Dent and Fitzpatrick go against GOP Obamacare repeal, Fattah asks President Obama for a pardon and Khan releases his fundraising totals. Plus, last week’s Ups & Downs! Good morning politicos, here’s the Playbook!

1/13 Ups & Downs: Endorsements, conflicts of interest and a million dollar-plus settlement. See who made this week’s Ups & Downs!

Dent, Fitzpatrick Join Dems in Opposing Obamacare Repeal: The PA Republicans were two of only nine members to go against party lines.

Fattah Requests Presidential Pardon: The former Congressman is asking for President Obama to bail him out.

Philly DA Candidate Reveals $200K COH Total: Prosecutor Joe Khan releases his first fundraising numbers.

Sunday Show Preview: January 15, 2017: We take a look at the Sunday morning political talk shows that will air throughout the state.

Statewide
Capitolwire: DHS needs more money this year, looking for cost-saving changes
StateImpactPA: Six years on, Butler County community still without water
StateImpactPA: Trump ‘worst possible scenario’ for climate, says Penn State scientist
StateImpactPA: Consultant’s report endorses safety of Mariner East 2; critics unmoved
StateImpactPA: Lancaster County pipeline opponents prepare for encampments
StateImpactPA: Feds tighten rules for hazardous liquids pipelines such as Mariner East 2
State House Sound Bites: Incoming treasurer setting sights on savings
State House Sound Bites: Three Democrats to be sworn into top state offices

Philadelphia
Inquirer: Reps. Evans, Boyle, Brady indicate they will boycott Trump’s inauguration
Inquirer: For Rittenhouse Square’s beloved public space, worrying signs of exclusion
Inquirer: From Obama to Trump: Get ready for a ‘jarring switch,’ presidential scholars say
Inquirer: New bosses set to take oaths in scandal-rocked Pa. offices
WHYY Newsworks: Center City MLK Day march pushes for more activism on holiday
WHYY Newsworks: Wolf consolidates management of three state funds in effort to cut Pa. spending

SEPA
Bucks County Courier-Times: Colleges in Bucks, Montgomery counties spending millions to keep up with STEM demand
Delco Daily Times: Protesters decry Meehan’s vote to repeal Obamacare with rally in Springfield
Delco Daily Times: ‘Free the six-pack’ law goes live in Pa.

Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette: Mixed flock: When Democrats and Republicans share the pews
Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh councilman proposing safeguards for refugees, immigrants
Post-Gazette: UPMC celebrates its 2,000th lung transplant with one patient still well 28 years later
Post-Gazette: Pitt professors hoping to develop early warning system for nuclear smuggling activities
Tribune-Review: Former Carnegie councilman tapped for Allegheny County Council appointment
Tribune-Review: Hempfield Area accepts retirement of superintendent

Southwest
Altoona Mirror: AMED planning big purchases
Altoona Mirror: Blair makes public defender full-time job
Beaver County Times: GOP Committee of Beaver County elects new leadership
Beaver County Times: Finances spurred move to abolish Beaver County Jury Commission, officials say
Beaver County Times: Historic but dilapidated Dunlap Mansion demolished

NEPA
Times Leader: Compensation for Luzerne County tax collectors to be discussed next week
Times Leader: FBI probe reignites conflict between Wilkes-Barre police chief and union officials
Times-Tribune: As Maddon meets with Obama, Barletta reminisces
Times-Tribune: Recycling a closed prison can take years

South Central
Patriot-News: Judge sends Graham Spanier’s defamation suit over Freeh Report back to drawing board
Patriot-News: A look inside SCI Camp Hill as it prepares for 1,000 new inmates
Patriot-News: Older Pennsylvanians lose from lawmakers’ raid on lottery fund
Patriot-News: Assistant director at local college takes on Magisterial District Judge Barbara Pianka
York Dispatch: Marijuana decriminalization in the pipeline for West York
York Dispatch: Charter school rep running for York City Council

Lehigh Valley
Morning Call: Allentown’s arena zone badly needs Talen Energy — and here’s why
Morning Call: ANALYSIS: Pa. House Democrats cheap out on colleagues
Morning Call: What will happen to Martin Tower?
Reading Eagle: Corporate sponsorships sought for annual fundraiser for Reading Public Library
Reading Eagle: Gov. Mifflin board briefed on Chromebook rollout

North by Northwest
Erie Times-News: Erie’s newest waterfront hotel performing well
Sun-Gazette: Plans appear re-energized for E. 3rd St. redevelopment
Sun-Gazette: Muncy school borrows $10 million for project

Opinion
Patriot-News: No jackpot – as seniors consume more services, they should pay more
Patriot-News: ‘One day is not enough’ to honor Martin Luther King Jr. – local leaders celebrate MLK Day
Patriot-News: Is U.S. Rep John Lewis’s district really ‘falling apart’ and ‘crime infested’ like Donald Trump says?
Post-Gazette: Warming the cases: Pitt students bringing fresh eyes to old crimes
Post-Gazette: Robots R us: A major contract at CMU advances robotics here
Post-Gazette: The Iraq pit: A new administration should move to cut losses
Post-Gazette: A bad report card: Reforms galore, but little progress in city schools
Inquirer: A King Day like no other; Obama’s last as president
Daily News: What’s the best way to reform our prisons?

Blogs
Billy Penn: Syrian refugees flooded into Philly in 2016
Billy Penn: Mayor Kenney: Ignore the ban, ‘sit where you want’ in Rittenhouse Square
2 Political Junkies: T-Minus 4 days Until The Beginning Of The Trump Presidency (Race And America II)
Keystone State Education Coalition: PA Ed Policy Roundup Jan 16: Advocates of school property tax elimination bill overly optimistic about likely effects; blind to separate set of problems it would create