Gov. Corbett won’t say whether he thinks Kathleen Kane should be impeached, and more. Good morning politicos, here’s the Buzz.
Kelly Raises Statewide Profile: Thank you, Google alerts. A few disparate clips about Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Butler) caught our eye this. Could the bombastic Congressman be looking for higher office?
Wolf: I’m No Romney (With Video): The candidate released a new video boasting that his company invests in its workers. He’s also opening his first campaign office.
Reader Poll: GOP Candidate for LG? Cawley see a challenge next year? Who will the GOP nominate?
Statewide
Altoona Mirror: Corbett won’t say whether Kane should be impeached
AP: Range Resources purchases 180 natural gas vehicles
PA Independent: PA schools pick Florida education lifer as new chancellor
StateImpactPA: PA Petitions Full Supreme Court To Rehear Act 13 Challenge
Daily Beast: 8 Tough Democratic Women (Kane included)
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Inquirer: Brady heads effort to lure Democratic convention to Phila.
Daily News: Bounced from the bench
Philly Clout: DNC 2016 effort under way. First question: Who pays?
Philly Clout: Fumo skips halfway house, goes straight to house arrest
Philly Clout: Judge orders city to increase aid for firefighters healthcare fund
SEPA
Pottstown Mercury: Colebrookdale seeks input on proposed Boyertown School Board shuffle
Daily Times: Congressmen, Boeing tout $10B in contracts
Daily Times: W. Chester teachers’ union loses complaint against district
Pittsburgh
Tribune Review: State System of Higher Education names Florida administrator to be chancellor
Tribune Review: Court OKs Sunoco petition to use eminent domain in Penn Township
Post-Gazette: Pennsylvania looks at special education funding
Post-Gazette: Law enforcement group marches to build ‘positive police presence’
Post-Gazette: National Organization of Black Law Enforcement conference in Pittsburgh focuses on recruitment issues
Southwest
Altoona Mirror: Local officials discuss safety
Altoona Mirror: Chemical testing in Gaysport will continue
Tribune-Democrat: Route 30 closed after syrup spill
Tribune-Democrat: Officers participate in ‘active shooter’ drill
NEPA
Times Leader: Father of Pocono shooting suspect: Son gave warnings
Times Leader: Suspect : ‘I wish I killed more’
Citizens Voice: Robbins wins trespassing appeal
Citizens Voice: Vigil held for W-B shooting victim
Citizens Voice: McDonald’s: No merit to debit-card lawsuit
South Central
The Sentinel: Casey: State to receive more than $9.6 million in repairs for tanker crash
The Sentinel: Council members discuss new police radio equipment, ‘dead zones’
The Sentinel: First woman elected to county commissioner leaves behind legacy of preservation, public service
The Sentinel: Borough, community discuss Carlisle dispatch transition
Roxbury News: Commonwealth to auction off nearly 700 vehicles Monday August 12th
Lebanon Daily News: Jonestown Borough Council condemns NSA snooping
Lebanon Daily News: Gunmaker moving to Pa. due to stricter NY laws
Patriot News: Rep. Stephen Bloom’s ‘academic freedom’ bill, seen by some as right-wing agenda, draws vitriolic response
Patriot News: Incoming Pa. chancellor Frank Brogan’s leadership experience draws praise
Patriot News: Lower Paxton Township starting more than $3.7 million sewer replacement project in September
Patriot News: Democrats question Pa. Gov. Tom Corbett’s personal use of state helicopter
Patriot News: Another extension granted for consideration of controversial Upper Allen Township development
Patriot News: Sweet perks await incoming Pa. university system chancellor Frank Brogan
Lehigh Valley
Express-Times: Developer works with Upper Nazareth officials to clean up controversial detention pond
Express-Times: Flemington Business Improvement District seeks ‘dialogue’ with freeholders
Express-Times: Lehigh Valley, Warren County officials reflect on security in wake of Ross Township, Pa. killings
WFMZ: Schoen’s building project to continue despite financial difficulties
WFMZ: Whitehall Twp. looking at status upgrade
North by Northwest
Williamsport Sun Gazette: Councilman has concerns with ordinance
Williamsport Gun Gazette: Mayor: Extra lighting for city will cost $125,000
Williamsport Sun Gazette: Compressed natural gas station on hold pending easement issue
Centre Daily Times: Rep. Thompson: Federal investigation of possible Clery Act violations at Penn State will be public
Opinions
Times Leader: The abrupt legacy of Walter Griffith
Post-Gazette: War of airwaves: Health care giants need to tell the whole story
Tribune Review: More LCB propaganda: Kill the monopoly
Blogs
Commonwealth Foundation: Who’s Strangling Whom?
PA Budget and Policy Center: Health Law Saves Consumers by Requiring Insurers to Spend Premium Dollars on Medical Care
Keystone Politics: Philly Should Grow, Not Shrink, Its Way Out of Its Vacant Land Problems
Keystone Politics: The Bizarre Republican Definition of Racism
Keystone Politics: Include Dental Coverage in PA Medicaid Expansion
Keystone Politics: Katie McGinty: On My Radar