Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. Senate advances short-term budget; Dems say no As the state budget impasse drags on, yesterday, the Republican-controlled state Senate advanced a short-term budget that would fund the commonwealth…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Officials to investigate U.S. Steel explosion that killed 2 An explosion at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works yesterday tragically killed two workers and injured 10. Now, officials are investigating…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Dugan to challenge Krasner as a Republican Former Judge Patrick Dugan, who lost the Democrat primary for Philadelphia District Attorney to incumbent Larry Krasner, has announced he will file…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! ‘If only RGGI states could do what Pa. already does’ PittsburghWorks notes that last month, states making up the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) announced a “a new schedule…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Philly teachers’ union ready to strike The Inquirer reports that the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, which voted back in June to authorize a strike if a contract deal couldn’t…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! As turnpike tolls rise, so does pay for turnpike execs PennLive reports that the Pa. Turnpike Commission recently approved more than $367,000 in raises for its top executives. The…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! 'A school-choice test for Josh Shapiro’ “School choice evangelist” Corey DeAngelis of the American Culture Project writes in the Wall Street Journal of the new school choice program in…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! (Some of) the donors behind Shapiro’s inauguration For years, Gov. Shapiro has refused to disclose who gave millions of dollars to fund his inauguration celebration, and for years he’s…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. DOS responds to U.S. DOJ voting letter A few weeks ago, I shared the story that the U.S. Department of Justice had asked Pennsylvania for information on how…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Payments delayed as budget impasse persists The AP reports that Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration has said “billions of dollars in aid to Pennsylvania’s schools and human services will be…