Saturday PA Capitol NewsClips 2.15.20

Paul Muschick: Why It Looks Like PA Will Be Stuck With Gerrymandered Voting Districts For Another Decade

Rep. Dush Running For Sen. Scarnati’s Senate Seat To Restore Legislative Sovereignty Over Writing Laws

Spotlight PA: PA Spending $4 Million To Ensure Hard-To-Reach Groups Are Counted In 2020 Census

Lt. Gov. Fetterman Told To Apologize To Blocked Twitter Users Or Else Be Sued Over His Wife’s Carnival Photo

Nancy Eshelman: Let’s Obsess About Anything Other Than Gisele Fetterman’s Body

Deb Erdley: Wolf’s Scholarship Proposal Targets Low-, Middle- Income Students At State-Owned Universities

Experts Wonder If Wolf College Scholarship Requirements Realistic For Recent Grads

Jan Murphy: State Universities’s Leader Calls For Limiting Use of Temporary Faculty, Not Filling Vacant Positions

State Universities Told To Cut Back On Adjuncts, Combine Under Enrolled Programs

Op-Ed: Proposed Funding Cuts To Horse Racing Will Cost Jobs, Hurt Economy - Sen. Arnold

Editorial: Brain Drain Requires Smart Solutions

Letter: Our Legislators Continue To Lie To Voters [On School Property Taxes, Diverting Road Money To Pay For State Police]

Op-Ed: PA Can’t Borrow Or Tax Its Way To Prosperity - Commonwealth Foundation

Editorial: Wolf’s 2019 Proposal To Fund State Police Was More Fair Than 2020 Plan

Philly Catholic Diocese Paid Six-Figure Clergy Child Abuse Settlement, Then Accuser’s Lawyer Admitted He Identified The Wrong Priest

Central Catholic In Pittsburgh Announces Random Student Drug Testing

AP: Kindergarten Student Brings Gun To Pittsburgh School

PA’s Largest Teacher Union Agrees With Call To End Active Shooter Drills In Schools

Wilkinsburg Mass Shooting Defendant Acquitted On All Counts

Editorial: Have An Illegal Gun In Harrisburg? Turn It In Or Face Consequences

York Tech School Could Welcome First Class This Fall After Years In The Making

Editorial: Judicial Disrespect: No Judge Has A Right To Attack The Jury System

Flu Resurges In PA With Almost 24,000 Cases, 14 Deaths In Past 2 Weeks

Ford Turner: Ambulance Companies Worry Fix For Surprise Medical Bills Will Put Some Out Of Business

WellSpan Announces $255 Million Expansion At York Hospital

Geisinger Announces $80 Million Plan To Expand Cancer Center In Luzerne County

City Notified Of Potential Closing Of West Philly Mercy Hospital’s Inpatient Facility

AP: Lancaster County Funeral Director Suspended After Decomposing Bodies Found

Household Battery-Maker Energizer To Close Shaler Operation

What You Need To Know About The Rutter’s Markets Data Breach

Lowe’s Hiring Hundreds Of Seasonal Workers In Southcentral PA

Bellefonte Business Failed To Pay Minimum Wage Lawsuit Claims

Op-Ed: Does Philadelphia Need A Public Bank? Pro/Con

Philadelphia Mummers Say They’re Working Weekly To Keep Blackface Out Of Parade

Someone Is Shooting And Killing Cows In Cambria County

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Casey Pitches Five Freedoms Plan To Improve The Lives, Potential Of Children

Op-Ed: Trump Insisted No Troops Were Seriously Injured In Iranian Raid In Iraq, But A Philly Vet’s Final Words Before His Suicide Show True Cost Of War

Op-Ed: With Trump Budget Cuts, U.S. Would Be Less Equipped To Protect Americans Here And Abroad - Gov. Schweiker, Fmr Cong. Patrick Murphy

Op-Ed: Turn PA Blue Is The Monster Trump Awakened In Pennsylvania

Editorial: Elementary School Antics Unbecoming Of National Leaders [Trump, Pelosi]

ICE Plans To Deploy More Resources In Sanctuary Cities

Editorial: U.S. Attorney McSwain Compares Sanctuary Cities To Slaveholders, That’s Offensive

Editorial: Virginia Secession Talk Is Shocking, Ludicrous

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[Posted: February 15, 2020]