Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Teachers' union to vote on anti-Israel measures You’d think the nation’s largest teachers’ union would be focused exclusively on education. Well, you’d think wrong. At its meeting, beginning today…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Senate schedules sessions until Sunday for budget WITF reports that as lawmakers continue to negotiate a budget agreement, the state Senate has scheduled session days until Sunday, with one…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! No budget, no surprise Well, the traditional June 30th state budget deadline has come and gone, and—surprising no one—we have no state budget. Both the state House and Senate…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! State budget will not be done by June 30 We’re not quite at the traditional June 30 state budget deadline, but the Center Square reports that “Senate leadership confirmed…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Former union president sentenced to 4 years in prison Yesterday, Brian Burrows, the former president of IBEW Local 98 in Philadelphia, was sentenced to four years in prison for…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. Senate committee backs bill to lock up cell phones during school day Yesterday, the Senate Education Committee voted 10-1 for legislation that “would fund a pilot program to…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Possible compromises on taxes, permitting, & more ... but not ed spending As budget talks continue, Spotlight PA reports, “Leaders in the split legislature say there are potential compromises…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! The 'sticking points' of this year's state budget Capitol reporter Bruce Siwy writes that as we approach the traditional June 30 state budget deadline, “Questions about education, income tax…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! RFK, Jr. files paperwork to get on Pa. ballot Six weeks ahead of the August 1 deadline, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has filed his paperwork to…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. impact fee brought in about $180M last year The Post-Gazette reports that “Pennsylvania’s shale gas drillers paid about $180 million in impact fees last year,” a drop of…