Thursday PA Capitol NewsClips

A new Franklin & Marshall Poll released August 8 finds--

-- Wolf 47 percent excellent or good job, 32 percent fair (about the same)

-- 61 percent say it’s time for a new President-- 28 percent Biden, 21 percent Warren, 19 percent Don't Know, 11 percent Sanders, 8 percent Harris, 6 percent Buttigieg

-- Taxes, education, government/politicians still top 3 worries

-- 61 percent believe the state’s tax system needs a fundamental overhaul

-- 60 percent believe property taxes should be replaced by broader, statewide taxes

-- 38 percent favor increases taxes on gambling, tobacco, alcohol, 30 percent on natural gas if more state revenues are needed

-- 69 percent support using taxes on natural gas to fund an expansive state infrastructure program

-- 61 percent believe that the communities that rely on state police coverage should reimburse the state for those services

Poll: Overhaul Of PA Tax Systems Has Big Public Support

Poll: Majority Of Pennsylvanians Support Additional Regulations On Gun Ownership

Trump Matches High Water Mark In New PA Poll; Biden Leads Democratic Hopefuls

Biden, Warren Lead PA Democratic Voters In New PA Poll

Biden, Warren Lead Democratic Candidates In New PA Poll

Wolf Calls For Swift Passage Of Red Flag Gun Law, Universal Background Checks

Wolf, Casey Call For Action On Guns After Mass Shootings

PA Lawmakers, Gun Control Advocates Rally To Change State Gun Laws

Wolf Declines Call For Special Session To Address Gun Bills

Calls For Special Session On Guns Grow After Mass Shootings

Editorial: Wolf Should Call Special Session On Gun Violence

Where’s Gun Violence Legislation In Harrisburg? Ask Republican Leadership

Caruso: Will Legislature Comply With Trump Request To Pass Red Flag Gun Law?

Muschick: Don’t Forget The Children Shot, Or The Politicians Too Afraid To Act

Micek: America Is At A Turning Point With Guns, Again

Meyer: Democrats Challenging Sen. Leach Promise Similar Policies, Change In Culture

Murphy: Republican Rep. Ryan Would Eliminate School Property Taxes By Taxing Retirement Income For First Time

AP: Appeals Court: PA County Can Keep Cross On Govt. Seal

AP: Sandusky To Be Resentenced Next Month In Molestation

Defense Attorney: No Overlap Between Johnny Doc, Co-Defendants In Corruption Case
Indiana County Official Pleads For Help With Broadband Dead Zones

Editorial: Hunger Is A Real Issue For Many College Students

Tensions Rise Over How Lehigh Valley Picks Transportation Projects With Funding Cuts

Wyoming Valley School Board Approves Borrowing Due To Delays From Cyber Attack

Public Schools, Charter Schools Now Innovation Schools In PA?  Why New Category?

Activists Flag Offensive Facebook Posts By Police In Montgomery County

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National/International

PA ICE Detainee Stops Her Own Deportation With A Phone Call

Philly Mother Decries A Slow-Moving Massacre In Our City After Latest Mass Shootings

Experts: Stop Blaming Mental Illness For Mass Shootings

Will Toomey’s Gun Background Check Bill Even Get A Vote?

Second St. Francis University Student Hurt In Dayton Shooting

PA Boy Scout Sex Abuse Lawsuit Could Be First Of Many

Woman Ejected From Sesame Place After Allegedly Telling Muslim Woman To Go Back Where She Came From

Op-Ed: Trump Rallies Not So Different From George Wallace’s - Joe Powers

Op-Ed: Why We May Actually Be Better Off Economically With 4 More Years Of Trump

Editorial: Census Is America Taking Attendance

Op-Ed: Mueller Show’s Over, Time To Move On - Cong. Reschenthaler