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News & Brews November 20, 2025

News & Brews November 20, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Shapiro hasn’t gotten s*** done … except for himself Commonwealth Foundation Senior Fellow Guy Ciarrocchi writes in RealClear Pennsylvania that despite claiming to ‘get s*** done,’ the only stuff…

News & Brews November 19, 2025

News & Brews November 19, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Trump admin backs $1B loan to restart TMI The Wall Street Journal reports that the Trump administration plans to give Constellation Energy a $1 billion federal loan to restart…

News & Brews November 18, 2025

News & Brews November 18, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Shapiro tries to play leader on ultra-late budget The Inquirer looks at how Gov. Shapiro is trying to paint himself as a leader who didn’t cave in the recently…

News & Brews November 17, 2025

News & Brews November 17, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. releases school assessment results On Friday, which is typically the day you issue a news release when you don’t want anyone to pay attention, the Pa. Department of…

News & Brews November 14, 2025

News & Brews November 14, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Top 1% carry more than 35% of Pa.’s tax burden As the Left screams TAX THE RICH, TAX THE RICH, they apparently don’t realize (or, more likely, don’t want…

News & Brews November 13, 2025

News & Brews November 13, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. budget finalized, passing $50B for first time Yesterday, lawmakers passed and Gov. Shapiro signed a state budget—after nearly four-and-a-half-months of an impasse. The $50.09 billion General Fund budget…

News & Brews November 12, 2025

News & Brews November 12, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Shapiro, lawmakers reach tentative budget deal Behind closed doors. Gov. Shapiro and top legislative leaders have agreed to a $50.1 billion state budget. This would be a significant increase…

News & Brews November 11, 2025

News & Brews November 11, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Is sports betting on the budget table? PennLive reports, “The online sports betting industry has rapidly mobilized to quash any possibility of tax increases for internet wagering … after…

News & Brews November 10, 2025

News & Brews November 10, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! RGGI appears in state budget talks The federal government is finally making progress towards ending a budget stalemate (see next story), but Gov. Shapiro still has nothing to show…

News & Brews November 7, 2025

News & Brews November 7, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. still doesn’t have a state budget It shouldn’t get lost in the news of the federal shutdown and Tuesday’s elections that Pennsylvania still doesn’t have a state budget—and…