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! Shapiro blasts efforts to protect women’s sports Protecting women from being forced to compete in sports against biological males is a highly popular position. By large majorities, voters of…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Shapiro’s Department of Self-Promotion The Inquirer reports that the number of taxpayer-funded staffers dedicated solely to promoting Gov. Shapiro’s public image on social media has “nearly doubled” from the…
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Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! GOP U.S. Reps outraise Dems in Pa. as 2026 looms The progressive Pennsylvania Capital-Star reports, “For the second quarter in a row, Republican U.S. House members in Pennsylvania significantly outraised…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Shapiro’s story on HR policies in Vereb scandal doesn’t hold up Broad + Liberty reports, “Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration is refusing to provide copies of the human resources policies that…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! No budget, and no transparency on negotiations WESA reports that with the state budget now more than two weeks late (almost three!), “with the exception of perhaps a dozen…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Philly hasn’t held up agreement to reexamine Ellen Greenberg’s death I’ve shared stories before on the 2011 death of Ellen Greenberg, whose death with 20 stab wounds was initially…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Energy and Innovation Summit looks to Pa.’s future Speaking at yesterday’s Energy and Innovation Summit in Pittsburgh, hosted by U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick, President Trump said Pennsylvania is “reclaiming its…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. House passes $50 billion budget Yesterday, Pa. House Democrats, joined by three Republicans, passed a ridiculous $50 billion state budget that includes a $2.9 billion spending increase with…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Good Morning ... still no state budget Well, we’re now 14 days and counting past the June 30 traditional budget deadline, and we still don’t have a state budget…