PA is set to be the next battleground in the gay marriage fight, and we unveil our latest reader poll. Good morning politicos, here’s the Buzz.

ACLU Challenges PA Same-Sex Marriage Ban: Pennsylvania is set to become the next battleground in the legal struggle over same-sex marriage.

Immigration Reform Supporters to Court 5 PA Republicans: According to a memo published by the Washington Post, immigration reform are looking at five Pa. Congressmen whose voting records – or significant Latino populations – make them likely to support a bill.

Reader Poll: Which PA Republican is Most Vulnerable to a Primary? Republican map-drawers did a good job of securing Pennsylvania’s GOP members of Congress against challenges from the left. But who is most vulnerable to a primary challenge from the right?

Reader Poll: Same Sex Marriage in PA by 2018: PoliticsPA readers believe that same sex marriages will be legalized in the Keystone State within five years.

Statewide
Capitolwire: Rep. Dave Reed raises profile with tax cuts, vote-counting
Capitolwire: Speaker Smith gets caught playing legislative tricks for second year in a row
Capitolwire: Nearly $300 million at stake if House does not soon pass fiscal code, Zogby warns
Capitolwire: Gov. Corbett announces new website to aid Pennsylvania jobseekers
StateImpact PA: Philadelphia May Be Marketed as Natural Gas Export Hub
StateImpact PA: FirstEnergy Corp Shuttering Two Western PA Coal Plans
StateImpact PA: Corbett Signs Controversial Bill Giving Drillers Power to Pool Leases
Newsworks: U.S. Senate committee moves to defund Philadelphia’s Energy Efficient Buildings Hub
PA Independent: Commentary: Corbett strikes out on PA budget
PA Independent: WATCHBLOG: ACLU files suit against state’s gay marriage ban
State House Sound Bites: ACLU files suit over PA’s gay marriage ban
State House Sound Bites: Law saves boar hunts, knocks back state agency
AP: ACLU files challenge to Pa. law banning gay marriage
AP: Tuition rising 3 percent at Pa. state universities
AP: Long-delayed hearing set for Spanier, Schultz, Curley

Philadelphia
AP: Philly abortion doc in court again for drug plea
AP: House committees to probe fatal Philly collapse
Inquirer: Suit for Pa. gay marriage to be filed
Inquirer: Hillary Clinton speaks at Bryn Mawr College
Inquirer: Phila. officer held for trial in shooting incident
Inquirer: Fumo family rift exposed in court
PhillyDeals: How is Mayor Nutter’s Philly “A Model for the Nation”?

SEPA
AP: Tuition rising 3 percent at West Chester, Cheyney, state schools
Pottstown Mercury: Chesco couple among those challenging Pa. same-sex marriage ban
Pottstown Mercury: Boyertown council rejects school district’s land expansion waiver request
Delco Daily Times: County names planning department director

Pittsburgh
Tribune-Review: Pittsburgh City Council fetes outgoing member
Tribune-Review: Pittsburgh sewer authority considers staying under private management
Tribune-Review: FirstEnergy closing two W. Pa. coal-fired plants
Post-Gazette: Burgess introduces bill for referendum on Pittsburgh police residency
WTAE: North Huntingdon residents want township to take responsibility for flooding problems
WTAE: Hercules Inc. fined $2M for PA Superfund release

Southwest
Observer-Reporter: Rejected radioactive waste remains in Greene
Altoona Mirror: County laying off up to five

NEPA
Times-Tribune: DEP sacks Jefferson Twp. sewer plan
Times-Tribune: Interactive Map: Structurally Deficient Bridges in NEPA
Times-Tribune: Newton Twp. man awaits vote for Internet-based gun sales business
News Item: Clausi confronts Shamokin council over health care benefits
News Item: Northumberland County notes major savings from renegotiated lease
Standard Speaker: Report: Number of families helped in Schuylkill fell
Standard Speaker: Schuylkill gets 2nd block grant shot

South Central
Patriot News: York congressmen ‘will reserve judgement’ on possible early troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
Patriot News: Harrisburg government officials split on spending oversight
Patriot News: Pennsylvania faculty union leader worries about cuts at state-owned universities
Patriot News: Casey remains focused on Afghan elections as Obama mulls early troop withdrawal
Patriot News: Former Penn State president Graham Spanier, senior aides, get hearing date
Patriot News: Gay, lesbian couples file lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania marriage law
Patriot News: Furloughs begin for full-time National Guard members at Fort Indiantown Gap
Patriot News: Wormleysburg Borough Council to meet tonight
Patriot News: Couples in Pennsylvania same-sex lawsuit seek equality for themselves, their children
Patriot News: Lower Paxton Township supervisors to review Friendship Center appraisal
Patriot News: Schwartz: Obama right to re-evaluate U.S. presence in Afghanistan
Patriot News: Lehigh congressman urges military input before early Afghanistan withdrawal
The Sentinel: Tuition increases approve for state universities
The Sentinel: Lawsuit accuses Carlisle business school of false claims
The Sentinel: Dickinson Township reviews road repairs, maintenance
Roxbury News: ACLU Holds Press Conference Announcing Lawsuit on Behalf of Same-Sex Couples
Lancaster Online: College students face 3% tuition hike
Lancaster Online: West Donegal approves zoning amendment supporting agritourism

Lehigh Valley
Express Times: $285 million Allentown waterfront project clears first hurdle toward approval
Reading Eagle: Reading fire chief surprises mayor with immediate resignation

North by Northwest
Centre Daily Times: Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Graham Spanier to have day in court July 29
Centre Daily Times: Commissioners hear presentation on foster care need
Onward State: Feds May Cut Penn State’s Navy Pet Project
Onward State: Corbett Won’t Appeal, NCAA Lawsuit is Dead
Williamsport Sun Gazette: Rep. Everett: Pension reform still looms

Opinions
John Hanger, The Guardian: If you care about the environment, you should welcome natural gas fracking
Pottstown Mercury: Pa. school funding is game of guesswork
Delco Daily Times: Friendly Fire: Corbett, GOP fail Pennsylvania
Times-Tribune: NEPA part of Pennsylvania Local delegation needs to better press region’s case
Williamsport Sun Gazette: Surveillance cameras almost ready for primetime in city
Inquirer: Inquirer Editorial: Congress drops out on college lending crisis
Patriot News: Lawmakers’ failure to pass a key piece of budget legislation is an embarrassment
Patriot News: How would you handle Harrisburg’s abandoned buildings?
Patriot News: Defending unconstitutional GOP policies wastes taxpayer money

Blogs
Keystone Politics: How Does Corbett Turn 24% Into 51%?
Keystone Politics: 59% of PA Food Stamp Recipients Are Non-Hispanic Whites
Keystone Politics: Larry Stiles tells Keith Rothfus to go furlough himself
Lehigh Valley Ramblings: Jim Gregory Gets a Birthday Card … From Judge Zito
PA Budget and Policy Center: Budget Analysis: Pa. Legislature Passes $28.376 Billion Plan
PA Budget and Policy Center: Tax Code Analysis: Small Steps Toward Reform But Special Tax Breaks Remain