News & Brews December 8, 2025

News & Brews December 8, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! You've got (no) mail? Well this is a fine kettle of fish. The Inquirer reports that “an unknown amount of mail from Pennsylvania state agencies to residents has gone…

Why ‘No’ Lost On Election Day

Why ‘No’ Lost on Election Day

The following op-ed by Commonwealth Partners President and CEO Matt Brouillette originally appeared at RealClear Pennsylvania.  In 2023, after Republicans’ defeat in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court race, I wrote, “The Left has done a stellar job convincing deep-pocketed national donors and special…

Op-Ed: Pennsylvania Has A Big Election, Too

Op-Ed: Pennsylvania has a big election, too

The following op-ed by Commonwealth Partners President and CEO Matthew J. Brouillette was originally published in The Wall Street Journal on October 20, 2025. Before Texas Republicans raised redistricting ire and before California Democrats retaliated, Pennsylvania wrote the book on how…

News & Brews December 5, 2025

News & Brews December 5, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! New info on taxpayer-funded security upgrades to Shapiro’s private home Following a Right-to-Know request, Spotlight PA has received new details on the more than $1 million in taxpayer-funded security…

News & Brews December 4, 2025

News & Brews December 4, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Behind Gov. Josh Shapiro's carefully crafted persona The Atlantic has an insightful and telling long-form story on Gov. Josh Shapiro’s public persona—which covers up a politician who tries to…

News & Brews December 3, 2025

News & Brews December 3, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. could determine U.S. House control in 2026 We’ve been saying it for years. As Pennsylvania goes, so goes the nation. The media agrees. WHYY reports, “With control of…

Winning Edge #63 – Focus On What You Can Control

Winning Edge #63 – Focus on what you can control

Winning Edge gives you the tools you need to lead and influence in the political and policy arenas. Every other week, Winning Edge releases short (approximately 5-minute) spots—or “snacks”—focused on one of four areas: fundraising, media, policy, or persuasion. Listen…

News & Brews December 2, 2025

News & Brews December 2, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! 'Funding cuts hit Pa. cyber charter schools' Well, well, well. Now that the state budget is passed, the narrative of cyber charter “reform” that will “save” traditional public schools…

News & Brews December 1, 2025

News & Brews December 1, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! A 'costly governor's race' ahead The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that Democrat Gov. Josh Shapiro and Republican challenger state Treasurer Stacy Garrity are “poised for [a] costly governor’s race” next…

News & Brews November 25, 2025

News & Brews November 25, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Philly SD under investigation for antisemitism U. S. House Education and Workforce Committee Chair Tim Walberg yesterday announced an investigation into three school districts, Philadelphia among them, “after receiving…