Shapiro files a suit against UPMC, the NRCC includes 3 PA Dems in their 2020 target list, and a new SRCC chair is named. Happy Friday politicos, here is the Playbook.

Bartolotta Named New SRCC Chair: Bartolotta will be the first woman to chair the Senate Republican Campaign Committee.

Shapiro Files Suit Against UPMC: The Attorney General states that the behemoth non-profit is not fulfilling its obligation as a public charity.

NRCC: Cartwright, Lamb, and Wild Make List of Initial 2020 Targets: Wild is the only of the three targeted that represents a district that Sec. Hillary Clinton carried in 2016.

Harrisburg & DC
AP: Attorney general sues over patient access to UPMC’s network  
AP: State justice denies benefit from alleged stolen union funds
AP: The Latest: Attorney general sues UPMC over patient access
Inquirer: Pa. GOP demands probe into Local 98 union money allegedly spent on Supreme Court Justice Kevin Dougherty
Inquirer: Professor who accused Va. lieutenant governor of sexual assault once taught at Pa. college
WITF: Pa. Senator Pat Toomey calls on Trump to alter trade approach
WESA: Paper chase: Fearing hacked election, Pa. officials scramble ahead of 2020 to bolster security
WESA: Skeptical Republicans, Economists Hold Hearing On Minimum Wage Hike
WESA: Reschenthaler Opposes Bipartisan Background Check Legislation In House Judiciary Hearing  
Morning Call: 3 Pennsylvania House Democrats are top targets for national Republicans in 2020
Pennsylvania Capital-Star: Can the Pa. Legislature be trusted to investigate its own #MeToo allegations?
Pennsylvania Capital-Star: Math is hard. Budget math is harder | Thursday Morning Coffee
Pennsylvania Capital-Star: ‘Not a climate bill’: Environmental group pans proposed nuclear deal
Pennsylvania Capital-Star: Lawmaker who chaired Liquor Control Committee moves to lobbying role for Pa. brewers
Pennsylvania Capital-Star: As the fight over Trump’s Wall rages in Washington, Pa. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon is headed for the Border
Pennsylvania Capital-Star: This Pa. university helps single moms and their kids get out of poverty. The Wolf administration wants to copy that success
WHYY Newsworks: Government shutdown is over, but neediest Pennsylvanians on SNAP still scrambling due to payment disruptions  
PLSReporter: Push to expand state’s film tax credit reignites debate over the program’s value
PLSReporter: Freshman Focus: Rep. Torren Ecker
Patriot News: Sunday hunting in Pa. gets closer than ever to being approved. What’s different this time?  
Patriot News: Tax on violent video games to pay for school safety? That’s one lawmaker’s suggestion  
Patriot News: A ‘serious health issue’ prompted Thomas Marino’s resignation from Congress: spokesman  
StateImpactPA: Lawmakers’ Clairton Coke Works hearing draws suggestions, criticism over fire response
Carlisle Sentinel: TSA: Gun detection at airports up nationwide, down in Pennsylvania
Morning Call: Former Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell says come ‘arrest me’ over this program

Philadelphia
Philly Clout: Johnny Doc’s soda tax-threat was aimed at the wrong rival union
Inquirer: Philly Councilman Bobby Henon returns to work after indictment, won’t step down as majority leader
Inquirer: Hotel, pharma lobbyists win Philly City Council vote against drug rep law
Inquirer: Philly DA Krasner pledges attack on housing theft
Philadelphia Magazine: How Philly’s New Sexual Misconduct Policy Is (and Isn’t) Working
WHYY Newsworks: Developers, unions fill City Council war chests ahead of 2019 elections
PLSReporter: Council votes down pharma regulations
Philadelphia Gay News: Another LGBT contender for city council
Billy Penn: Garces Group exec Judy Moore is challenging District 10 Councilman Brian O’Neill for his Northeast Philly seat
KYW Newsradio: Long-delayed sale of city-owned property finally passes City Council
KYW Newsradio: Philadelphia highlights a nutrition program that has moved its focus beyond the classroom
Philadelphia Business Journal: Former Wolf Block chairman, political fundraiser Charles Kopp dies at 85

SEPA
Pottstown Mercury: Houlahan sets town hall meeting
Pottstown Mercury: Montco commissioners approve 10 resolutions, 14 awards of contract
Bucks County Courier Times: Crowded field seeks 3 seats on Bucks County bench
Bucks County Courier Times: Bucks County Judge Boylan prepares to retire after 20 years
Delco Daily Times: For Upper Darby Council, it’s all a matter of the ‘minutiae’  
Delco Daily Times: Marcus Hook passes 2019 budget with no tax increase
Daily Local News: West Chester mayor:EIT increase will pay down pension deficit  
Daily Local News: Dinniman, Wolf call for plan to ensure kindergarten programs

Pittsburgh
City Paper: Pa. AG Josh Shapiro sues UPMC, hopes to force them to accept all health care plans  
City Paper: Democratic Socialists launch local #GramTheVan campaign to combat anti-abortion efforts  
WESA: Reschenthaler Opposes Bipartisan Background Check Legislation In House Judiciary Hearing
WESA: Burgess Announces Re-Election Bid In Pittsburgh City Council District 9
KDKA: Public Hearing On Mon Valley Air Quality Packs Clairton Municipal Building
AP: Pittsburgh water agency to spend $50M to replace lead pipes
Post-Gazette: PWSA customers facing nearly 14 percent rate increase
Post-Gazette: Post-Gazette asks court to unseal Haney shale gas case settlement
Post-Gazette: Fresh from the State of the Union, Tree of Life survivor goes to school
Tribune Review: Ted Kopas announces re-election campaign for county commissioner seat
Tribune Review: County to borrow $44 million for new voting machines, other projects and to refinance debt
Tribune Review: Brian Snyder, Tarentum business owner, chosen to fill council vacancy
Tribune Review: NAACP calls for Plum school board member’s resignation

SWPA
Altoona Mirror: Hunters ready to file lawsuit
Altoona Mirror: Republican running for coroner
Altoona Mirror: Metzgar running for re-election
Beaver County Times: Democrats coming to CCBC on Saturday for campaign training
Beaver County Times: Holocaust survivor reflects on State of the Union honor
Observer-Reporter: Magistrate announces he won’t seek fifth term
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat: Burns: Municipalities should seek Act 13 grants

NEPA
The Times Leader: Pa. Auditor General’s staff visits Hanover Area after overpayments revealed
The Times Leader: Local farmers sound off at forum with Pa. Agriculture Secretary
The Times Leader: DA’s office probing allegations WB councilwoman Gilbert raised in job resignation
The Times Leader: Wilkes-Barre council needs another attempt at passing higher recycling fee
The Times Leader: Salavantis formally kicks off re-election campaign with River Grille speech
Times-Tribune: As Scranton School Board accepts applications for vacancy, directors must decide whether to run again  
Times-Tribune: Wyoming commissioners mulling new ballot machines
Citizens Voice: Taxes going up in 15 municipalities in Luzerne County
Citizens Voice: W-B recycling fee hike headed for defeat
Citizens Voice: County council field starts to take shape

South Central   
Patriot News: A ‘serious health issue’ prompted Thomas Marino’s resignation from Congress: spokesman  
Patriot News: Uncertainty of plans for Lemoyne Middle School keeps local government from offering support
York Daily Record: Interested in a York County government job? The hiring process just got easier
York Dispatch: Small York County towns aren’t keen on Wolf’s state police fee
LNP | LancasterOnline: Governor’s proposal includes $4.8M in additional basic education funding for Lancaster County schools [graphic]
LNP | LancasterOnline: On Politics: Fundraising off the SOTU, and reacting quickly to a minimum wage proposal

Lehigh Valley   
Morning Call: Ex-Allentown managing director Francis Dougherty facing sentencing today
Morning Call: South Whitehall bans smoking, tobacco in township playgrounds
Reading Eagle: Joe Rudderow wants to be Berks County commissioner
Reading Eagle: Berks County commissioners reverse course, back training-facility grant
Express Times: Phillipsburg mayor claims there’s no evidence anyone ever signed a petition to recall him. Is that true?

North by Northwest
Williamsport Sun-Gazette: Attorney seeks GOP nomination for DA  
Williamsport Sun-Gazette: Mayor plans run for county seat
Williamsport Sun-Gazette: Heavy rain, snowmelt takes city financial toll
Williamsport Sun-Gazette: Lock Haven City Council discusses use of live-streaming for meetings
Williamsport Sun-Gazette: Linden woman seeks prothonotary post
Erie Times-News: City of Erie launches redesigned website

Opinion
Post-Gazette Editorial Board: The gotcha sword: Virginia governor and Democratic Party in a fine mess
Post-Gazette Editorial Board: Killing in the name: Religion is no excuse for violence, says Pope Francis
Post-Gazette Editorial Board: Direct line to the top: Mayor Bill Peduto excels at Twitter communication
Bernie O’Hare: “Reformer” Wild Brings Top Dem Donor to SOTU
Peter Grollman: A new kind of pharmacy will combat food insecurity for children
Christine Flowers: Stopping illegal safe injection sites is exactly what the U.S. attorney is supposed to do
Abraham Gutman: Defeating AIDS in 10 years is possible, just not for the Trump-Pence administration
Michael Tomasky: Political polarization is America’s normal — and there’s nothing new about it
Will Bunch: If Johnny Doc’s a working-class hero, he wasn’t the one that Philly needed
Robert Speel: State of the Union 2019: Investigating doesn’t rule out legislating
Kevin Werbach: People don’t trust blockchain systems – is regulation a way to help?
Maria Panaritis: In Penn State-Tim Piazza frat hazing, a love affair with bullying that must end
Inga Saffron: Go ahead, cross in the middle of the block — if you dare
Tony Norman: When dreams are the color of paper bags