May 28th Playbook

Written by PoliticsPA Staff

Speaker Nancy Pelosi avoids talking about impeachment in visit to Delaware County. Here is the Playbook.

2019 Primary Ups & Downs: The parties got what they wanted for Superior Court, Democratic establishment in Allegheny County was rocked yet again, a pair of longtime incumbents in Philly and Erie Council lost reelection bids, and Harrisburg flipped the board. All of that and more are in this week’s Ups and Downs.

Harrisburg & DC

Post-Gazette: Keller resigns state House seat, clearing way to Congress

Post-Gazette: Bob Casey introduces bill to help grandfamilies access more federal resources

AP: Pennsylvania accuses financial firms of bond price-fixing

AP: Lawmakers report $83K in travel on annual ethics disclosures

WHYY Newsworks: Two new members of Congress from Pa. call for impeachment hearings

Morning Call: ‘Pro-life Democrat’ Bob Casey opens up on abortion. Surprisingly, his plan to end them doesn’t involve the courts

Beaver County Times: U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey’s tax-relief bill for Gold Star families passes Senate

Inquirer: What Pa. counties can learn from voters’ reactions to Montgomery County’s paper-ballot rollout

Inquirer: ‘Court-assisted terrorism’? How the powerful can muzzle free speech for about $300.

WESA: Democrats Take To Farmers’ Market To Argue For Higher Minimum Wage

Pennsylvania Capital-Star: Representing a majority, elected by a minority: Low voter turnout persists in special state Senate elections

Pennsylvania Capital-Star: As budget season approaches, Democrats keep pushing for minimum wage hike

Pennsylvania Capital-Star: From the Pa. Health Dept: Four tips for a food-poisoning free Memorial Day

Philadelphia Magazine: Josh Shapiro on Meeting the Pope, Gun Culture, and Custom Bocce Balls

Delco Daily Times: Pelosi avoids ‘I’ word during visit to Delco

StateImpactPA: AG Investigating Wastewater Case from Landfill that Accepts Fracking Waste

PLSReporter: Did You Get The Memo? Incarcerated mothers, veteran tax exemptions and fireworks

PLSReporter: Philadelphia Democrats rally for minimum wage increase

PLSReporter: Ortitay hopes to make schools safer with threat assessment teams, shooter training

PLSReporter: Freshman Focus: Rep. Melissa Shusterman

PLSReporter: 3 under 3!

PLSReporter: Tweets of the Week – May 20, 2019

Johnstown Tribune-Democrat: PULSE OF THE VOTERS | In Biden’s hometown, divergent views, waning optimism that Democrats can overtake Trump in 2020

The Times Leader: Capitol Roundup: Senate passes ‘Farming First’ bills to support Pa. agriculture

Patriot News: Commonwealth flags to fly at half-staff until sunset Wednesday to honor fallen trooper

Reading Eagle: The Rundown: Pennsylvania’s election operations moved for security on primary day

Reading Eagle: Will Sunday deer hunting come to Pennsylvania?

Philadelphia

Billy Penn: 100k votes: Is Helen Gym now in the running for Philly mayor?

Inquirer: Rochelle Bilal, who won Democratic nomination for Philly sheriff, finds the city’s politics ‘disturbing’

Inquirer: Council President Darrell Clarke backtracks on no-bid land sale statement after release of new emails

Inquirer: Philly’s supervised injection site nonprofit gets tax-exempt status from IRS

Inquirer: Philly isn’t the only city struggling to keep its library system afloat; celebs decry budget cuts in NYC

WHYY Newsworks: Want to help fight gerrymandering? Pa. redistricting commission coming to Philly Tuesday

Philadelphia Tribune: Gordon on track to become first African American woman Register of Wills

SEPA

Delco Daily Times: Pelosi avoids ‘I’ word during visit to Delco

Bucks County Courier Times: Municipal primary turnout highest in years for Bucks, Montgomery races

Daily Local News: Primary promises competitive races in November

Daily Local News: Sen. Katie Muth to hold grand opening of district office

Inquirer: What Pa. counties can learn from voters’ reactions to Montgomery County’s paper-ballot rollout

WHYY Newsworks: Two new members of Congress from Pa. call for impeachment hearings

WHYY Newsworks: Primary sets up political showdown in Delaware County

Pottstown Mercury: PA Ag Secretary: We must ‘contain and suppress’ spotted lanternfly

Pottstown Mercury: Report: Pottstown’s financial future depends on economic development, controlling personnel costs

Pottstown Mercury: Barnhardt wins Dem nod for Berks commissioner with absentee ballots

Pittsburgh

Post-Gazette: D. Raja resigning as Allegheny County Republican chairman

Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto joins other mayors to push state for safer bike lanes

Post-Gazette: County health director Karen Hacker leaving after 6 years for CDC post

Post-Gazette: Meetings planned to gauge interest, get feedback about countywide Children’s Fund

Post-Gazette: PWSA approves reimbursement program for private lead line replacements

WESA: After Election Loss, Harris Continues Fight Against City Campaign Laws

KDKA: UPMC Workers Holding Strike Tuesday Afternoon

City Paper: Delta Foundation draws criticism after Trump-related Facebook post

City Paper: Bernie Sanders’ campaign is rallying support for upcoming UPMC strike

SWPA

Beaver County Times: U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb’s bill addressing vets’ mental health passes House

Altoona Mirror: Erb wins second GOP nod for commissioner

Altoona Mirror: Area unemployment reaches all-time low

Altoona Mirror: Pa. representatives taking sides in US-Iran war scare

Altoona Mirror: Old postings resurface for nominee

Altoona Mirror: AWA votes to refinance

Observer-Reporter: Casey pushes for affordable childcare

Johnstown Tribune-Democrat: PULSE OF THE VOTERS | Few signs of shifts entering 2020 presidential election

Johnstown Tribune-Democrat: Tokar-Ickes sworn in as newest Somerset County commissioner

Johnstown Tribune-Democrat: PULSE OF THE VOTERS | In Biden’s hometown, divergent views, waning optimism that Democrats can overtake Trump in 2020

NEPA

Citizens Voice: Pedri proposes $1.9M capital plan for county

Citizens Voice: County council to take meetings on road again

Times-Tribune: How long after primary election will contentiousness linger among Lackawanna County commissioners?

Times-Tribune: County commissioner opposes stormwater fees on taxpayers

The Times Leader: Luzerne County manager pitches 2020 capital projects

The Times Leader: Luzerne County planning update on outstanding tax breaks

The Times Leader: Capitol Roundup: Senate passes ‘Farming First’ bills to support Pa. agriculture

South Central

Patriot News: Central Pa. students’ MAGA hats blurred out in yearbook photo: Report

Patriot News: Harrisburg police officer to receive Congressional Badge of Bravery

Patriot News: Camp Hill’s 100th annual Memorial Day remembrance draws a patriotic-clad crowd

LNP | LancasterOnline: From 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. to Warwick Center: How the White House Gift Shop wound up in Lititz

Lehigh Valley

Reading Eagle: Kevin Barnhardt moves ahead for second spot on Democratic ticket for Berks County commissioner

Reading Eagle: Mark Scott quiet as new Republican team plans path forward

Morning Call: Lehigh Valley Congresswoman Susan Wild is holding town hall Tuesday night

Morning Call: Demolition, sale of Allentown State Hospital still sought, Wolf administration says

Express Times: Think Pa.’s legislative districts are bananas? Sound off at this meeting

North by Northwest

Erie Times-News: Elections board certifies Erie County primary results

Erie Times-News: Roll Call: How local legislators voted on key issues last week

Williamsport Sun-Gazette: City Council approves contract to address fair housing

Williamsport Sun-Gazette: Senate tries to combat robocalls

Opinion

LNP Editorial Board: In Pennsylvania, and in Lancaster County, we have too much government

Inquirer Editorial Board: Memorial Day is for honoring military, not partisan politics

Inquirer Editorial Board: Don’t put supervised injection site on ice. Put it on wheels.

Inquirer Editorial Board: At-large City Council president? Plus: Other ways Philly government could evolve

Post-Gazette Editorial Board: Sue all of them: The state’s case against an opioid maker is a start

Post-Gazette Editorial Board: Big raise for Romoff: Can the UPMC board really like what he’s done?

Post-Gazette Editorial Board: Don’t be fooled: Climate change is real even if one glacier is growing

Post-Gazette Editorial Board: Behind closed doors: Child sexual abuse afflicts Plain communities

Post-Gazette Editorial Board: Retire the robocallers: Americans shouldn’t fear to answer their phones

Post-Gazette Editorial Board: Protecting your rights: Senators want to limit data searches at the border

Post-Gazette Editorial Board: Russians bearing gifts: Europe’s pols must beware the company they keep

John Baer: Will Pennsylvania decide the 2020 presidential race? I don’t think so.

Salena Zito: How the Kennedy family is trying to strip Trump of his power

Joanna McClinton, Lauren Jacobs, and Jessie Ulibarri: It’s time to free our local governments from corporate rule. Here’s how that happens

Keith C. Burris: The beer test

John L. Micek: Tom Steyer still wants to impeach Trump; 310K Pa. residents have signed his petition | Friday Morning Coffee

Frank T. McAndrew: Why a lack of humility might be what’s really ailing our politics

Mike Newall: With Mayor Jim Kenney’s election excuse gone, Philly’s got nothing to lose on supervised injection sites — except more lives

Richard Gardiner: What is Memorial Day? Why do we celebrate it? The holiday’s forgotten history, explained

Tim Hartman: Gov. Wolf floats a new infrastructure funding plan | Editorial Cartoon

Trudy Rubin: Theresa May’s fall goes beyond Brexit. Mainstream parties, beware

Signe Wilkinson: Political cartoon: Memorial Day

Dava Guerin: Memorial Day can be traumatic for veterans

Will Bunch: Trump bullies Dems, other foes into cowardice. Without courage, America may be lost

Dick Polman: This Michigan congressman is the rare Republican putting country over party

Nancy Love, Richard Jackson and Shawn P. McElmurry: Water stays in the pipes longer in shrinking cities. That’s a challenge for public health

Jackie Soteropoulos Incollingo: President Trump, visit my journalism class and see us reject ‘fake news’

John A. Tures: A Memorial Day interview with one of America’s heroes

David M. Shribman: As more Democrats get in, some should get out

Joseph N. DiStefano: Philly’s Richard Vague covers the world’s debt crises in his new book and says here how he would run the financial world

Leah Blain: Creative solutions needed to help veterans cope with mental health

Brian O’Neill: Green Building Alliance tackles eco-challenges in Pittsburgh

Adam Richter: We need real newspeople to protect us from ‘fake news’

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