State constitutional amendments to watch With a governor who loves a veto, legislators have taken to the (rightfully) long and painstaking process of passing constitutional amendments, like the landmark amendment passed last year that limits the emergency power of the…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. House Majority Leader appeals to SCOTUS on legislative maps Pa. House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in the new state…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! State budget taking shape; Massive spending, but a few victories Yesterday, House lawmakers voted 180-20 in favor of a state budget that massively increases state spending, yet also would…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Voting on state budget to begin today PennLive reports that both the House and Senate are expected to begin voting today on a $42 billion spending plan that's about…
From skewing the news to fit a narrative, to spewing flat-out falsehoods, media headlines too often paint a one-sided picture. This episode looks at some headline hit jobs while setting the record straight on the real stories. This episode is…
Op-Ed by Gina Diorio. This piece originally appeared at Broad + Liberty. Prefer to listen? Click here for the audio version. Sometimes, media headlines make me want to bang my head against the wall. For about two years, I’ve been informally…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Shapiro to announced some GOP endorsements today The Post-Gazette reports that "a group of Republican leaders ... is bucking their party to endorse Democrat Josh Shapiro for governor.... The…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Will U.S. Senate race break Pa. spending records? The Post-Gazette reports that its own "survey of various political advertisers found that Democratic and Republican powerhouses have already booked at…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Commonwealth Court halts bridge-tolling plan Yesterday, the Commonwealth Court blocked Gov. Wolf's plan to toll up to nine interstate bridges in Pennsylvania. The AP reports that the judges agreed…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! No budget by deadline The Post-Gazette reports, "Pennsylvania’s budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year won’t be complete on time for its June 30 deadline, and lawmakers plan to stay…