Wolf’s approval sits at 50%, we interview the newest candidate in PA-7 and the state’s unemployment rate falls. Plus, last week’s Ups & Downs! Good morning politicos, here’s the Buzz!
11/20 Ups & Downs: Syria, Planned Parenthood and those ever present emails. See who made this week’s list!
PA-Gov: Poll: Wolf Approval Rating at 50%: Morning Consult tested the performance of all fifty Governors in America.
Groen Steps Down As Montco Party Chair: The PA Democratic Chairman makes way for Joseph Foster in Montgomery County.
PA-7: Golderer Looks for His Opportunity: An interview with the new Democratic candidate in PA-7.
October Jobs Report: Unemployment Rate Falls to 5.1%: The state rate is still slightly above the national rate.
Sunday Show Preview: November 22, 2015: We take a look at the Sunday morning political talk shows that will air throughout the state.
Statewide
PAIndependent: Property tax elimination vote on horizon in Pennsylvania Senate
StateImpactPA: Philadelphia area refiners cut crude-by-rail shipments in favor of imports
PLSReporter: ATV community seeks value parity, more recreational opportunities
PLSReporter: PA unemployment rate dips to 5.1 percent
Capitolwire: Congress ‘closer than ever’ to re-authorizing ESEA
Capitolwire: Eakin asks to move email inquiry to Court of Judicial Discipline
Capitolwire: Fetterman readies for the glitz of Pennsylvania Society weekend
Capitolwire: Porn emails aren’t public records, but AG Kane could still release them, court says
Philadelphia
Inquirer: Refugees in N. Philly: ‘I feel now we are human beings’
Inquirer: Syrian refugee watches, waits in Lancaster
Inquirer: Property tax plan collapses, imperiling Pa. budget
Inquirer: Adding up Kenney’s wish list
WHYY Newsworks: Fight over who pays for public schools heads to Senate floor
Philadelphia Business Journal: Thousands attend PA Conference of Women
Philadelphia Business Journal: City Controller makes big move to secure PGW pension fund
Philadelphia Business Journal: Latino voters want a president who’ll create jobs; anti-immigrant candidates need not apply
SEPA
Pottstown Mercury: Schools decry giving voters a say on future tax hikes
Pottstown Mercury: Vereb resigns as Montgomery County GOP chairman
Bucks County Courier Times: Pennsylvania prison sentences could soon be based partially on potential to offend again
Bucks County Courier Times: Dozens turn out in support of medical marijuana
Daily Local News: Proposed Montgomery County budget includes 9.8 percent tax increase
Pittsburgh
Tribune Review: Nonprofit aids violence victims with loans
Tribune Review: Alcosan provides lack of plan for new sewer system
Tribune Review: Former Allegheny councilman faces new charges
Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh woman selected as Rhodes Scholar
Post-Gazette: Protests facing tense protests over fatal shooting
Southwest
Beaver County Times: Budget stalemate has food providers worried for the holidays
Beaver County Times: NAACP banquet in Beaver County
Altoona Mirror: Proposed budget will hurt renters
Altoona Mirror: Discontent with hiring system in local schools
NEPA
Times Leader: Homeless encampment on school grounds in Wyoming Valley
Times Leader: Ex-controller in Luzerne County seeks court hearing
Wayne Independent: Big changes for wastewater treatment plant
Wayne Independent: PUC agrees to lower electricity rates
South Central
Lebanon Daily News: PA rates rise for individuals, small groups
Lebanon Daily News: Gun interest rises in Lebanon County
Harrisburg Patriot News: Pa. state budget talks showing renewed signs of stress, this time over property tax relief
Harrisburg Patriot News: Pa. Supreme Court’s newly elected justices hope to overshadow ‘a troubled time’
Harrisburg Patriot News: War College expert: Obama strategy to degrade and defeat ISIS is the right course
York Daily Record: Why Pa. will continue accepting Syrian refugees
York Daily Record: York County GOP reps support liquor development
Lancaster Intelligencer/Era: Pennsylvania state budget impasse: counties may protest by keeping revenue owed state
Lehigh Valley
Morning Call: School property tax fight brewing in Pennsylvania
Morning Call: Syrian refugee crisis stirs misconceptions
Morning Call: New Obamacare mandate buries small Lehigh Valley businesses in paperwork
Morning Call: Lower Macungie to offset tax hike by raising Homestead Exemption
Morning Call: Northampton County approves first batch of economic development grants
Morning Call: Archbishop Chaput urges Catholics to lobby Wolf on tax credits
Reading Eagle: State Sen. Judy Schwank calls for a statewide study of drug treatment drugs
Reading Eagle: Committee investigates Upper Tulpehocken Township
Reading Eagle: First Latina on Pottstown council looks to provide tax break
Reading Eagle: Council’s Arms will reach for change in Pottstown
WFMZ: Northampton borough preliminary budget includes tax increase
WFMZ: Upper Milford adopts 2016 budget with no tax increase
WFMZ: Support not unanimous for Lower Macungie tax hike
WFMZ: Northampton County OKs borrowing millions while budget impasse drags on
Express Times: Pa. Senate to debate who pays for public schools
Express Times: In Allentown’s Syrian community, a divide on refugees
North by Northwest
Williamsport Sun Gazette: Democrats push to prevent gun sales to terror-list suspects
Williamsport Sun Gazette: Senate passes bill requiring passengers in wrecks to help
Centre Daily Times: College Township tentative budget approved
Centre Daily Times: Wolf reps ask PSU trustees to delay building projects
Erie Times-News: No property tax increase expected for Millcreek Township residents
Opinion
Reading Eagle: Editorial: U.S. should not abandon its principles as a result of fear
Reading Eagle: Editorial: Pennsylvania needs more revenue? Look to sin taxes
Inquirer: Eakin’s arrogance
Delco Daily Times: Are Pennsylvania taxpayers being taken to school?
Harrisburg Patriot News: We don’t defeat terrorism by abandoning its victims: Editorial
Bucks County Courier Times: Bucks to state: No money for you
Post-Gazette: Pennsylvanians deserve independent judicial probe
Altoona Mirror: Essential to end liquor monopoly of the state
Blogs
Keystone Crossroads: More Pennsylvanians experiencing homelessness this year, opposing national trend
PA Budget & Policy Center: Unintended Consequences? Property tax elimination increases taxes on the middle class to reduce taxes for high income families
PA Budget & Policy Center: October payrolls up overall but down in Mining and Logging and Schools
Lu-Lac Political Letter: Luzerne County Looking at a Fix
Citified: 2 Years After Philadelphia’s Big Anti-Poverty Push Began, Little Has Changed