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…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Treasury: ‘no legal authority’ to pay for upgrades for Shapiro’s private residence Yesterday, state Treasurer Stacy Garrity announced that without legislative action, her office lacks the legal authority to…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. unions spend big on politics A new analysis from the Commonwealth Foundation shows that Pa. public and private sector unions spent $22.4 million on politics and political activity…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! ‘When silence becomes policy at the Philly Inquirer’ Sometimes media bias appears in how media outlets cover stories. Other times it appears it which stories outlet cover—and, more importantly,…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. Court says taxpayers must fund elective abortion Yesterday in a 4-3 ruling, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court struck down the state’s ban on Medicaid funding for elective abortions. Dissenting,…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! National Republicans look to flip Pa. House The Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC), which focuses on electing Republicans to state legislatures, recognized in a memo last week that this…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! The billionaires backing Shapiro Spotlight PA has a graphic-driven story looking at fundraising in the governor’s race between Democrat Gov. Josh Shapiro and Republican challenger Stacy Garrity. Even though…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! First cigarettes, now Uber Do you remember back in 2014 when the Pa. House authorized Philadelphia to pass a $2-per-pack cigarette tax to fund city schools? Then-state Rep. Cherelle…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Dem. lawmaker wants to eliminate school choice program Yesterday at a Pa. House Education Committee hearing, Democrat state Rep. Tarah Probst (Monroe and Pike counties) admitted what many in…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Shapiro on the defense in effort to seize neighbor’s property The Inquirer reports that Gov. Shapiro is trying to get a federal court to dismiss the lawsuit against him…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Education Secretary McMahon urges Shapiro to ‘opt in’ U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon was in Pennsylvania on Friday, headlining a press conference urging Gov. Shapiro to opt in to…