Wolf introduces his transition team, a new “Ready for Shapiro” group springs up and McCord rules out a 2016 Senate bid. Plus, last week’s Ups & Downs! Good morning politicos, here’s the Buzz!

11/14 Ups & Downs: A week full of promotions, demotions and dire warnings. See who made this week’s list!

McCord Rules Out 2016 Senate Run: The State Treasurer will not attempt to take on GOP Senator Pat Toomey in 2016.

PA-Gov: Wolf Introduces Transition Team: Governor-elect Tom Wolf formally announced today who he has tapped to lead his transition team.

PA-Sen: Supporter Launches “Ready for Shapiro”: The Facebook group hopes to encourage the Montgomery County Commissioner to run against Sen. Pat Toomey in 2016.

Statewide
PA Independent: PA’s patchwork budget contributes to projected $1.85B budget shortfall
State Impact PA: EPA boosts rules for methane reporting by oil and gas producers
State House Sound Bites: Schools funding lawsuit is on round two
PLS Reporter: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court – A State of Flux

Philadelphia
Inquirer: GOP tide swamped statehouses
Inquirer: Pa. lags nation in reducing juvenile detention
Inquirer: Controversy swirls around Cheltenham school superintendent
Inquirer: Penn State president to review Freeh’s Sandusky report
WHYY Newsworks: As diabetes rates rise in Philly, researchers work on detecting those at risk
WHYY Newsworks: Philadelphia improves tax collection, efforts but millions still overdue
WHYY Newsworks: Series aims to bring young Philadelphians more fully into the fold

SEPA
Mercury: Keeping score: Local school scores show ups and downs
Mercury: Dinniman suggests using the state constitution against pipeline projects
Mercury: Three Montgomery County projects receive award from planning commission
Courier Times: Bucks County lawmakers to talk gender and politics
Daily Times: Concord gives timetable for government study commission
Daily Times: Education, rehabilitation key to mitigating incarceration bulge, says corrections secretary
Daily Local: Sen. Toomey: GOP Senate majority will get bills moving again

Pittsburgh
Early Returns: Shale industry throwing money around Harrisburg
Post-Gazette:  Postmaster general ends route that began in Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette:  $1.85 billion state budget shortfall foreseen for next fiscal year
Post-Gazette:  State AG Kane to return to work after car accident
Post-Gazette:  Sandusky victims’ attorney: Penn State scandal needs to be story of accountability
Tribune Review: State liquor stores sale more likely with gas tax bargain, analyst says
Tribune Review: Academic ‘redshirting’ a kindergarten year parental worry
Tribune Review:  McConnell confident Democrats will join coal emissions fight

Southwest
Observer-Reporter: GOP eyes window for action before Wolf’s takeover
Observer-Reporter: Cost of Eric Frein manhunt: $11 million
Beaver County Times: School districts receive funding for police security
Beaver County Times:  Blackhawk budgets for disputed teachers’ contract

NEPA
Times Leader: Bankruptcy not a panacea for Luzerne County’s ills
Times Leader: Low turnout for NAACP elections
Times Leader: GOP eye window before Wolf takes office
Times Leader:  Cartwright elected regional whip

South Central
Patriot News: Pa. lawmakers stuck taxpayers with $13.8 million in expenses in 2013, report: The Sunday Brunch
Patriot News: York Sen. Scott Wagner on the return of Paycheck Protection, ‘This is about the PSEA’: John L. Micek
Sentinel: Students build solar power array for vocational classes
Daily Record: Public meeting about Camp Security to discuss plans for spring dig

Lehigh Valley
Morning Call:  Pennsylvania House and Senate spending expenses revealed
Eagle: Seeking a vision for downtown Reading
Eagle: Allentown mayor explains city’s turnaround
AP: Philadelphia to find out whether it gets a second casino

North by Northwest
Daily Times: State College set to begin budget talks
Sun Gazette: Highest-paid employee keeps buses, finances moving
Sun Gazette: Union contracts drive wage costs
Sun Gazette: Betterment organization elects officers

Opinion
Inquirer: It’s time to act on immigration
Courier Times: More pain for Kane
Daily Times: Editorial: The hunt for fair education funding formula goes on
Pocono Record: Spotlight should be on troopers
Times-Tribune: Kane keeps shooting herself in the foot
Observer-Reporter: A long rest after a short work
Bucks County Times: President. Congress can end gridlock
Post-Gazette: Wolf’s education focus means a brighter future
Post-Gazette:  We’ll soon see if Congress is ready to work
Post-Gazette: Corporations are controlling our electoral process
Patriot News: Don’t be surprised if Wolf and new GOP leaders get along better than you expect: Tony May
Sentinel: Our View: Partisanship unlikely to lessen
Express Times: Your comments: Easton’s commuter tax proposal may end up in the courts

Blogs
2 Political Junkies: Jack Kelly Sunday
Pittston Politics: They’re off, Pittston Area race shaping up
Commonwealth Foundation: Government Unions’ Political Spending Dwarfs Natural Gas