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News & Brews December 12, 2023

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Lawmaker unveils universal school choice bill  GOP state Rep. Joe D’Orsie (York County) yesterday held a press conference (watch it here) unveiling legislation to establish Student Freedom Accounts in…

News & Brews December 11, 2023

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News & Brews December 8, 2023

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! The leaky roof mystery deepens Well, on Wednesday I shared that Pa. House Democrats claim they can’t hold votes for the entire winter because of a leak in the…

News & Brews December 7, 2023

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pausing in recognition of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day and the 2,403 American service members and civilians killed on December 7, 1941. Read more here. Nat'l Dem group announces…

News & Brews December 6, 2023

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. House doesn't plan to vote in '24 until March Who wants a three-month Christmas vacation from work! Pa. House Democrats do! After taking a multi-month hiatus earlier this…

News & Brews December 5, 2023

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Shapiro, lawmakers end 'remarkably unproductive' year It’s one thing to be remarkable. It’s quite another to be “remarkably unproductive.” Yet, that’s how the Erie Times-News categorizes this past year…

News & Brews December 4, 2023

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! A look at the taxpayer fund that paid Vereb settlement The Post-Gazette submitted Right-to-Know requests to gather more details on the Employee Liability Self-Insurance Program (ELSIP), which is the…

News & Brews December 1, 2023

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Feds rest case in Johnny Doc trial Federal prosecutors rested their case yesterday in the embezzlement trial of former Philly labor leader John “Johnny Doc” Dougherty. And, as it…

News & Brews November 30, 2023

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! With latest raise and benefits, Pa. lawmakers could be 2nd-highest paid in nation It pays to be a lawmaker in Pennsylvania. PennLive reports that with the latest salary increase—rank-and-file…

News & Brews November 29, 2023

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. Supreme Court considers Krasner impeachment Yesterday, the state’s highest court heard oral argument in the ongoing effort to impeach Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner. The AP reports that…