Once Upon A Turnpike

Once upon a turnpike

It’s like a recurring bad dream. A new year, a new turnpike toll hike. Now, driving the length of the highway costs upwards of $65.70—not counting the return trip. Only, this nightmare is real. We know the usual suspects: infrastructure…

News & Brews June 5, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Shapiro dodges budget question Gov. Josh Shapiro has a knack for not taking a position on issues—U.S. Steel’s sale and RGGI, to name just a few. Instead, he plays…

News & Brews June 4, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Trump’s higher tariffs on steel start today The AP reports that beginning today, President Trump’s 50% tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum are in effect. Trump announced the hike…

News & Brews June 3, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Did Trump just endorse for Pa. governor? No Republican candidate has officially announced his or her candidacy for Pennsylvania governor next year, but President Trump is already getting into…

News & Brews June 2, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! In Pa., Trump announced higher steel tariffs  Holding a rally Friday at the U.S. Steel Irvin Works in West Mifflin to celebrate the U.S. Steel/Nippon Steel deal, President Trump promised…

News & Brews May 30, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Behind the ‘GOP pressure campaign to flip Trump on Nippon Steel’ POLITICO investigates how Republican lawmakers influenced President Trump to change his mind on the U.S. Steel / Nippon…

News & Brews May 29, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. officials oppose AI regulation ban in proposed federal budget  The LNP reports that Pennsylvania officials from both parties “are decrying a provision in the tax and spending cuts…

Winning Edge #50 – Tell The Second Story (Audio)

Winning Edge #50 – Tell the Second Story (Audio)

Winning Edge gives you the tools you need to lead and influence in the political and policy arenas. Every other week, Winning Edge releases short (approximately 5-minute) spots—or “snacks”—focused on one of four areas: fundraising, media, policy, or persuasion. Listen…

News & Brews May 28, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Shapiro's office withheld metadata in Vereb scandal The questions keep piling up for Gov. Josh Shapiro. Broad + Liberty reports this morning that “Shapiro’s office withheld rows of metadata…

News & Brews May 27, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! How Trump remade America’s political landscape The New York Times (no friend to conservatives) has a graph-laden story on how voters shifted to Donald Trump over the past three…

News & Brews May 23, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Path forward for Nippon Steel/U.S. Steel deal  Reuters reports that on Wednesday, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) submitted an updated recommendation to President Trump…