Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Philly public schools get ‘alarmingly bad’ marks A new Suffolk University/Philadelphia Inquirer poll found some optimism among city residents when it comes to safety and cleanliness in Philadelphia. But…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! 7 days to go? State budget tracker With just one week until the June 30 state budget deadline (which the state routinely blows past), City & State PA has…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Another transparency problem for Shapiro Spotlight PA reports that for more than two years, Gov. Shapiro’s office has kept secret an inspector general report on elder abuse, first refusing…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! ‘Election board languishing’ thanks to Shapiro Spotlight PA reports that the 2020 creation of a bipartisan Election Law Advisory Board was “heralded” at the time, as the board was…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! The Rainy Day fund and the Pa. budget USA Today Network reports that “Gov. Josh Shapiro's proposal to use reserves to balance Pennsylvania's 2026-27 budget would be the largest…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. Dems vote to slash school choice Yesterday, Democrats on the Pa. House Education Committee advanced a bill that would dramatically slash funding for Pennsylvania’s wildly popular tax credit…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. Supreme Court: Skill games are slot machines Ending a long wait, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court yesterday ruled that “skill games are slot machines under Pennsylvania law and must…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! AG: Shapiro had no legal authority for taxpayer-funded upgrades In a letter released on Friday, Attorney General Dave Sunday’s office confirmed that Gov. Shapiro had no legal authority to…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! No excuses left on school choice program On Wednesday, the U.S. Treasury released new guidance on the federal tax credit scholarship program. For months, Gov. Shapiro has balked at…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Shapiro heads to Canada Gov. Shapiro headed northward this week to participate in the Eurasia Group U.S.-Canada summit in Toronto. City & State PA reports, “On Wednesday, Shapiro met…