HB 1924, signed July 12, lets the PA PUC review and validate the load forecasts utilities submit to PJM and fines data centers $10,000 a day for missing energy reports — a transparency push from Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Chair Gene Yaw (co-op: Claverack, Sullivan County, Tri-County).

Talen Energy said it cleared 10,180 MW at $325/MW-day in the 2028/2029 auction, projecting roughly $1,208 million in capacity revenues for the June 2028–May 2029 planning year.

President Trump speaks at 3:15 p.m. today at the U.S. Army War College, closing the two-day Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit hosted by Sen. Dave McCormick (co-op: statewide — all 13 PA member co-ops), where he is expected to unveil defense-innovation investments.

Spotlight PA reports the budget passed Sunday balances through a "cycle roll" delaying two months of Medicaid managed-care payments worth about $1.3 billion each, plus more than $500 million pulled from off-budget special funds, leaving the structural deficit untouched.

DeSantis campaigns in Philadelphia for Garrity

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis headlined a Tuesday fundraiser for PA GOP gubernatorial nominee Stacy Garrity in Philadelphia, putting a high-profile national Republican in Gov. Josh Shapiro's backyard ahead of November.

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House Republicans mark up a budget resolution Thursday for a reconciliation package built around roughly $67 billion in new Pentagon funding and $11 billion for agriculture, with floor action expected next week alongside the NDAA.

Darline Graham becomes South Carolina's first woman senator

Darline Graham, who succeeds her late brother Lindsey Graham after his death Sunday, was seated roughly 48 hours later and could cast an early vote on acting AG Todd Blanche's nomination.

Blanche faces Senate Judiciary on AG nomination today

Acting AG Todd Blanche will tell senators "I am here today to earn your trust once again," as Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) says the Justice Department's Anti-Weaponization Fund "has got to go."

The AL shut out the NL 4-0 in Philadelphia with Cody Bellinger named MVP; Pirates All-Stars Paul Skenes and Braxton Ashcraft were both ineligible to pitch after weekend starts, leaving Pittsburgh (50-47, two games out of the last wild card) unrepresented on the field.

Pittsburgh signed the 24-year-old forward to a two-year, $6.5 million contract ($3.25 million AAV) on Tuesday, avoiding arbitration two weeks after acquiring him from Toronto for a 2028 fourth-round pick.

Rookie QB Drew Allar still has not signed his rookie deal and CB Joey Porter Jr.'s extension talks are expected to run into August, with the Post-Gazette's Ray Fittipaldo reporting no trades before training camp.