Kane fires an official who testified in her grand jury case, Naughton raises $140K in a month, and the AG’s sixth spokesperson steps down. Good morning politicos, here’s the Buzz!

Kane Fires Official Who Testified In Her Grand Jury Case: The Attorney General’s office said James Barker’s firing was part of “restructuring”.

BREAKING: Kane’s Spokeswoman Resigns: Carolyn Myers is stepping down just a day after asserting that Kane’s firing of James Barker was not personally motivated.

PA-8: Q1: Naughton Raises $140K: The Democratic candidate brought in just over $140,000 in just under a month.

Supreme Court Candidates Reveal First Quarter Fundraising Totals: It looks like we’ve got ourselves a multi-million dollar contest for the three open seats on the bench.

PA Working Families Endorses Four More Candidates for Philly City Council: The progressive group is seeking to extend its reach further by supporting more local officials and candidates.

Statewide
StateImpactPA: Amid Lower Oil Prices, Moody’s Predicts Failure of Many Gas Export Projects
StateImpactPA: New Study Raises Possible Link Between Gas Drilling and Radon Levels
State House Sound Bites: Midstate VA Clinics Beat National Average for Delayed Appointments
State House Sound Bites: Letterkenny Hosts Disaster Drill
State House Sound Bites: No Standard Exists in PA to Accurately Track Heroin Overdose Deaths
PLSReporter: Auditor General, Legislators Cast Light on Troubling PDE Conduct
PLSReporter: Video: Benninghoff Discusses Audits of PA School Districts
Capitolwire: PDE Picks Former Lancaster County School Official to Lead York City School District

Philadelphia
Inquirer: Anthony Williams says his supporters for mayor are also diverse
Inquirer: Nutter challenges mayoral candidates to offer specifics to fix city schools — not platitudes
Inquirer: Clarke proposes alternative to Nutter’s tax increase
Inquirer: Nutter allows 3-D animated ad-art billboards for Center City
Inquirer: Hillary slips vs. GOP in Colo., Iowa polls
Inquirer: Report: National Dems push Shapiro to enter Senate race
WHYY Newsworks: Pa. Supreme Court candidates talk issues at Free Library
WHYY Newsworks: Pa. officials join in calling on Congress to come up with more funds for roads and bridges
WHYY Newsworks: Philly mayoral candidates call for integration in behavioral health services
WHYY Newsworks: Pa. House GOP to unveil plan for trimming school property taxes
KYW Newsradio: Nutter Will Allow Massive 3D Electronic Billboards in Center City, With Legal Tweaks
KYW Newsradio: Gov. Wolf Visits a Philadelphia High School, Pushing For Better Education Funding Statewide
KYW Newsradio: Councilman Wants Philadelphia to Capitalize on Indiana’s ‘Religious Freedom’ Controversy
KYW Newsradio: Philadelphia Releases Report on Comcast’s Mediocre Customer Satisfaction Rate
Philadelphia Business Journal: As highway bill deadline looms, here’s the business case for transit

SEPA
Pottstown Mercury: Berks County appeals to state legislators for 911 funding
Pottstown Mercury: Congressman Costello seeks input from Pottstown schools on too much testing

Pittsburgh
Tribune-Review: Sports & Exhibition Authority Commits $2.8 Million to Pirates for Improvements at PNC Park
Tribune-Review: Pitt Conference Expert: U.S. Extremists Not Public, More Online
Tribune-Review: Kane: Accountability for Grand Jury Leaks Falls to Fired Supervisor
Tribune-Review: Auditors Suspect Hertz Owes Allegheny County More Vehicle Rental Tax Payments
Tribune-Review: UPMC to Terminate Medicare Contract with Highmark
Post-Gazette: State Rep. DeLuca Calls for Audit of Penn Hills Schools
Post-Gazette: County Controller Wants Unpaid Rental Car Tax Money Earmarked to Restore Bus Routes
Post-Gazette: Higher Ed Board to Freeze Tuition at State-Owned Universities If Aid Boost Comes Through
Post-Gazette: Transportation Advocates Urge Congress to Move on Funding
Post-Gazette: Pa. Attorney General Kane Fires Top Aide Who Testified in Leak Probe
WESA: Medical Marijuana Plan Faces a Skeptical House
WESA: Allegheny County Controller Finds More Unpaid Car Rental Taxes
WESA: House GOP to Unveil Plan for Trimming School Property Taxes

Southwest
Observer-Reporter: Meeting Held on Bailey Mine Permit
Observer-Reporter: Environmental Study Begins at Mather Coal Refuse Site
Altoona Mirror: City Hires Former Wilkinsburg Manager
Altoona Mirror: HASD Board Turns on Fellow Member
Altoona Mirror: Supervisors OK Antis Paving Project

NEPA
Times-Leader: Area Seniors Schooled on Services During Financial Expo
Times-Leader: Disaster Looms with Student Loan Bankruptcy Consideration
Times-Leader: District Judge Hopeful Justin Woychik Announces Candidacy
Times-Tribune: County Planners Recommend Zoning Change Favoring Jessup Power Plant
Times-Tribune: Gallup: Scranton/WB Well-Being Could Be Worse, But Not Much
Times-Tribune: VA Care Rate Ranked High – One of Nation’s Best
Times-Tribune: Commissioners Seek Accounting of County Money Spent on “The Trouble With Cali”
Standard-Speaker: Coordinator’s Work Helps School District Save Money

South Central
York Dispatch: Tuition Freeze by 14 Pennsylvania Owned Universities Gets OK
York Dispatch: New Chief Recovery Officer Selected For York City School District
York Daily Record: Met-Ed Wins $90 Million Rate Hike, Residential Customers Rates to Increase More Than 10 Percent
York Daily Record: Women Who Founded Veterans Organizations Share Common Vision
Carlisle Sentinel: Humanist Group Claims Nurse Scolded Student for Not Reciting the Pledge of Allegiance
Carlisle Sentinel: Pa. Legislator Wants Retirement Incentives for Teachers, State Workers
Carlisle Sentinel: Carlisle School Board to Move Forward With Vote to Outsource Substitute Teacher Services

Lehigh Valley
Reading Eagle: At First Forum, Mayoral Candidates are Civil, Most of the Time
Reading Eagle: Gov. Tom Wolf Returns to the Hill School in Pottstown
Reading Eagle: Tuition Freeze by State Universities Gets OK
Reading Eagle: Rebecca Acosta Kicks Off Campaign for District Judge
Reading Eagle: U.S. Rep Costello, Pottstown School District Educators Talk About Standardized Tests
WFMZ: House Republicans Plan Legislation to Cut Pa. Property Taxes
WFMZ: Northampton VA Clinic Ranked Worst in Pennsylvania for Wait Times
Express Times: Allentown School District Officials Pressed to Open Community Dialogue on Race Relations
Morning Call: City Center Investment Corp. Getting $23.7 Million in NIZ Tax Subsidies

North by Northwest
Centre Daily Times: Ares Drone App Looks to Revolutionize Drone Industry, Simplify Use
Centre Daily Times: Penn State Trustees’ Objections Overruled in Stairs Lawsuit
Centre Daily Times: New Centre County Court Administrator Set to Take Office
Centre Daily Times: Patton Township Supervisors OK Funds for Bike Path
Williamsport Sun-Gazette: Pennsylvania House Republicans Want to Cut Property Taxes
Williamsport Sun-Gazette: Muncy Borough Moves Ahead With Water System Project
Williamsport Sun-Gazette: School Board Discusses Preliminary Budget

Opinion
Inquirer: Police need to be trusted
Daily News: Duly unreported
Bucks County Courier Times: No good deed goes unpunished
Tribune-Review: ‘Stand with Rand’ Paul? Where?
Post-Gazette: Home Care Disorder: Wolf Gives Unions a Gift at Patients’ Expense
Times-Tribune: Farina Needs Civics Lesson
Express Times: Municipalities in Warren County Can Lead the Way in Sharing Professional Staff
Morning Call: Today’s Question: Should PPL Electric Utilities Corp. Get All of Its Requested Rate Increase?

Blogs
Commonwealth Foundation: Audio: Reforming PA’s Pension System
Commonwealth Foundation: Trapped: One Teacher Tells His Story
Keystone Crossroads: Here’s Why PA’s Municipal Pensions are Unfunded by $7.7B
Keystone Crossroads: Capitol Recap
Keystone Crossroads: PA Pensions: Is the Promise Broken?
Keystone Crossroads: Philly School District Projects 22 Percent Graduation Rate in 2017
Citified: Who are the Best and Worst Ward Leaders in Philly?
Citified: What Rahm Emanuel’s Near Miss Says About Philly’s Mayoral Race
Citified: Abraham Really is Staying in the Mayor’s Race
Lehigh Valley Ramblings: Morganelli: Revive Independent Counsel Act
Lehigh Valley Ramblings: Judge Giordano Has a Party
Lehigh Valley Ramblings: Curtiss-Wright and 95 High-Tech Jobs Come to Bethlehem