News & Brews March 18, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Lawmakers rally around legislative pay freeze, but Dems balk at ending vehicle perk The House State Government Committee voted unanimously yesterday for a bill sponsored by Rep. Frank Ryan…

News & Brews March 17, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Republican lawmakers unveil "Prioritize PA" plan for small businesses This week, a group of Senate Republicans announced a package of five bills aimed at delivering financial and tax relief…

News & Brews March 16, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Wolf to ease some restrictions Yesterday, Gov. Wolf announced he would ease some COVID restrictions, including expanding capacity to 75% for restaurants that self-certify (and 50% for those that…

Wolf’s Pot-push Is Good Politics (given His Bad Policies)

Wolf’s pot-push is good politics (given his bad policies)

Op-Ed by Matt Brouillette. The following commentary appeared in multiple media outlets in Pennsylvania. In recent months, Gov. Tom Wolf has become more vociferous in his push to legalize recreational marijuana. In reality, Wolf’s focus on pushing pot shows his…

News & Brews March 15, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pension 'oops' may have cost taxpayers millions On Friday, the state's largest pension plan revealed that a calculation error made last year may have cost taxpayers $25 million while…

News & Brews March 12, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! How much will your school district receive from $1.9T stimulus? PA is slated to get more than $13 billion of the latest $1.9 trillion federal stimulus package. PennLive has…

News & Brews March 11, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Are PA school districts profiting from COVID? We keep hearing schools need more money to re-open....but do they really? The Commonwealth Foundation's Jennifer Stefano joined Fox News' Laura Ingraham…

Episode 90: PA Senate Majority Leader Kim Ward

Episode 90: PA Senate Majority Leader Kim Ward

Sen. Kim Ward made history by becoming the first female majority leader in the history of the Pennsylvania General Assembly. She sat down with Commonwealth Partners President and CEO Matt Brouillette to talk about her path into politics, Gov. Wolf's…

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News & Brews March 10, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Voters will see GOP primary contest for Supreme Court In advance of yesterday's filing deadline, three Republicans and one Democrat filed to run for a single vacancy on the…