Read Spotlight PA's full report: Penn State trustee scolded for making ‘spectacle’ in push to name football field after Joe Paterno.
 

“Let [us] also remember the shipping company that ran into the bridge also has complete liability for the accident. They’re insured to pay for that and that’s where we should be looking. It shouldn’t be the taxpayer.”

MCCORMICK MAIL: Two years after he sued to have undated mail ballots counted in his GOP primary race against Mehmet Oz, Politico reports U.S. Senate candidate David McCormick has gone silent on the subject — now that undated ballots are less likely to work in his favor. A recent court ruling says undated ballots shouldn't be counted. Thousands of likely Democratic votes hang in the balance.

ACCESS DENIED: State Rep. Kevin Boyle's February outburst in a Montgomery County bar cost him free-ranging access to the state Capitol, per The Inquirer (paywall). It's not the first time the Philly Democrat's security privileges were pulled. Boyle's primary challenger has the support of state House Democratic leadership. Colleagues want Boyle, who's been open about his mental health, to "seek help."

RURAL RAGE: New York Times bestseller White Rural Rage presents rural voters as a unique “threat to American democracy.” Tyler Austin Harper, writing in The Atlantic, calls the book's premise "utterly misleading" and its supporting research deeply flawed. Among the problems: describing places as "rural" that are urban or suburban, and "repeatedly distorting studies" to fit the book's thesis.

TURF WAR: It's owners of second homes vs. full-time residents in the Poconos, The New York Times (paywall) reports. A wave of pandemic-fueled second home buys by out-of-towners saw many of those properties turned into income-generating Vrbos or Airbnbs. Infighting followed, as did interest in legal cases over local rules regulating such activity that have reached the state's highest courts.

ECLIPSE DAY: Pennsylvania couples were among those planning to mark today's big solar eclipse by getting married during its peak at Ohio's “Elope at the Eclipse” event. If you're just planning to watch the celestial dance, here's everything you need to know.

FAULT FINDER: The 4.8 magnitude, New Jersey-centered earthquake felt from Philadelphia to the Lehigh Valley on Friday was the work of the Ramapo Fault system running from New York into Pennsylvania.

TRUE STORY: File this under unfortunate timing: Justin Allen of Horsham, Montgomery County was getting a vasectomy when Friday's tremor hit. He told The Guardian he thought the doctor was "messing" with him.

'SLIME' NEWS: There are 65 "pink slime," partisan local news sites in Pennsylvania alone, The Inquirer (paywall) found, part of a movement to "muddy the waters of journalism" — now in a big election year.

MADE IN PA: The redesigned, Nike-branded uniforms that are riling up Major League Baseball fans and players this season are made by a company in Easton. Things are off to a very sweaty start for the Yankees.