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News & Brews July 29, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Turnpike makes last $450M payment to PennDOT...but tolls will still go up Yesterday, the PA Turnpike Commission made its last $450 million payment to PennDOT, marking the final such…

News & Brews July 28, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Upcoming transportation funding report could spur long debate Gov. Wolf's Transportation Revenue Options Commission is expected to release its recommendations this week for how to increase funding for our…

News & Brews July 27, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Wolf won't bring back mask mandate, shutdowns, for now Fox43 is reporting that "Governor Tom Wolf said Monday the state isn’t considering bringing back mask requirements or other mitigation…

News & Brews July 26, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! $726,877 in reimbursements with no receipts required? Thank you, taxpayers In the wake of former Rep. Margo Davidson's resignation last week after being charged with stealing from taxpayers, the…

News & Brews July 23, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Wolf flip-flops on his flip-flop on voter ID There's Simone Biles' Yurchenko...and then there's Gov. Wolf's double-flip. The AP is reporting that Wolf says his position on voter ID…

News & Brews July 22, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! After Wolf's flip-flop, lawmaker restarts election reform efforts Following Gov. Wolf's abrupt about-face—from characterizing voter ID laws as voter suppression and anti-democratic to thinking they may be a good…

News & Brews July 21, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Wolf does about-face on voter ID Yes, you read that headline correctly. After months of adamantly opposing enhanced voter ID requirements, decrying them as "voter suppression" and "discriminatory," and…

News & Brews July 20, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Wolf admin: ID requirement fine for unemployment, anti-democratic for voting Here's your morning dose of illogic. Gov. Wolf's Department of Labor has introduced new anti-fraud measures to protect our…

News & Brews July 19, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! No-bid contract requests topped $340 million in 2020 By now we're familiar with the multi-million-dollar no-bid contract awarded to Insight Global, the contact tracing vendor that leaked the private…

News & Brews July 16, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Wolf admin kept info secret for years, but denies cover-up of L&I bungle The Wolf administration has denied it covered-up a Labor & Industry error that overcharged thousands of…