A Pro-Wall PAC is spending $130K in Rep. Cartwright’s district, while Speaker Turzai is set to reintroduce a Down syndrome abortion ban bill. Here is the Playbook.

Pro-Wall PAC Drops 130K in Cartwright District: As negotiators work this week to avoid another government shutdown, the conservative group is spending $80K on TV and $50K online in PA-8.

Harrisburg & DC
WHYY Newsworks: Pa. citizens ‘slay the gerrymander’ in congressional mapping competition
Inquirer: Pa. Senate quietly paying legal bills of ex-employee accused of sexual harassment
Inquirer: Could a tax on video games help prevent school shootings? One Pa. lawmaker hopes so.
PLSReporter: As lawmakers probe Wolf’s teacher pay raise, long term effects worry school districts
PLSReporter: Legislators aim to protect corrections officers with new bills
WITF: A tax credit designed to create jobs might be losing Pa. money
Pennsylvania Capital-Star: Who you calling an ‘off-year’ election? | Wednesday Morning Coffee  
Pennsylvania Capital-Star: Taxing video games won’t be enough to keep Pa. schools safe, bipartisan legislators say
Pennsylvania Capital-Star: Pa. voters will be working overtime in busy 2019 special election season
Pennsylvania Capital-Star: Attorney General Josh Shapiro: Pennsylvania needs universal background checks for guns
Pennsylvania Capital-Star: Republican lawmaker to auditor general: Row offices shouldn’t be ‘press conference tools’
Pennsylvania Capital-Star: Pa. House Speaker Mike Turzai will reintroduce Down syndrome abortion ban bill
Pennsylvania Capital-Star: Treasurer Joe Torsella: Pa’s Rainy Day Fund is ‘nothing to write home about’ but at least it has one again
Pennsylvania Capital-Star: Wolf panned Corbett’s education policies, but inherited his charter review board without complaint: report
Elle: 12 Women in Politics Write Notes to Each Other for Valentine’s Day
City Paper: Pennsylvania solar jobs increased amidst a national decline
Patriot News: Pa. lawmaker to unveil bill for separate high school playoffs
Patriot News: Second forum on legalizing pot again dominated by those who support it
Patriot News: Four more things learned about the Jerry Sandusky scandal and aftermath from anti-Freeh Report
StateImpactPA: Solar jobs grow in Pennsylvania while declining nationally
StateImpactPA: Environmental groups plan to sue US Steel after Clairton fire
StateImpactPA: EPA to unveil long-awaited ‘Action Plan’ on curbing toxic PFAS chemicals
Morning Call: Eliminate Pennsylvania constables, lawmaker argues

Philadelphia
Inquirer: As election officials delay Philly voting machines decision, activists press for answers
Inquirer: EPA says it has a plan to address PFAS in drinking water — and will announce it in Philly tomorrow
Philadelphia Magazine: The FBI’s Interest in Kenyatta Johnson Appears to Be Heating Up
WHYY Newsworks: Philadelphia parents say social workers taking away their kids without reason
WHYY Newsworks: Competition seeks to solve Philly’s hunger problem
Billy Penn: Joe Biden is speaking with Penn President Amy Gutmann on Tuesday 2/19
KYW Newsradio: Philly organization pushing for clergy abuse reform laws says lawsuits turn tragedy into justice
PLSReporter: Amid bidding controversy, Philadelphia delays decision on voting machines
Philadelphia Business Journal: Tariffs put damper on otherwise spirited alcohol industry, growth in Philadelphia
Philadelphia Business Journal: Krasner, Bradford-Gray teaching course to combination of Drexel, Penn, Temple law students

SEPA
Bucks County Courier Times: EPA to kick the can on PFAS drinking water standard
Pottstown Mercury: Bridgeport councilman’s podcast inspires people to run for office
Pottstown Mercury: Report on Pottstown finances due at Feb. 19 public meeting
Pottstown Mercury: Pottstown council hands over $30K for street tree maintenance
Delco Daily Times: Republicans line up for a shot at county offices  
Delco Daily Times: Rigby named new fire commissioner in Chester
Delco Daily Times: Chester, state talk infrastructure redevelopment
Daily Local News: Barrar learns about potential corruption through voting machines  
Daily Local News: Uwchlan becomes sixth Chesco municipality to set renewable energy target

Pittsburgh
WESA: Overshadowed By Opioid Epidemic, Lack Of Resources Hurts Pittsburghers Addicted To Meth
WESA: How The Pittsburgh Public School District Is Trying To Create A Diverse Teacher Pipeline
City Paper: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette union releases four eye-witness accounts of Block tirade  
City Paper: Post-Gazette labor union officially files NLRB complaint against publisher John Block
PLSReporter: Pittsburgh City Council hears from gun advocates opposed to proposed gun legislation
KDKA: Tale Of Two Chiefs In McCandless And Ambridge
Post-Gazette: Peduto: I’ll defend gun proposals to Supreme Court  
Post-Gazette: Apple’s expansion plans include more jobs in Pittsburgh, $1 billion campus in Austin
Post-Gazette: Wilkinsburg school board member blames colleague for Trump joke on agenda
Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Public Schools adjusts suspension policy for marijuana possession
Post-Gazette: Bethel Park seeks new manager; adds to police chief’s duties
Post-Gazette: Environmental groups plan to sue U.S. Steel over air pollution
Tribune Review: State Rep. Justin Walsh announces candidacy for Westmoreland County judge
Tribune Review: Ross Commissioner DeMarco reappointed to Northland Library board of directors
Tribune Review: Plum officials considering spending $1.5 million in paving this year

SWPA
Observer-Reporter: Fetterman to hold marijuana listening tour stops in Washington, Greene
Observer-Reporter: Washington County public defender seeks Canonsburg district judgeship
Observer-Reporter: Canonsburg police detective sergeant running for district judge
Beaver County Times: Author, survivor of police shooting Robbie Tolan to speak at Geneva College
Beaver County Times: State Rep. Valerie Gaydos holding district office open house
Beaver County Times: It’s about time: Commissioners call for time clock accountability
Altoona Mirror: Black Lives Matter lecture set at Juniata College
Altoona Mirror: City fire department looks to increase town’s safety
Altoona Mirror: Hollidaysburg school district may face $500,000 deficit
Altoona Mirror: Joyce calls for CWD study
Altoona Mirror: Bedford sheriff asks for higher staff wages
Altoona Mirror: Tyrone council grants funds to cat advocates
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat: Cambria County’s recorder of deeds seeks re-election
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat: Pols: Slam brakes on Medicaid busing change
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat: Officials OK contracts to increase revenues, savings at Cambria County Prison
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat: City Council looks to boost business in Moxham; Stanton confronts colleagues

NEPA
The Times Leader: Challenger to seek Democratic nomination for Wilkes-Barre City Controller
The Times Leader: Wyoming Valley West votes to hike taxes 4.7 percent, cancels five days off
Times-Tribune: Commissioner Pat O’malley picks Domenick as his running mate
Times-Tribune: NEPA students reflect on school safety a year after Parkland shooting
Times-Tribune: Taylor firefighters to receive tax credits in 2020

South Central   
Patriot News: ‘This should not have happened’: Harrisburg Diocese listening tour fills Mechanicsburg church
Patriot News: Second forum on legalizing pot again dominated by those who support it
Patriot News: Harrisburg council to vote on lobbyist contract
Patriot News: Skipping school: 2 Dauphin County districts have some of the highest truancy rates in Pa.
Carlisle Sentinel: Upper Allen Democrat announces bid for county commissioner
Carlisle Sentinel: School Board Watch: Carlisle School Board to receive briefing on cost savings measure Thursday night
Carlisle Sentinel: Editor’s Note: We are replacing ‘Non Sequitur’ after message in Sunday comic strip
York Daily Record: Updates: Who’s planning to run for judge, other elected offices in York County in 2019
York Dispatch: Former Clerk of Courts employee Barbato Arvonio announces bid for Clerk      
York Dispatch: Ron Smith, Dallastown Borough Council president, is running for York County commissioner
LNP | LancasterOnline: Franklin & Marshall College eyes staff cuts amid $8 million budget deficit   
LNP | LancasterOnline: Gun shop evicted in Manheim Township following legal battle

Lehigh Valley   
Reading Eagle: State Sen. Judy Schwank talks up minimum wage increase at town hall meeting
Reading Eagle: RACC enrollment up 2.6 percent over same period last year
Morning Call: Susan Wild tapped for House Ethics panel
Morning Call: Easton City Council considers pay increase for mayor, while ending health benefits for others
Morning Call: Lower Nazareth Township to ask voters: Would you pay tax to preserve open space?
Morning Call: Got a question for Rep. Susan Wild? She’ll be fielding them in Nazareth next week

North by Northwest
Centre Daily Times: Wolf announces major transportation project in Centre County
Williamsport Sun-Gazette: Milton resident eyes House seat  
Williamsport Sun-Gazette: Scoreboard, upgrades on tap for Council
Erie Times-News: Erie lawyer Rebeka Seelinger announces for judge
Erie Times-News: Erie district judge dropped from defamation suit

Opinion
Post-Gazette Editorial Board: Paying their fair share: Wolf rightly seeks revenue for infrastructure, police
Post-Gazette Editorial Board: Protecting the planet: Errant asteroids pose an existential threat
Post-Gazette Editorial Board: A messy life lesson: Doubt persists about the troubled Art Institute
Inquirer Editorial Board: We should do a better job supporting families, not separating them
Inquirer Editorial Board: PPA — and its board chair — needs to get booted
Mary Gay Scanlon: Border security policy cannot be driven by tweets
Brian O’Neill: Pittsburgh would settle for slow-speed rail
Dan Simpson: It feels as though the hillside is giving way
Fletcher McClellan: Sooner – and probably not later – the time for legal weed in Pa. will come
Douglas E. Hill: Pa. counties want safe and secure elections. The state needs to help make that happen
Signe Wilkinson: Political cartoon: What is it about women presidential candidates?
Imani Barbarin: Accessibility isn’t charity — it’s a lifesaving responsibility
Trudy Rubin: Will the U.S. betray Afghan women in talks with Taliban?
Signe Wilkinson: Political Cartoon: Linus van Trump