Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Activity—and chaos—on the Pa. budget Yesterday saw some activity, as well as finger pointing and chaos, on the still-unfinished state budget. House Democrats (joined by three Republicans) passed a…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. budget impasse hits 100 days Despite Gov. Shapiro predicting back on June 30 that a state budget agreement would come “very soon,” Pennsylvania is now 100 days into…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! CNN: Pa. retention races have ‘major 2028 stakes’ Reporting on the upcoming retention elections for three Democrat state Supreme Court justices, CNN notes, “Since the pandemic election of 2020,…
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Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Garrity’s ‘fast start challenge’ to Shapiro is ‘rare and noteworthy’ PennLive’s John Baer writes, “A number of things about Republican Stacy Garrity’s very early out-of-the-gate bid to unseat Gov.…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! New Pa. poll: Here’s what voters think A new Quinnipiac poll of registered voters in Pennsylvania shows Gov. Josh Shapiro with a 60% job approval rating, his highest by…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! ‘Mounting damage’ as Pa. starts 4th month of budget impasse Pennsylvania’s state budget was due June 30, and there’s still no budget in sight. Now, the AP reports, “Pennsylvania’s…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Can state budget impasses be avoided? As Pennsylvania’s state budget impasse drags (and drags) on, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that several lawmakers are hoping to find ways to address,…
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Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! More secrets surround governor’s mansion repairs Spotlight PA reports that repairs to the governor’s mansion after the April arson attack have thus far cost more than $6 million. But…