Toomey signs the Senate’s letter to Iran, the Club for Growth releases their annual scorecard and Wolf outlines the transition for the Medicaid expansion. Good morning politicos, here’s the Buzz!

PA-Sen: Toomey Signs Senate Letter to Iranian Leaders: Forty-seven GOP Senators sent a message to the Iran’s leadership discouraging a nuclear deal.

Club for Growth Issues Its Annual Congressional Scorecards: How did Pennsylvania Congressmen do in the anti-tax group’s rankings?

PA-Gov: Wolf Announces Timeline for Medicaid Expansion: The Governor laid out a two-phased plan to transition the commonwealth’s healthcare system.

Statewide
PLSReporter: Majority Leader Reed Reflects on Governor’s Revenue Proposals, Appropriations Process
PLSReporter: How Gov. Wolf’s Budget will Impact the Middle Class Depends on who you Ask
PLSReporter: IFO Downgrades Structural Deficit by as Much as $40 Million
PA Independent: Professionals in PA Feel Special Enforcement Hammer
StateImpactPA: With New Draft Rules, DEP Steps Up Oversight of Drilling Waste
State House Sound Bites: AP: Candidates File Early for Three Open Seats on State High court
State House Sound Bites: Harrisburg City Councilor Joins Calls for More Controls
State House Sound Bites: AP: PA House Opens Hearings on Wolf’s Budget Plan

Philadelphia
Philadelphia Business Journal: Obama launches TechHire initiative to train more workers for technology jobs
Philadelphia Business Journal: Poll: 75% oppose Nutter’s property tax hike to fund schools
KYW Newsradio: Pa. State House Appropriations Committee Kicks Off Weeks Of Hearings On Gov. Wolf’s Budget Proposal
KYW Newsradio: Pennsylvania Worker Advocates Lobbying Harrisburg To Hike State’s Minimum Wage
WHYY Newsworks: Warring budget figures mount in Pa. spending talks
WHYY Newsworks: Zoning code changes would help guide redevelopment of former industrial sites
WHYY Newsworks: Tony Williams climbs into big rig, accepts Teamsters endorsement
WHYY Newsworks: Lawmakers clash on numbers in Pa. spending plan
WHYY Newsworks: Waiting for the mayoral ad wars
Philly.com: R. Dunham named head of Death Penalty Information Center
Philly.com: New State Bill Could Penalize Drivers For Ice, Snow Flying Off Car
Inquirer: Mayoral candidate Doug Oliver counting on his youth, voters’ desire for change
Inquirer: A $4B question: How big is Wolf’s budget?
Inquirer: Three more arrests said to loom in sting case
Inquirer: Action United endorses two Council incumbents, three challengers
Daily News: 2 state reps, 1 former state rep facing sting charges

SEPA
Bucks Local News: Bucks County Commissioners turn their attention to renovating the former courthouse; hire company to manage process
Bucks Local News: Newtown Borough Council expected to approve Steeple View land transfer and preservation agreements
Bucks Local News: Incumbent Newtown Township Supervisor Kyle Davis announces campaign for full-term on board
Bucks County Courier Times: Tullytown Council to consider Levittown train station renovations
Bucks County Courier Times: Casey cites Centennial as ‘model’ in bullying education

Pittsburgh
Tribune-Review: Fiscal Office Director Puts Pa. Budget Deficit Well Below Wolf’s Estimate
Tribune-Review: Pa. Environmental Regulators Outline New Draft of Gas Drilling Rules
Tribune-Review: Peduto Named to National League of Cities Presidential Election Task Force
Tribune-Review: Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, City Schools Get Tax Revenue Boost
Tribune-Review: Legal Questions About Pittsburgh Abortion Clinic Buffer Zone Focus on Enforcement
Post-Gazette: Teachers OK Tentative Pact with Steel Valley School District
Post-Gazette: Peduto to Serve on Presidential Election Task Force for National League of Cities
Business Journal: TIF District Expires for North Shore Site, Resulting in Additional $723,684 in Tax Revenue
KDKA: Pennsylvania Lawmaker Says He Got An IRS Scam Call, Too
WESA: Warring PA Budget Figures Mount in Spending Talks
WESA: Senate Bills Could Strengthen Right-to-Know Law

Southwest
Beaver County Times: New Sewickley Organic Farmers Say They’ll Appeal Compressor Station Ruling
Beaver County Times: Anniversary March Commemorates Selma, Stresses the Importance of Voting
Observer-Reporter: Sunoco to Work with Municipalities for Permits on Mariner East Pipeline
Observer-Reporter: Commissioners Support Legislation to Change Funding for Countywide 911 Systems
Observer-Reporter: Peters Township Looking to Renovate Municipal Building

NEPA
Times-Leader: 840 Luzerne County Property Owners May Be Double-Dipping on Homestead Tax Break
Times-Leader: Carbon County Deputy Coroner and Luzerne County 911 Dispatcher Announces Candidacy for Coroner
Times-Tribune: State Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in Kane Perjury Case
Times-Tribune: School Budgets Planned Without Earmarked Funds
Citizens Voice: River Concerns Surface About Pipeline
Citizens Voice: Court to Hear Argument in Kane Perjury Case
Citizens Voice: State Health Centers Get New Lease
Pocono Record: Medicare Reprimands Whitestone Facility

South Central
Lancaster Intelligencer: Quinnipiac Poll: Fox News Has Most Trusted Coverage
Lancaster Intelligencer: Pitts Tops Club For Growth Scorecard
Lancaster Intelligencer: Lawmakers Begin State Budget Hearings with GOP in Driver’s Seat
York Dispatch: Pennsylvania House Opens Hearings on Gov. Wolf’s Budget Plan
York Dispatch: Wolf Administration Advance Tougher Gas Drilling Rules (AP)
York Daily Record: Perry Named a Defender of ‘Economic Freedom’
Harrisburg Patriot News: Wolf’s ‘Gigantic’ Tax Package Goes Under the Microscope at House GOP Hearing
Harrisburg Patriot News: Charges Against Pa. Lawmakers Pending in Philadelphia ‘Bling Sting’ Case, DA Says
Harrisburg Patriot News: Hear Bill Clinton Laugh Off Hillary’s Email Problems: The 9 O’Clock Shot
Harrisburg Patriot News: Harrisburg School District Considers Demolishing Woodward School, Selling Land

Lehigh Valley
The Morning Call: Delaware Water Gap Considers Changes to Water Gap Area
The Morning Call: Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf Administration Advance Tougher Gas Drilling Rules (AP)
The Morning Call: More Philly Lawmakers Set to Face Charges in Sting (AP)
The Morning Call: Pa. Supreme Court to Take Up Kane’s Challenge to Special Prosecutor
WFMZ: Montgomery County Drug Task Force Presents Preliminary Report
WFMZ: Pa. Cigar Shops Concerned Over Tobacco Tax
Reading Eagle: Gov. Tom Wolf Proves to be a Polished Salesman
Reading Eagle: Meet the Berks County Lawmakers That Will Help Shape the State Budget
Reading Eagle: The Rundown: A Fight Over Tobacco Taxes, and a Looming Battle Over Charter Schools
Reading Eagle: Week in Review: Wolf Salutes a Reading Teacher, Visits Hamburg

North by Northwest
Centre Daily Times: Wolf Visits Wingate Elementary, Stumps for Education Budget
Centre Daily Times: As Questions Mount, Clinton Strategy is to Remain Mum
Erie Times-News: Pennsylvania House Opens Hearings on Wolf’s Budget Plan
Williamsport Sun-Gazette: Against Inequality
Williamsport Sun-Gazette: Sunbury Man: America is ‘Getting Better All The Time’

Opinion
Carlisle Sentinel: Stanford Column: What if the Navy SEAL Who Shot Osama bin Laden Had Been a Woman?
Lancaster Intelligencer: Lancaster County’s Housing First Approach Appears to be Working to Reduce Homelessness
Inquirer: Not the answer
Pottstown Mercury: Property tax ‘reduction’ and ‘elimination’ are two different things
Delco Daily Times: Replacing property tax must be accomplished now
Tribune-Review: The ANWR Ruse: Obama’s Real Agenda
Post-Gazette: Small Beer: This Counts as Change from the LCB
Beaver County Times: A Paperwork Nightmare
Observer-Reporter: Commemorating Selma, Sizing Up Work Yet to Be Done

Blogs
Lehigh Valley Ramblings: Why Bill Blake should not be a Mini-Judge
Lehigh Valley Ramblings: Who are the Real Republicans?
Citified: How Race Defines our Neighborhoods
Citified: Bold Wolf/Nutter Budgets to Collide with Reality in 3,2,1…
Citified: Why aren’t the Mayoral Candidates on TV?
PA Budget and Policy Center: Weekly News Wrap
Commonwealth Foundation: Thirty Cents in Tax Relief for Every Dollar in New Taxes
Commonwealth Foundation: Lesson from Washington State: Privatization Works
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