A new Democratic candidate for governor and a very early endorsement for U.S. Senate in 2016. Good morning politicos, here’s the Buzz.

Rob McCord: “I’m In” (With Video): After months of teasing, the State Treasurer has finally thrown his hat in the ring.

Sestak Already Has An Endorsement for 2016: The former Congressman won the backing of PASNAP, Pennsylvania’s nurses’ union, for his prospective 2016 Senate campaign.

Reader Poll: Which Guv Candidate Will Drop Out First? With eight official Democratic candidates for Governor, we ask you who is most likely to drop out first?

Reader Poll: Corbett’s Medicaid Decision Too Conservative: Readers believe that Governor Corbett’s alternative Medicaid plan was too conservative.

Statewide
Roll Call: ‘Prince of Asphalt’ (Shuster) Braces for Primary Challenge
StateImpactPA: Dueling Drilling Conferences To Bring Insight And Protest To Philadelphia
State House Sound Bites: Anti-property tax sentiment passionate, but diffuse
WITF: Court order confirms Harrisburg recovery plan
PA Independent: ACLU calls for patient privacy after PA pill-tracking database vote
PA Independent: PA lawmakers return to Capitol amid record-low approval ratings
PA Independent: Turzai calls for up-or-down on $2.5 billion transportation package
PA Independent: PA property tax elimination plan gains co-sponsors, steam
Capitolwire: McCord reveals rise, blasts Corbett in announcing for Gov.
Capitolwire: ‘Healthy PA’ piece – prescription drug monitoring – gets moving through Legislature.
Capitolwire: Labor, business leaders face uphill climb in House for transportation support.

Philadelphia
Daily News: ‘Rebels’ proliferate up north, but what’s their cause?
Inquirer: Challenge rejected to Pa. judges’ age-70 retirement
WHYY Newsworks: Ogontz teacher discusses frustrated letters she sent to Pa. gov. and Phila. mayor
WHYY Newsworks: McCord in Pa. governor’s race: ‘Let’s go get ‘em!’
WHYY Newsworks: Casino opponents protest at Philly hearing on plans for second gaming hall
The Big Tent: McCord enters governor’s race with populist blast at Corbett
CapitolInq: Dems target local Republicans over shutdown threat
CapitolInq: Booker’s lead slips
Commonwealth Confidential: Can you be more specific, Mr. Governor?
Heard in the Hall: Was Budget Secretary Trying to Stir the Pot?

SEPA
Daily Times: Coalition demands ‘parity through equity’ at Cheyney
Pottstown Mercury: Sen. Dinniman calls for eliminating property taxes
Pottstown Mercury: Taxpayers swarm Harrisburg to demand property tax relief
Pottstown Mercury: Daniel Boone School District cleared of Title IX charges
Courier Times: Pa. House encourages schools to teach Sept. 11 attacks
Intelligencer: Turzai: Cybercharter school formula should be scrutinized
Times Herald: Coatesville NAACP meets amidst school district crisis

Pittsburgh
Tribune Review: Corbett picks PNC Park over PAGOP fall dinner
Tribune Review: Allegheny County executive to seek council’s OK on Deer Lakes Park drilling next year
Tribune Review: Mayor’s 2014 proposed budget keeps Pittsburgh taxes flat, increases spending slightly
Tribune Review: Business, labor leaders urge House to pass $2.5B transportation bill
Tribune Review: Armstrong County sheriff endorses Democrat Rupert
Post-Gazette: Pa. legislators face big, familiar agenda
Early Returns: Business and labor: Pass transportation
Early Returns: Corbett to PA business: “Here’s a headline”
KDKA: New Bill Could Mean Higher Taxes On Drinking Or Working In Pittsburgh
Urban Media Today: The Pittsburgh Promise Issues 2013 Report to the Community
Urban Media Today: PA Business and Labor Leaders Say Failure to Act on Transportation Funding Will Cost Jobs and Damage Economy

Southwest
Beaver County Times: Things get heated at Ambridge council meeting to discuss police chief position
Altoona Mirror: GOP downplaying challenge to Shuster
Altoona Mirror: County treasurer’s office to close for move
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat: Corbett slated to speak at Salute to Veterans dinner
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat: How House legislators look to eliminate property taxes
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat: Why Rothfus says high schoolers are ‘Generation Debt’
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat: How a new Rothfus bill could relax regulations at local coal plants

NEPA
The Times Leader: Health care policy expert to speak at Misericordia
Times-Tribune: Wind behind alternative property tax bill
Citizen’s Voice: Health insurers brace for marketplace
Citizen’s Voice: ‘Obamacare’ topic of association’s meeting Wednesday
Citizen’s Voice: Council members deny candidate’s accusation of breaking open meetings law
Standard Speaker: Health care law leaves gap
Pocono Record: Pocono taxpayers rally in Harrisburg for property tax relief
Pocono Record: Pastor fired after marrying Pike County gay couple in State College

South Central
Carlisle Sentinel: PennDOT to host first online public meeting
Harrisburg Patriot News: Two state lawmakers call NCAA sanction modifications a victory for student athletes
Harrisburg Patriot News: Bills to shrink size of Pa. Legislature advances in state House
Harrisburg Patriot News: Campaign ads tout Harrisburg public works deputy as next city mayor
York Daily Record: Future of social security, Medicare on minds of York County residents

Lehigh Valley
Morning Call: Massive Blue Mountain water park moving forward
Morning Call: Federal court rejects judges’ retirement age challenge
Morning Call: Nittany Lines: NCAA decision didn’t go far enough, Rep. Charlie Dent says
Reading Eagle: Longtime aide to 2 Berks congressmen charged with sexual assault
Reading Eagle: Easing PSU restrictions is NCAA admission of going too far

North by Northwest
Sun-Gazette: Embezzlement by vet alleged
Sun-Gazette: K-9 NOSE WORK
Sun-Gazette: Judge advocates day-report center
Daily Times: NCAA modifies sanctions against Penn State, restoring scholarships; may consider lifting bowl ban
Daily Times: Penn State community pleased with NCAA step

Opinions
Nancy Collins, Forbes: The Next Generation Of Government: A Culture Of Innovation
Pottstown Mercury: Commissioner Ryan Costello: Coatesville board must show outrage at officials’ racial comments
Courier Times: Abuse can be deadly
Times-Tribune: End free pass for settlement
Citizen’s Voice: Eliminating America’s food wasteland
Tribune Review: Carbon ‘capture’: Hobson’s choice
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Reckless GOP: Twin House bills would hurt vulnerable Americans

Blogs
Down With Tyranny: Who Is Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky And Why Is She Unfit For Congress 2 Decades Later?
Keystone Politics: #PAGov: Rob McCord Calls Out the Republican Party’s Horrible Job Creation Record, Republicans Freak Out
Keystone Politics: The Retail Alcohol Reform Debate is About Wages, Not Jobs
Keystone Politics: #PAGov: Rob McCord’s Actually Useful Business Experience
Lehigh Valley Ramblings: Emma Tropiana Remembered
Lehigh Valley Ramblings: Gregory Asks Judge Zito to Reconsider State Time
Lehigh Valley Ramblings: King Edwin Would Like to BM Donovan
Lehigh Valley Ramblings: Mat Benol on Northampton County Issues