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News & Brews August 18, 2025

News & Brews August 18, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Garrity announces candidacy for governor This morning, Pennsylvania state Treasurer Stacy Garrity announced her candidacy for governor. In a video posted on X, Garrity pledged to “work hard every…

News & Brews August 15, 2025

News & Brews August 15, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. GOP excited about Garrity WESA’s Chris Potter reports, “It’s no secret that Republicans are anxious to field a strong challenge to Gov. Josh Shapiro’s re-election next year.” So…

News & Brews August 14, 2025

News & Brews August 14, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. House rejects budget; stalemate continues Yesterday, two Democrat-controlled Pa. House committees rejected the GOP Senate’s proposals to pass a short-term budget and temporary mass transit funding. The Inquirer…

News & Brews August 13, 2025

News & Brews August 13, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. Senate advances short-term budget; Dems say no As the state budget impasse drags on, yesterday, the Republican-controlled state Senate advanced a short-term budget that would fund the commonwealth…

News & Brews August 12, 2025

News & Brews August 12, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Officials to investigate U.S. Steel explosion that killed 2 An explosion at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works yesterday tragically killed two workers and injured 10. Now, officials are investigating…

News & Brews August 11, 2025

News & Brews August 11, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Dugan to challenge Krasner as a Republican Former Judge Patrick Dugan, who lost the Democrat primary for Philadelphia District Attorney to incumbent Larry Krasner, has announced he will file…

News & Brews August 8, 2025

News & Brews August 8, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! ‘If only RGGI states could do what Pa. already does’ PittsburghWorks notes that last month, states making up the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) announced a “a new schedule…

News & Brews August 7, 2025

News & Brews August 7, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Philly teachers’ union ready to strike The Inquirer reports that the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, which voted back in June to authorize a strike if a contract deal couldn’t…

News & Brews August 6, 2025

News & Brews August 6, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! As turnpike tolls rise, so does pay for turnpike execs PennLive reports that the Pa. Turnpike Commission recently approved more than $367,000 in raises for its top executives. The…

News & Brews August 5, 2025

News & Brews August 5, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! 'A school-choice test for Josh Shapiro’ “School choice evangelist” Corey DeAngelis of the American Culture Project writes in the Wall Street Journal of the new school choice program in…