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Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Fiscal code fight looms Penn Live looks at how the ongoing budget impasse may play out in the fiscal code. This is the legislation that provides the mechanism and…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Senate leader asks if House plans to vote on any more budget items  Yesterday, Republican Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman sent a letter to Democrat House Majority Leader Matt…

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Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! State budget 'in limbo' Spotlight PA reports that “bad blood, technicalities, and complicated code bills” are keeping the Pa. state budget “in limbo.” The bad blood refers to Shapiro’s…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! WSJ: 'Josh Shapiro's school choice sellout' The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board writes, “So much for Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s gutsy support for school choice” after he “caved ……

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Shapiro flips on school choice, vows to veto In a move showing his lack of influence within his own party, Gov. Shapiro yesterday bowed to House Democrat Leader Matt…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. House to return today as budget stall persists The Pa. House will return to session at noon today as the state budget remains in limbo. As of Monday…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. Senate passes a state budget, House says 'no' On Friday, the Pa. Senate passed a $45.55 billion spending plan for FY 2023-24. Among other things, the spending plan…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. Senate passes historic school choice legislation The state Senate yesterday voted 29-21 to establish the Pennsylvania Award for Student Success Scholarship Program, or PASS. The bill would give…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Budget deadline nears with school choice at the center The AP reports that Gov. Josh Shapiro is facing “perhaps the biggest test yet of his political skills under the…