Recently, PA Gov. Tom Wolf has upped his push to legalize recreational marijuana. And it’s actually politically savvy! After all, Wolf's policies throughout COVID have been such a disaster that he’d hardly want to talk about them. This episode is…
Education in the age of COVID has left students and parents frustrated to say the least. PA Senate Education Committee Chair Senator Scott Martin joins Commonwealth Partners President and CEO Matt Brouillette to share how the Senate is taking bold…
In his 2021 budget address, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf asked for more than $1 billion in additional funding for public schools—even schools that are physically closed. In this episode, Commonwealth Partners President and CEO Matt Brouillette says it’s time to…
Gov. Tom Wolf just proposed a $3 billion tax hike on working families, but he's calling it...wait for it...a tax cut? The Commonwealth Foundation's Nathan Benefield breaks down the spin and tells just how much more a family of four…
Lawmakers are advancing several proposed amendments to the Pennsylvania constitution, including one providing that the Legislature must approve the extension of a disaster declaration after the initial 21 days and one establishing judicial districts for electing judges to statewide appellate…
PA State Rep. Greg Rothman, who also chairs the state's House Republican Campaign Committee, reflects on the GOP's legislative wins in 2020 and looks ahead to the topic that will be front-and-center in 2021: redistricting.
For those of us who grew up in the United States, it can be easy to take for granted the freedoms we enjoy. But when we experience these freedoms through the eyes of someone who knows what it's like not…
In perhaps the biggest upset of the 2020 elections in Pennsylvania, Republican Carrie DelRosso defeated Democrat House Minority Leader Frank Dermody, who had been in office for nearly 30 years. Shortly after the election, Commonwealth Partners President and CEO Matt…
Lenny McAllister is a name well known in Pennsylvania and beyond. As the new CEO of the Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools, Lenny joins Commonwealth Partners President and CEO Matt Brouillette to talk about his passion for expanding educational…