Monday PA Capitol Digest NewsClips

AP-Levy: Wolf Prepares For 2nd Term, Wanting To Get Things Done 
As PA, NJ Fall Behind In Voting Access, Governors Call For Reform
Esack/Olson: PA Politics: Through The Looking Glass Of 2018 Into 2019
Meyer Podcast: Looking Back At A Very Political 2018

Micek: 9 Ways You Got Screwed In 2018 Pennsylvania
Op-Ed: How Inquirer Opinion Contributors Saw Controversial Moments Of 2018

How Close Is PA To Gender Parity In Politics? Not Very

O’Neill: Legislative Redistricting Likely A Hopeless Task

These PA Officials Were Jailed, Convicted Or Arrested In 2018

Editorial: Catholic Clergy Child Sex Abuse Victims Face New Obstacle

Op-Ed: How PA Schools Charted New Course In Education Policy - Secretary Rivera

Weird New Year’s Eve Drops In PA: Sleds, Pickles, Britches, Bucky Beaver

National/International

Editorial: 2018 Ends As It Began

Editorial: Hoping 2019 Is Much Better

Minimum Wage Is Rising In 20 States, But Not Pennsylvania

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Sunday PA Capitol Digest NewsClips

Clergy Child Sexual Abuse Report Top Story In Northeast In 2018

Can Victim Funds Help Heal Wounds Of Clergy Child Sex Abuse Scandal?

Victim Fund Payouts Don’t Cover Non-Clergy Child Sex Abuse Claims

How Experts Plan To Help Catholic Dioceses Navigate Victim Compensation

Dioceses Have Gone Bankrupt After Opening Window To Sex Abuse Lawsuits

Pittsburgh Diocese Responds To Accusation Against Dancing Priest

Thompson: Panel Recommends No Professional Sanction For Frank Fina In Sandusky Case

Mumia Abu-Jamal Supporters Urge Philly DA To Let Appeal Process Proceed

Erie’s Merski Prepares For 1st Year As State House Member

Op-Ed: PA Colleges, Universities Give Students Career Advantage

Op-Ed: School Testing Results Not Encouraging

Doctors At 3 Philly-Area Hospitals Push Back After Working For Weeks Without Pay

2018: Continuation Of Retail Apocalypse

National/International

Op-Ed: Make Our Government Worthy Of Our People - Cong. Wild

Govt. Shutdown Leads Federal Judge To Halt Activity In Certain Federal Cases

Casey Quiet On Presidential Run

Trump Tries To Blame Democrats For Migrant Children’s Deaths

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Saturday PA Capitol Digest NewsClips

Murphy: Democratic Senator Will Take Office Tuesday, At Least It Looks That Way

AP-Scolforo: Top Republican Senator Says He Favors Swearing In New Democratic Senator

Meyer: Senate Republicans Say They Won’t Impede Democratic Senator’s Swearing-In

Senate Republicans Will Not Oppose Inauguration Of Democratic Senator-Elect

Meyer: Stories We Followed In 2018

Year’s Biggest Political Developments In PA, NJ

Pittsburgh Diocese Disputing Claim Charity’s Money Used To Pay Victim’s School Costs

Fired Montco Public Defender Awarded $225,000 In Age Discrimination Case

Editorial: Clean Slate Law A Good Way To Start 2019

Philly Bans Tobacco Use At Inpatient Addiction Treatment Programs

Editorial: 15 Changes Philly Needs Most In 2019

New Date Set For Corruption Trail Of Westmoreland Sheriff

Trib Appealing Refusal To Release Juror Names In Westmoreland Sheriff’s Mistrial

State Police Report Increase In Holiday DUI Arrests Over Last Year

Slippery Rock U. Vice President Says He Was Discriminated Against In Presidential Search

AG Shapiro: Wells Fargo Must Fork Over $575M In Fraud Settlement

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Friday PA Capitol Digest NewsClips

Murphy: House, Senate Sitting On $137.9 Million Surplus

AP-Scolforo: Lawmakers Report $43M Increase In Unspent Cash Reserves To $137.9M

Editorial: Legislators Still Hoard Tax Money

Murphy: Lindsey Williams Was Elected To The Senate, Will Republicans Allow Her To Be Seated?
Murphy: 18 PA Legislators Who Made Headlines In 2018

Column: 3 Best, 3 Worst Political Moments In 2018

10 Reasons Why Marijuana Could Be Legal In PA (Eventually)

Editorial: Legalizing Pot Worth Discussion

PA Supreme Court Names Kim Berkeley Clark Allegheny County President Judge

AP: Officials Probe Possible Second Lehigh U. Poisoning Case

AP: Mumia Abu-Jamal Can Reargue Appeal In 1981 Police Slaying

Editorial: Victims Notch DUI Law Win In PA

PA Teachers’ Pension Fund Still Paying Chicago Consultant Investigated By SEC

Have A Tax Abatement? Donate It To Philly’s Public Schools

How Bellefonte-Born Gritty Philly Flyers Character Won The Internet In 2018

National/International

Olson: PA Congressional Democrats Signal Caution In Investigations Of Trump

Auditor General Wants Congressional Pay To Stop During Shutdown, Blames Freedom Caucus

Column: Stop Treating America’s Border Like A Crime Scene, It’s A Humanitarian Crisis

Editorial: The Real Crisis At The Border? 2 Dead Children

Editorial: Along Our Border, No Room At The Inn

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Thursday PA Capitol Digest NewsClips

AP: Senate Republicans Demand More Information In Effort To Prevent Seating Of Elected Democratic Senator

Editorial: Our 2019 Wish List For PA Legislature

Democrats In PA Row Offices On Collision Course For 2022 Election

AP-Levy: Wolf Makes Cabinet Changes At Aging, State

Op-Ed: Build On Progress PA Made During My First Term - Gov. Wolf
Audit Shows House, Senate Ended FY 2017-18 On June 30, 2018 With $137.8 Million Surplus

Editorial: Stop Wasting Tax Money On Collecting Local Taxes

AP: First Phase Of Clean Slate Law Goes Into Effect

AP: Tougher Penalties Take Effect For Repeated PA DUIs

Why Craft Beer Is About To Get More Expensive In PA

What Are Pennsylvanians Drinking?

Union To Sign Temporary Agreement At GE Locomotive Plant In Erie

Pittsburgh’s Mattress Factory Settles With Women On Sexual Harassment

2 Women File Lawsuit Against Delaware County For Abusive, Hostile Work Environment

National/International

PA Lawmakers Asks Feds To Help Seniors Facing End Of Highmark-UPMC Agreement

Path Of Service Leads Madeleine Dean To Halls Of Congress

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Wednesday PA Capitol Digest NewsClips

AP: Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre, Clergy Child Abuse Top PA Stories In 2018 (So Far)

Editorial: Enemies With Benefits: Rep. Miccarelli, Rep. Toohil

Pittsburgh Bishop Still Presides Despite Stepping Down Due To Abuse Scandal

Marsy’s Law: A Worthwhile Victims Rights Bill Or Relic That Hampers Courts?

AP: Fmr Carbon County Court Clerk Charged With Stealing Bail

Fatal Opioid Overdoses Expected To Dip In Philadelphia For First Time In 5 Years: Down To 1,100

PA Medical Schools Now Partner With Marijuana Grower For Research

Hemp Legalized, But Uncertainties Remain For Farmers
Philadelphia City Council Plans Soda Tax Hearings

Greensburg Resident Turns Locomotive Fascination Into Decades Of Business
Tamaqua Teachers’ Union Fires Back On Response To Lawsuit Over Arming Teachers

National/International

Barletta: No Regrets Over U.S. Senate Run

Editorial Tariffs Increase Cost Of The Wall

8-Year-Old Migrant Dies In U.S. Detention On Christmas Day

7-Year-Old Girl Still Believes In Santa Claus In Spite Of Trump’s Comment

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Tuesday PA Capitol Digest NewsClips

PA Legislature Will Stay In Republican Control, Gain 3 Socialist-Endorsed Members

Editorial: Wolf Right On Legalizing Pot

Lackawanna County Reassessment Suit May Be Affected By Beaver County Ruling

National/International

Trump Asks 7-Year-Old Boy If He Still Believes In Santa Claus And Then Says “At 7, It’s Marginal, Right?

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Monday PA Capitol Digest NewsClips

Sworn Statement Could Decide If Lindsey Williams Takes Senate Seat

Editorial: Wish List For New Legislature: Redistricting, Property Tax Reform, More

Editorial: State Pension Commission Falls Short
Gov. Wolf Reads Tweets Critical Of Him For Festivus Airing Of Grievances

Luzerne Catholic Parishioners Reflect On Grand Jury Report

Editorial: Beverage Tax Fight Still Rages, Why?

PA Wine Industry Loses Pioneer With Death of Dick Naylor

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Sunday PA Capitol Digest NewsClips

A Year Of #MeToo Scandals In PA Yields No Reforms By General Assembly

50/50 Raffles Are Performing Better Than The Steelers, Penguins Expected

GE Locomotive Production To Continue In Erie, For Now

GE Used To Promise: You’ll Never Have To Worry About Anything

National/International

Philadelphia Cong. Bob Brady Retires After 2 Decades

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