Wednesday PA Capitol NewsClips 10.2.19

Sen. Leach Sues Newspaper Alleging Collusion With Sexual Abuse Accuser
Republicans To Choose Candidate To Replace Folmer Oct. 19
Rep. Diamond Announces Bid For Folmer Senate Seat

Luzerne Lawmakers Assist Dallas Students At Voter Registration Drive

Philly Looks To Register People On Probation And Parole To Vote
Meyer: Upcoming Election Features Crime Victims Amendment To Constitution
Lancaster Democrat Announces For Auditor General To Replace DePasquale

Republican Senator Sponsors Bill To Allow Local Officials To Get Pay Increase Of Up To 60%

September State Revenue Collections $17.8 Million (0.6%) Less Than Anticipated; Still $44.6 Million Ahead For Fiscal Year

PA Gaming Board Releases 2018-19 Annual Report - Copy of Report
Maykuth: DraftKings Aims To Play In PA’s Booming Online Sports-Betting Market

Red Flag Gun Bill Author Eyes Changes To Ease Lawmakers’ Concerns
Can PA Stores Keep You Out If You Openly Carry A Gun?  [Yes]
Can Reporters Prevent Gun Violence? A Philadelphia Journalist Wants To Find Out
Remembering The 2006 West Nickel Mines Amish School Shooting In Lancaster
Remembering The 2017 Las Vegas Mass Shooting
Judge: Philly Supervised Injection Site Proposal Does Not Violate Federal Law
Philly DA Reviewing Murder Convictions After Claims Of Coerced Confessions
HACC Considers Selling Some Of Its Lebanon Campus Buildings

Wolf Stresses Need To Fix Worst In The Nation Private Charter Schools Law

Murphy: Wolf Pushes Private Charter School Reform, Announces Closure Of Problem Cyber Charter School

Speaker Turzai Touts Federal Tax Credit Plan To Support Private School Scholarships

Westmoreland County Private Boarding School Cuts Tuition By 20% To $48,500/Year
Op-Ed: PA’s Private Schools Look To A Reset To Solve Tuition Crisis

Clergy Child Sexual Abuse Victims, Pro-Catholic Church Experts To Testify Before Senate Committee TODAY

Kids For Cash Judge Officially Disbarred [Finally, Since 2008]

Ex-Rite Aid VP Who Scammed $11 Million Bets For Early Prison Release
Wolf Expediting Pardons For Nonviolent, Marijuana-Related Convictions
Pro/Con: Should PA Legalize Recreational Marijuana?

Muschick: Why PA’s Move To Legalize Marijuana Is Half-Baked

Editorial: Readers Side With Wolf-Fetterman-Shapiro On Recreational Marijuana

Baby Boy Taken From UPMC Children’s Found In Tennessee

PA Taking Steps Toward Its Own College Athlete Fair Pay To Play Act [Not Campaign Finance Reform]

PA Joins The Fair Pay To Play College Athlete Movement, Penn State Coach Expresses Concerns

3 Lawmakers Plan College Athlete Fair Pay To Play Act

PA College Athletes Could Earn Financial Compensation Under Proposed Bill
Comcast Fighting Lawsuit Charging It With Discrimination For Not Carrying Specific Africian American TV Channels
Can Philly Fix Its Slow, Complex Process For Vacant Land Sales?

Pittsburgh Region Jobs Drop, Jobless Rate Rises Slightly to 3.9%

Erie Unemployment Up Slightly To 4.1% In August

Scranton-Wilkes-Barre Unemployment Up Slightly To 4.8% In August

Lancaster County Jobless Rate Up Slightly In August to 3.2%

PA National Guardsmen To Represent Entire Guard At National Competition

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National/International

Roundtop Mountain Resort In York County Sold As Part Of Purdue Pharma Family Bankruptcy