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Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Study ranks Pa. near worst in the nation  Well this isn’t great news. A recent study from U.S. News & World Report ranks Pennsylvania an abysmal 41st among the…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Krasner easily wins in Philly   Progressive Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner easily fended off a primary challenge from former Judge Patrick Dugan, winning more than 60% of the…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Primaries, primaries everywhere  Today is primary Election Day across Pennsylvania. In addition to the high profile Democrat primaries for Philadelphia district attorney and Pittsburgh mayor, there are also contested…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Shapiro accepted $68K in luxury helicopter trips  Gov. Josh Shapiro accepted $68K worth of luxury helicopter trips from billionaire Michael Rubin last year, per campaign finance reports, which the…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Education spending in Pa. hits all-time high If it seems we report a new all-time high in education spending every year, it’s because we do! Pennsylvania’s per-student revenue reached…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! National Dems 'flocking to Pa.' ahead of 2026  Ah, Pennsylvania. The commonwealth. The Keystone State. And for the past several years, the center of the political universe. The Inquirer…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Dem rep. tells girls he'll block bill to protect them  Following a press conference in favor of the Save Women’s Sports Act, which would protect girls from being forced…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. Supreme Court to hear RGGI arguments today  This morning, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the case challenging Gov. Shapiro’s (and former Gov. Wolf’s) attempt…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! In judicial retention races, ‘Dems are worried’ The Inquirer reports that as three liberal state Supreme Court justices face retention votes this November, “for the first time, Democrats are worried…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Who's defending—or not defending—Fetterman?  POLITICO reports that after the now widely-circulated NY Magazine storycriticizing U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, “Few fellow Democrats have rushed to … [his] defense.” And among…