgh, Online Courses In Jeopardy

PA Education Dept Releases Online School Evaluation Tool

New Test Scores? Sure, But That’s Not The Focus Of State School Evaluation Tool

Editorial: Change To School Scoring System Long Overdue

Op-Ed: A Year After SRC Abolished Itself, Philly’s New School Board Is Moving Forward - School Board President

Worst Nursing Homes Continue To Fail The Frail Despite Lawsuit, Promises

Auditor General Plans To Review Nursing Home Oversight

Middletown Officials Asks Court To Kill Free Speech Lawsuit Against Them

Exonerated Death Row Inmates Push PA To Abolish Capital Punishment

Philly Homeless Man’s GoFundMe Campaign All A Scam
Wilkes-Barre Unemployment Rate Unchanged In At 4.1% In Oct., Jobs At All Time High

National/International

Bob Casey On Whether He’ll Run For President In 2020: We’ll See

Column: Could Wolf, Casey Be VP Picks In 2020?
A Closer Look At Congressional Race Between Scott Perry, George Scott

Philly Police, City Prepare For Conservative Rally As Online Tensions Swirl

Editorial: Political Divisions Gloss Over Nation’s Booming Economy

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