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3/2 Morning Buzz

PA-state-flag6Wolf removes Green as SRC Chair, Naughton is set to jump into the PA-8 race and Stack meets with an Israeli delegation. Plus, last week’s Ups & Downs! Good morning politicos, here’s the Buzz!

2/27 Ups & Downs: Budget preparation, big-money fundraisers and withdrawn nominations. See who made this week’s list!

PA-Gov: Wolf Removes Green as SRC Chair: The Governor is set to announce Marjorie Neff as the new Chair of Philadelphia’s School Reform Commission.

PA-8: Naughton Prepping Campaign Announcement: The 2014 candidate is set to jump into the 2016 race.

PA-Gov: Wolf Officially Names Neff SRC Chair: The Governor announced Neff’s appointment after Chairman Green revealed the news Sunday night.

Lt. Gov. Stack Meets With Israeli Delegation: Thursday’s meeting served as a first step in strengthening the relationship between Pennsylvania and Israel.

Arkoosh Endorses Lazarus for State Supreme Court: The new Montgomery County Commissioner is throwing her support behind Judge Anne Lazarus.

Statewide
PA Independent: Report: Wolf considering sales tax increase
PA Independent: Steelers may be ‘free rider’ in Pittsburgh transit spat
StateImpactPA: Governor Wolf asks Obama to strengthen oil train safety
Capitolwire: Wolf’s order opens the door to direct care worker organizing efforts
Capitolwire: Wolf says his budget will contain several proposals to expand home- and community-based care for PA seniors

Philadelphia
Inquirer: Mayoral Candidates’ Questionnaire Blunders
Inquirer: Rapper’s Track Lays Down Case for City Council Candidate Ori Feibush
Inquirer: Green Out, Neff in as SRC Chair
Inquirer: Millenials Could Be Political Force in Philadelphia, If They Voted
Inquirer: Pa. House Again Passes Plan to Sell Off State Stores
Inquirer: Wolf’s Budget Looks to Be Big, Bold – And Controversial
Inquirer: Wolf Wants 5,500 More Seniors to Get Home Care, Avoid Nursing Homes
Daily News: Philly’s Version of the Academy Awards Are Not So Boring
WHYY Newsworks: Philly Charter Change Question Focuses on City Access for Non-English Speakers
WHYY Newsworks: Wolf Administration to Show How It’ll Challenge Gas Industry
WHYY Newsworks: Philadelphia Campaigns: Last Week in Review

SEPA
Pottstown Mercury: Pa. Funding Six Schuylkill River Bridge Projects
Pottstown Mercury: Pa. Charter Schools Buy Influence with $10M in Donations to Politicians
Pottstown Mercury: Pa. Fact Finder: Gov. Tom Wolf Says Pennsylvania Ranks 45th for Public Education Funding. Is That Number Right
Pottstown Mercury: Pennsylvania Flush with Cash for Transportation Projects
Bucks Courier-Times: Four Neshaminy Candidates Try to Stop District’s Restructuring Plan
Delco Daily Times: Pa. Senate Prepares to Debate Virtues of House’s Liquor Privatization Bill
Daily Local News: Witnesses Testify at Richard Como’s Preliminary Hearing
Daily Local News: Rep. Ryan Costello Encourages Student Participation in Congressional Art Competition
Daily Local News: Dinniman Tells Seniors He Backs Property Tax Elimination

Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: GOP States Revisit Obamacare as Supreme Court Weighs Subsidies
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: College Making Financial Literacy Part of Education
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Gallagher Installed as Pitt’s Chancellor
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Area Air Force Reservists May Get Help for Agent Orange Exposure
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Republican Race Starts in Lavish Haunts of Rich Donors
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Legislation Would Broaden Crimes For Which Public Officials Forfeit State Pensions
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Kentucky Senator Paul’s Outside-the-Beltway Thinking Draws Voters
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Western Pa. Nonprofits Roll the Dice on Casino Company Grants
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: North Allegheny Teachers OK Early Bird Contract
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Federal Funding Cuts Stretch Researchers to the Limit
Pittsburgh Business Journal: CMU Receives $17M in Gifts to Support Tepper Quad, Scholarships

Southwest
Beaver County Times: Police and Black Youth, How to Mend the Disconnect
Beaver County Times: Gas Industry Group Poll Shows Majority Against Severance Tax
Beaver County Times: Attorney Files Motion, Alleges Misconduct By Assistant District Attorney
Beaver County Times: Sewickley Lawyer Announces Run for Congress
Beaver County Times: Moon Board Members Continue to Exchange Barbs; Public Comment Policies Will Be Followed, President Says
Observer-Reporter: Obama, Netanyahu on Collision Course 6 Years in the Making (AP)
Observer-Reporter: Upstate New York Towns Consider Seceding to Pennsylvania (AP)
Altoona Mirror: Supervisor Seeking Bid as Commissioner
Altoona Mirror: Logan Twp. to Soon Start Police Chief Search
Altoona Mirror: Wolf to Shed Light on Gas Industry
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat: Somerset County Considers Free Saturday Parking

NEPA
The Times Leader: A Look at Key Things to Watch in Gov. Tom Wolf’s Budget (AP)
The Times Leader: NWS Issues Winter Weather Advisory, Snow Will Make Travelling Difficult
The Times Leader: Student-to-Student Session Offers Inside Look at College Life
Times-Tribune: PennDOT Reduces Speed on Interstates
Times-Tribune: Scranton Ordinance Did Not OK Double Pensions
Times-Tribune: Timeline of Double Pensions
Times-Tribune: Scranton Area In for Dramatic Growth, Study Shows
Times-Tribune: Expected Boom in 65+ Will Strain Healthcare Industry
Pocono Record: Gov. Wolf Faces Key Budget Questions

South Central
Patriot News: Marcellus Shale Industry-backed Poll finds Little Support for Severance Tax
Patriot News: Stories you may have Missed
Patriot News: Income, Sales Tax Rates, Education Spending to Rise, and Property Taxes to be Cut in Wolf’s Budget
Patriot News: Parents Push back against Standardized Testing
Sentinel: AP: Wolf Administration to Show How it Will Challenge Gas Industry
YDR: ABC 27 Anchor to Begin New Career as Wolf’s Press Secretary

Lehigh Valley
Morning Call: State Agency to Decide how to Divvy up $60M Fine from Sandusky Case
Morning Call: Politics as Usual
Morning Call: Upstate New York Towns Consider Seceding to Pennsylvania
Morning Call: Kane Loses Another Press Secretary
Express-Times: PennEast Pipeline Opponents: Company Hire by Feds is ‘Outrageous Conflict of Interest’

North by Northwest
Sun Gazette: Factors Behind Fundraising Shortfall
Sun Gazette: AP: Dems: GOP Tripped on Homeland Security Strategy
Sun Gazette: Districts Worry About Retirement, Health Care Costs
Sun Gazette: Democrat Tosses Hat into Ring for Billtown Mayor

Opinion
Inquirer: Escaping Poverty
Pottstown Mercury: Increased Energy Production Demands Higher Transport Safety Standards
Delco Daily Times: Let Pa. Take a Shot at Private Liquor Stores
Delco Daily Times: Wolf Starting Strong, but More Needs to Be Done
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Capital Moonlighting: Pa. Legislatures Should Stick to One Full Time Job
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Taxing Consequences: The Shell Effect
Patriot News: Calling an Opponent ‘Unpatriotic’ is Unpatriotic
Patriot News: Oil Trains- Yes or No?
YDR: Domestic Abuse Programs Need Support of Everyone
Morning Call: Put Putin on Trial for War Crimes
Reading Eagle: Setback for VF Redevelopment Hardly Cause for Despair

Blogs
Citified: Listen To the Pro-Ori Feibush Rap Song
Citizens’ Call: League Showcases PA Redistricting Issue with Amanda Holt
Pittston Politics: Prediction: Kelly will be the spoiler & retain his seat
Pittston Politics: Airport gang meets, names begin to surface for WA Board
Commonwealth Foundation: A Toast to the House, but Challenges Lie Ahead
PA Budget and Policy Center: Do Standardized Tests Measure Up?

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