In other Thursday news

• Pa. test scores up, but schools falter
  
  
• Pa., N.J. join flood of bills on immigrants

  President Pro Tempore Joseph Scarnati (R., Jefferson) and other [State] Senate Republicans have introduced bills making it more difficult for illegal immigrants to receive public benefits, penalizing employers who hire them, and requiring law enforcement officers to report to federal authorities when illegal immigrants are charged with a crime.

  yeah, there's a hot issue for the region! oy.
  
  
• Street upbeat on city's Wi-Fi effort -- Earthlink laying people off generally, but claims to have 50% coverage in Philly already.
  
  
• Plan would lighten prison load by letting some nonviolent inmates work outside under close supervision
  
  
• CityPaper: Why did a security-guard union bargain away Philly? -- SEIU makes a poor showing in local efforts
  
  
• Metro: Nutter travels to other big cities to discuss leadership techniques
  
  
• Following up on Inga Saffron's note that the Inquirer building was up for sale, the Wall Street Journal notes a recent tendency of major papers to sell their real estate, in part to make up for the debt incurred during the purchase. Doesn't anybody just wait to make back their investment the normal, slow way? Sigh.
  
  
• AAJane alerts us to a new tool to track legislation by subject or sponsors, handy for keeping track of what your representatives are up to
  
  
• Editorial | Curbing Pollution -- the American Lung Association gave Philly an F for air quality? how did I miss the main story? EPA comes through to talk about reducing ozone levels...
  
  
• Waxman at YPP: Pa. Attorney General Targets Democrats