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! Education spending in Pa. hits all-time high If it seems we report a new all-time high in education spending every year, it’s because we do! Pennsylvania’s per-student revenue reached…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! National Dems 'flocking to Pa.' ahead of 2026 Ah, Pennsylvania. The commonwealth. The Keystone State. And for the past several years, the center of the political universe. The Inquirer…
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Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Dem rep. tells girls he'll block bill to protect them Following a press conference in favor of the Save Women’s Sports Act, which would protect girls from being forced…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. Supreme Court to hear RGGI arguments today This morning, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the case challenging Gov. Shapiro’s (and former Gov. Wolf’s) attempt…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! In judicial retention races, ‘Dems are worried’ The Inquirer reports that as three liberal state Supreme Court justices face retention votes this November, “for the first time, Democrats are worried…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Who's defending—or not defending—Fetterman? POLITICO reports that after the now widely-circulated NY Magazine storycriticizing U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, “Few fellow Democrats have rushed to … [his] defense.” And among…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! House Dems pick marijuana over rescuing kids Yesterday, the Pa. House voted on party lines to pass legislation legalizing recreational marijuana and having state-run liquor stores manage its sales.…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Selective records deletion in Shapiro’s office? In the ongoing secrecy scandal surrounding the resignation of Gov. Shapiro’s former director of legislative affairs, Mike Vereb, amid sexual harassment allegations, Broad…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Marijuana mayhem Well, it all started Sunday, when Pa. House Democrats introduced a bill to legalize recreational marijuana and sell it at state-run liquor stores. Dems moved the bill…