Friday PA Capitol NewsClips 1.3.20

December State Revenue $91.5 Million Below Estimates; FY 2019-20 Over Estimate Revenues Drop From $333.6 Million To Just $75 Million [PaCN]

Pennsylvania’s Business Tax Climate Ranked 29th Best In U.S.

DCED Year In Review: Investing In Jobs, Communities In 2019

Katie Meyer: Despite Republican Attempts To Compromise, Wolf Says He’s Not Abandoning Overtime Plan

How PA’s Minimum Wage Compares To Other States

Op-Ed: Israeli-Pennsylvania Business Ties Could Use A Boost From Gov. Wolf

Sports Betting: Bookies Will Be Rooting For The Eagles

New Regs Changing Which Drugs Medicaid Covers Affecting 150,000 In PA

U-Haul Says It Won’t Hire Nicotine Users In PA, 20 Other States Beginning Feb. 1

Murphy: Gov. Wolf Unveils Mental Health Initiative That Aims To End The Stigma

Gov. Wolf Promises Action On Mental Health, But Doesn’t Say How It Will Be Funded

Editorial: Wolf Turns State Focus To Mental Health

Editorial: Wolf Offers Promising Mental Health Plan, Will Funds Follow?
Op-Ed: Federal Health Insurance Lawsuit, Why PA Needs To Prepare For The Worst

AP: Poverty Grew In Almost Half Of PA’s Counties Despite Strong National Economy

Editorial: Answer Needed To Turnpike Toll Spirals

Penn State Calls Claims It Manipulated Hazing Death To Obtain Frat House Offensive

Penn State President Plans To Retire In 2022

Op-Ed: The Grinch Who Stole Taxpayer Funded Scholarships To Private Schools In Harrisburg

To Teach Young Kids The Concept Of Consent, Focus On Bodily Autonomy

New Philly Police Commissioner Once Won $40,000 On Wheel Of Fortune

Philly Pays $4 Million To Settle Lawsuit Brought By Man Cleared of Murder In 2017

Police Charge Man In Molotov Cocktail Attack On Adams County Courthouse

Heroin That Led To Overdoses of 5 Women In Delco Prison Brought In By A Son

Op-Ed: I Am Proof Children Shouldn’t Be Prosecuted In Adult Court

Op-Ed: Stop Using Tax Dollars From Black Philadelphians To Support Racist Mummers

Editorial: After Latest Blackface Incident, Mummers Should Break Ties With Racist Groups

State Licensing Process Delays Opening Of Hempfield Hospital

Pennsylvania’s Do Not Call List Permanent

Business Leaders Predict Lehigh Valley Will Become A Hip Hub In The Next Decade, And More 

Who’s Watching Those Who Monitor Us With Video Surveillance? A Lehigh Valley Company, That’s Who

Pittsburgh Area Unemployment Ticks Up To 4.3% In November

Erie Unemployment Rises Slightly In November To 4.5%

Lancater Unemployment Rate Rises To 3.5%, Highest Since Feb. 2018

Editorial: Robbing Philly Of Its Wealth, Keeping Minorities From Owning Real Estate

Fitzgeral, Allegheny County Council Enter New Era Of Coexistence

Pastor Blasts False Narrative In $1 Million Spending Dispute With Presbyterian Church Of Bethlehem

Arbitrator: Post-Gazette Violated Contract In Employee Health Care Case

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National/International

Atlantic City Feeling Mix Of Optimism, Concern With 9 Casinos In Operation

Salena Zito: Tone-Deaf Democrats Risk Handing Western PA To Trump

Ohio, PA, Michigan Stand To Lose Congressional Seats After 2020 Census

Your Guide To 2020 Federal Election, Will America Oust Trump?

200 Members Of Congress Ask Supreme Court To Reconsider Roe v. Wade

Cong. Smucker, Perry Join Call For Supreme Court To Reconsider Roe V. Wade

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[Posted: January 3, 2020]