Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Shapiro vetoes school choice program, signs budget Yesterday, the state Senate sent Gov. Shapiro the budget passed by both the House and Senate. Shapiro signed the bill, but followed…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. Senate to send budget to Shapiro today The Pa. Senate is expected to convene today to send the budget—which passed both the House and Senate—to Gov. Shapiro. Shapiro…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Philly labor leader and Dem state rep. back school choice Last week I shared the op-ed by Philadelphia Building & Construction Trades Council head Ryan Boyer, in which he…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Budget impasse may soon impact schools “State payments to school districts normally start going out by the end of July,” the AP reports. However, “the standoff between Gov. Josh…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Some details emerge of Shapiro's closed-door union negotiations The actual cost to taxpayers of tentative contracts Gov. Shapiro negotiated with two government unions is yet-to-be-determined. But under the agreements—which…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Here's how Pa. counties spent election grants Counties that were awarded $45 million in election funding spent the money on things including “polling place staffing;” “secure transportation, storage, and…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Rozzi considering auditor general run After shutting down the Pa. House during his stint as Acting Speaker and blocking a Senate-passed attempt to help victims of child sex abuse—despite…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! School choice takes center stage at Senate hearing Pa. Senate Education Committee lawmakers heard impassioned testimony from parents seeking better opportunities for their children as well as public school…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Lawmakers will not appeal school funding ruling State lawmakers will not appeal the Commonwealth Court ruling that found Pennsylvania’s system of funding public education is unconstitutional. The deadline to…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! >1,800 former state employees get >$100K per year in pensions PennLive reports that a Right-to-Know request revealed that more than 1,800 former Pa. state employees “are collecting more than…