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…
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…
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…
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…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Budget impasse still dragging on Spotlight PA reports that Gov. Shapiro’s ongoing budget impasse is beginning to impact libraries and community colleges across Pennsylvania. Despite Shapiro bragging over the…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Shapiro appealing RGGI ruling Ten months after taking office, Gov. Josh Shapiro has finally picked a position on the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Unfortunately, it’s the same position as…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Shapiro touts his (questionable) record at press club lunch At the Pennsylvania Press Club Lunch yesterday, Gov. Josh Shapiro said he’s ‘gotten stuff done' during his first year, while…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. Treasury preps to pay sexual harassment settlement in Vereb case The Post-Gazette reports, “The state Treasury Department has received formal requests for payments totaling $295,000 tied to the settlement…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. Supreme Court race 'set precedent for outside influence' Spotlight PA reported (finally) on out-of-state special interest spending, including so-called ‘dark money’ spending’ on behalf of Democrat Dan McCaffery…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! House OKs $1.8B pension boost, raising tax hike fears Yesterday, the Pa. House voted 140-63 in support of a $1.8 billion pension increase for state government retirees. The legislation’s…