HARRISBURG — A bill designed to limit the taxpayer cost of buyouts for public school superintendents in Pennsylvania and expose the terms to greater public view is on its way to the state House of Representatives.

State senators approved it unanimously.

The bill would require termination, buyout and severance packages to be detailed upfront in contracts that are public records, and it would prohibit those provisions from being modified during the course of the contract or in the event a contract is terminated prematurely.

It also would cap the value of severance agreements that are negotiated prior to the end of a contract.

The state’s elected fiscal watchdog, Auditor General Jack Wagner, has criticized some recent buyouts as a waste of money and lacking in transparency.

Ceremony to name bridge for MusialDONORA — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is set to rename a southwestern Pennsylvania bridge after native son Stan “The Man” Musial, the baseball Hall of Famer who played for the St. Louis Cardinals.Officials do not expect the 91-year-old Musial to attend the ceremony in his hometown of Donora on Friday at 2 p.m.The General Assembly in November approved renaming the bridge that carries state Route 1077 over the Monongahela River between Monessen and Donora.Musial starred at Donora High School before a 22-year career in which he collected 475 home runs and 3,630 hits for the Cardinals.

Turkey hunter shot MondaySLOVAN — A game warden said a turkey hunter was not wearing an optional orange protective vest when he was mistaken for a wild gobbler by another hunter who shot him in the face in southwestern Pennsylvania.Authorities have yet to release the names of either hunter involved in the incident about 7:15 a.m. Monday in Smith Township, Washington County.Game warden Beth Fife said the other hunter fired after hearing a gobble and seeing some movement in the brush. The hunter who fired was far enough away that the victim of the 12-gauge shotgun blast was able to walk out of the woods despite being hit in the face. He was taken to a Pittsburgh hospital but his condition was not immediately clear.

Flag collection up for auctionPHILADELPHIA — A collection of rare and historic naval flags is up for sale, including one banner that flew nearly two centuries ago on the USS Constitution.The 12 flags have been in private hands for more than 150 years and have never been on the open market, according to Freeman’s auction house in Philadelphia, where bidding will take place Monday evening.The collection belonged to the late H. Richard Dietrich Jr. and is expected to fetch between $1 million and $2 million.The oldest banner, which dates to the late 18th or early 19th century, bears 13 stars and eight stripes. Another rare item is the oldest known representation of a U.S. commodore’s “broad pennant,” used from 1837 to 1845.Several of the flags flew on the Constitution, including a 19-star ensign used from 1816 to 1817.