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News & Brews February 26, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Sec't of Health won't say whether nursing home policy was mistake Facing questions from Rep. Natalie Mihalek (Allegheny and Washington counties) yesterday, Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam refused…

News & Brews February 25, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Wolf admin's ballot wording 'meant for it to be defeated' The ballot wording of the proposed constitutional amendment limiting a governor's emergency powers is the target of extensive criticism,…

News & Brews February 24, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Why Wolf's budget proposal is really a $6 billion tax increase The Tax Foundation's Jared Walczek takes a good look at Gov. Wolf's proposed 46% personal income tax hike…

News & Brews February 23, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Another Wolf press conference, another tax hike demand Lately it's like clockwork: Gov Wolf holds a press conference. Gov. Wolf pitches some sort of tax hike. Yesterday, it was…

News & Brews February 22, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Dissent in the ranks: Dem lawmakers push Wolf admin to get its vaccine act together Broad + Liberty reports that several Democrat lawmakers are proposing legislation to force Gov. Wolf's…

News & Brews February 19, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Sign up here! PennDOT identifies nine bridges it wants to toll A couple weeks ago, I shared that PennDOT was moving forward with a plan to toll up to 10 major…

News & Brews February 18, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Sign up here! Major DOH error means up to 100K-plus people need to reschedule vaccine Yesterday, the Department of Health dropped a bombshell that due to a "structural issue" that's been…

News & Brews February 17, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Sign up here! PIT, minimum wage take center stage on 1st day of budget hearings As House budget hearings launched yesterday, Republicans were unpersuaded by Gov. Wolf's proposal to hike the personal…

News & Brews February 16, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Sign up here! State GOP may censure Toomey over impeachment vote The state Republican Party is reportedly planning a meeting to consider censuring Sen. Pat Toomey over his vote to convict…

News & Brews February 15, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Sign up here! Will 2022 primary election be delayed? Well, this is becoming a royal mess. On Friday, the U.S. Census Bureau said it won't deliver the updated census data that's…