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News & Brews March 21, 2023

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Former state Senate candidate arrested for fraud  DuBois City Manager, United Way Director, and former Republican state Senate candidate John “Herm” Suplizio was arrested yesterday on charges related to…

News & Brews March 20, 2023

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Full schedule of budget hearings today  The House and Senate appropriations committees are scheduled to hold budget hearings today. The House committee will hear from the Department of Education…

News & Brews March 17, 2023

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. House Ethics Committee is 'open for business'  PennLive reports that “Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives ethics committee is now officially organized and open for business.” The bipartisan committee met…

News & Brews March 16, 2023

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Lawmaker warns of deficit under Shapiro's budget proposal  House Appropriations Committee Chair Seth Grove (York County) is sounding the alarm over the “reality of a $2 billion deficit, structural deficit…

News & Brews March 15, 2023

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Committee hearing today on education funding This afternoon at 1:30, the Senate Education Committee will hold a public hearing on education funding and school district fund balances. Earlier this…

News & Brews March 14, 2023

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! State court overturns agency decision on Delco natural gas project Late last week, the Commonwealth Court overturned a 2022 decision by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) allowing PECO…

News & Brews March 13, 2023

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! After 'venue shopping' allowance, 'Philly's medical malpractice cases are surging' After a rule change that effectively let trial lawyers file lawsuits in counties where they think they’ll get the…

News & Brews March 10, 2023

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! State rep. announces run for auditor general Democrat Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta (Philadelphia), who ran an unsuccessful primary campaign for U.S. Senate last year, announced yesterday that he will run for state auditor…

News & Brews March 8, 2023

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Gov. Shapiro delivers first budget address In his first budget address yesterday, Gov. Shapiro called for $45.9 billion in General Fund spending. As the Commonwealth Foundation (CF) explains, his…

News & Brews March 7, 2023

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! How to watch Gov. Shapiro's budget address This morning at 11:30, Gov. Josh Shapiro will deliver his 2023-24 budget addressto a joint session of the General Assembly. PennLive previewed…