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Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Lawmakers (and media) push for open primaries Leaving no doubt as to where it stands on the issue, Spotlight PA has a piece in support of open primaries. The…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Fetterman leaves Walter Reed, gives interview On Friday, Sen. John Fetterman left Walter Reed National Military Medical Center following six weeks of inpatient treatment for clinical depression. A few…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Western Pa. politicos react to Trump indictment After a NY state grand jury indicted former President Trump yesterday, western Pa. politicos offered their reactions. These reactions ranged from saying…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Fetterman reportedly to return to Senate in April  POLITICO reports that according to two sources, Sen. John Fetterman is expected to return to the Senate the week of April…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Congressional committee probes Luzerne County ballot mess Yesterday, the U.S. House Administration Committee held a three-hour hearing examining the ballot disaster that happened in Luzerne County on Nov. 8.…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Budget hearing focuses on election integrity, professional licenses Yesterday, Senate Appropriations Committee lawmakers questioned the Pa. Department of State on issues surrounding elections and Gov. Shapiro’s “money back guarantee…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. (finally) returns to pre-pandemic job market—long after rest of country The Inquirer reports that months after the rest of the country, Pennsylvania has finally regained jobs lost due…

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Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Senate DEP budget hearing tackles permitting, RGGI CNHI reports, “Speeding up the processing of environmental permits along with Pennsylvania’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative were central focus…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Op-Ed: What's missing from Shapiro's first budget  Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Scott Martin (Lancaster and Berks counties) writes that while “Gov. Josh Shapiro’s first budget address was more reasonable…