PA State Representative Aaron Bernstine (R-Beaver/Butler/Lawrence) announced on Tuesday that House Bill 1600, the Parity In Interscholastic Athletics Act, will be on its way to Harrisburg. Beaver County Radio’s Matt Drzik has more details:

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee says the Justice Department has agreed to turn over some of the underlying evidence from special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, including files used to assess whether President Donald Trump obstructed justice. Rep. Jerrold Nadler says the department will begin complying with the committee’s subpoena Monday and provide some of Mueller’s “most important files.” He said all the members of the committee will be able to view them.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A spokesman for David Ortiz says the former Boston Red Sox slugger is in stable condition in intensive care as he recovers from a shooting at a bar in his native Dominican Republic. The spokesman says that doctors removed Ortiz’s gallbladder and part of his intestine, and that his liver was also damaged. He says Ortiz will be flown to Boston once his condition improves. The shooting suspect is in custody. Authorities will try to determine whether Ortiz was the intended target.

As state lawmakers debate raising teachers’ pay, a new poll shows more than 70 percent of Pennsylvanians have positive impressions of public-school teachers in the state. Andrea Sears reports…

 

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Artwork valued in the thousands of dollars was stolen from several artists at Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Arts Festival. The thefts occurred between Saturday night and Sunday morning. The artists arrived to find their works gone. The festival has 24-hour security and it’s not clear how some of the larger pieces were stolen without anyone noticing.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — With strong tax collections oiling the gears, Gov. Tom Wolf and top lawmakers are working under the hood of a new spending plan as they head into the final weeks before lawmakers break for summer. Front and center is an approximately $34 billion budget package that’s expected to pass before July 1. Meanwhile, the Democratic governor is pressing Republicans to take up at least a couple of his top agenda items before they leave the Capitol until September.

A third alligator has been found in a Pittsburgh neighborhood in less than a month. According to police, this one was found on a porch of a home in the 300 block of East Agnew Street in Carrick around 6:15 p.m. Police said they got the alligator into a box and took it to the Zone 3 Police Station, where they called animal control officers. Animal control then took the alligator to the Humane Animal Rescue in the East End. Police are investigating but say it appears to be unrelated to the previous two alligator incidents. The alligator was around 2 1/2 feet long. On Thursday, a five-foot long alligator was captured in Beechview. Back in May, a family who was fishing along the Monongahela River spotted an alligator.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The looming end of a business relationship between Pittsburgh-based health care giants hangs in the balance during a hearing before a state judge. Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson plans to issue a decision this week about whether a consent decree involving Highmark Health and UPMC can be extended past its June 30 termination date. Its expiration will trigger higher costs for Highmark insurance customers who use UPMC’s network of providers.

THE ALIQUIPPA HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL HAS ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS MORE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

(Photos taken by Sandy Giordano)