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Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. DOS responds to U.S. DOJ voting letter A few weeks ago, I shared the story that the U.S. Department of Justice had asked Pennsylvania for information on how…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Payments delayed as budget impasse persists The AP reports that Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration has said “billions of dollars in aid to Pennsylvania’s schools and human services will be…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Budget negotiations ‘inching along’ It looks like there’s bipartisan agreement on the state budget! Unfortunately, that agreement is that the negotiations are “inching along,” which is the phrase used…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. loses on 'vote with your feet' map From 2012 to 2022, Pennsylvania saw a net domestic outmigration of -181,662, putting us on the losing side in a Vote…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! OBBB hands Shapiro a ‘fascinating choice’ The Philadelphia Citizen’s Larry Platt writes that the creation of a national school choice program as part of President Trump’s One Big Beautiful…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Shapiro predicted budget ‘very soon’ — weeks ago Remember back in late June, when Gov. Shapiro said he expected that budget negotiators would reach a budget deal “very soon.”…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Shapiro blasts efforts to protect women’s sports  Protecting women from being forced to compete in sports against biological males is a highly popular position. By large majorities, voters of…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Shapiro’s Department of Self-Promotion The Inquirer reports that the number of taxpayer-funded staffers dedicated solely to promoting Gov. Shapiro’s public image on social media has “nearly doubled” from the…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! GOP U.S. Reps outraise Dems in Pa. as 2026 looms The progressive Pennsylvania Capital-Star reports, “For the second quarter in a row, Republican U.S. House members in Pennsylvania significantly outraised…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Shapiro’s story on HR policies in Vereb scandal doesn’t hold up Broad + Liberty reports, “Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration is refusing to provide copies of the human resources policies that…