News & Brews September 21, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Judicial candidates seek to reach voters in online forum Last night, the candidates for four open seats on our three statewide appellate courts participated in an online forum sponsored…

News & Brews September 20, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Grove reintroduces Voting Rights Protection Act After Gov. Wolf by his own admission 'prejudged' the last voting reform bill because it was introduced by Republicans—only to then change his tune…

News & Brews September 17, 2021

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News & Brews September 16, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Senate committee votes to subpoena personal info of all PA voters Yesterday, the Republican majority on the Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee voted to subpoena the personal information of every…

The ‘Lone Wolf’ attacks jobs—again

Over the past few years, a battle has been brewing over Gov. Wolf’s plan to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Falsely billed as a “market-driven” cooperative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the truth is RGGI would impose a carbon tax…

The ‘Lone Wolf’ attacks jobs—again

Over the past few years, a battle has been brewing over Gov. Wolf’s plan to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Falsely billed as a “market-driven” cooperative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the truth is RGGI would impose a carbon tax…

News & Brews September 15, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Wolf's business waiver process wrought with 'deficiencies' Yesterday, Auditor General Tim DeFoor released the much anticipated audit of Gov. Wolf's business waiver process. Among the five findings, the audit…

News & Brews September 13, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Lawmakers to consider making temporary regulatory waivers permanent As some temporary regulatory COVID waivers, such as "allowing out-of-state practitioners to treat patients in Pennsylvania, permitting retired or lapsed professionals…

News & Brews September 10, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Election hearings begin Yesterday, the Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee held its first hearing looking into election processes in 2020 and 2021. Committee Chair Cris Dush began by making it…

News & Brews September 9, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Election audit hearing today The Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee, under the new chairmanship of Sen. Cris Dush (following Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman's removal of Sen. Doug Mastriano…