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News & Brews December 22 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Supreme Court rules against Marsy's Law For more than two years, a proposed victims' rights amendment to our state constitution has been in limbo pending a legal challenge arguing…

News & Brews December 21 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! New Castle mayor announces run for Lt. Gov. New Castle Mayor Chris Frye is running for lieutenant governor, the Meadville Tribune reports. Frye, a Republican, was elected mayor in…

News & Brews December 20 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Dems want court to draw congressional map again (...and again) Remember back in April, when the National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC), founded by former president Barack Obama and his…

News & Brews December 17, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! New House, Senate maps get preliminary approval from commission The Legislative Reapportionment Commission gave preliminary approval yesterday to new House and Senate maps, even as House Republicans strongly objected…

News & Brews December 16, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! House advances five constitutional amendments Yesterday, the House voted to advance a package of five constitutional amendments, which would (respectively) implement voter ID, require election audits, limit executive orders…

News & Brews December 15, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Lawmakers aim to move presidential primary Yesterday, the Senate unanimously approved legislation that would move Pennsylvania's primary election in presidential years to the third Tuesday in March—five weeks earlier…

News & Brews December 14, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Acting Sec't of Health Alison Beam to resign Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam will resign her post by the end of 2021, Gov. Wolf's office announced yesterday. The…

News & Brews December 13, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! State Supreme Court strikes down Wolf's school mask mandate Late Friday, the state Supreme Court struck down the Wolf administration's statewide school mask mandate, issuing a brief order affirming…

News & Brews December 10, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Philly lawyer may join U.S. Senate race A Philly attorney may toss his hat into the Republican primary for U.S. Senate. The AP reports, "George Bochetto, a prominent Philadelphia…

News & Brews December 9, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! GOP selects preliminary congressional redistricting plan Yesterday, House State Government Committee Chair Seth Grove (York County) announced that the committee has selected a citizen-drawn map as the preliminary congressional…