Happy "Take Your Daughters and Sons To Work Day," folks.

1. Now that the sequester has hit people where it really hurts — their little airplanes are late — President Obama may consider sparing the Federal Aviation Administration from budget cuts, at least temporarily. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-PA, has been pushing to give the president full flexibility in choosing cuts for some time.

2. Meanwhile, everyone outside the Delta Sky Club® can see how the sequester will affect their lives with this great WaPo chart.

3. Pittsburgh mayoral candidates talk about the environment at the latest forum. A.J. Richardson, a well-known proponent of driving less, did not attend.

4. City Paper breaks down the mayoral candidate's positions on various social issues — employee benefits, LGBT rights and so on.

5. So the Pirates beat the Phillies last night? Whatever, this Philadelphian says. Click this important link to find out why.

As Rich Lord and I wrote last week, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's last press event was March 20, when he announced he was suing UPMC. Since then, he's apparently appeared at some events that were not publicized, including this highly classified senior citizen luncheon Friday. 

Ann Likeravich donated over 40,000 volunteer hours, turns 100 yrs old in July, and still kickin it in heels. twitter.com/nataliarudiak/…

— Natalia Rudiak (@nataliarudiak) April 19, 2013

And lo, today his press office announced he would appear at news conference Thursday about security for the Pittsburgh Marathon, a topic that's generated it's own controversy. It will be his first public event in more than a month (35 days to be precise). If he's a no-show, we might check the Art Institute of Chicago. 

The Bill Peduto mayoral campaign is going negative on Jack Wagner, attempting to define him for voters a month away from the May 21 primary.

The second spot from the Peduto camp largely targets votes Wagner made in his decade in the state Senate and comments he made about Gov. Tom Corbett's 2011 budget -- their backup for the claims is after the jump. Wagner's second spot, centering on his Vietnam experience, began airing Saturday.

Good morning.

1. It's unclear how the Pittsburgh Marathon is going to pay for extra security for the May 5 event post-Boston without blowing its entire endowment. It's in talks with the Ravenstahl administration and other officials. Fellow old-timers may recall city budget woes stopped the race for four years from 2004-2007.

2. A state fiscal office released a report saying Pa will gain federal funding and save state money by expanding Medicaid access via Obamacare. The Corbett admin remains skeptical.

3. Speaking of, the state House banned those getting insurance through the state's Obamacare health exchanges from using it to get most abortions.

4. Other times the state steps away from medical matters, such as when it repealed mandatory motorcycle helmets in 2003. Motorcycle deaths are up in Pa and elsewhere while overall traffic fatalities are down.

5. Due to budget problems the city's longest-running African-American repertory company, Kuntu, has ended its nearly 40-year run. It was launched in 1974.