Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! WSJ: 'Philadelphia's union thuggery' Ah, Philly. You've made the Journal Editorial Page. But don't jump for joy too quickly. The Ed Board looks at (paywall) the stranglehold "Big Labor"…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Bartos to launch Senate bid today The Inquirer reports that MontCo Republican Jeff Bartos plans to launch his U.S. Senate campaign today, making him "the most high-profile Republican to…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Wolf overspends budget by nearly $1 billion Most of us have probably overspent here and there, right? But probably not to the tune of nearly $1 billion -- of…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Philly labor leader and political donor indicted...again IBEW 98 leader John J. "Johnny Doc" Dougherty was indicted yesterday (again), this time for threatening a contractor. He is already awaiting…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! PA Labor Secretary says 500K jobs lost, doesn't know why (ummm) Testifying before lawmakers yesterday, Acting Secretary of Labor and Industry Jennifer Berrier said Pennsylvania lost 500,000 jobs during…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Lawmakers announce investigation into Wolf's nursing home policy Yesterday, House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (Centre and Mifflin counties) announced the House Oversight Committee will investigate Gov. Wolf's oversight of…
Recently, PA Gov. Tom Wolf has upped his push to legalize recreational marijuana. And it’s actually politically savvy! After all, Wolf's policies throughout COVID have been such a disaster that he’d hardly want to talk about them. This episode is…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Wolf aims to cut education funding for charter school students Under the guise of "reform," on Friday Gov. Wolf again took aim at charter school students, proposing cuts that…
February 26, 2021. As Gov. Wolf plans today to announce his intent to cut funding for public charter school students, Commonwealth Partners President and CEO Matt Brouillette issued the following statement: "It’s ironic that almost 12 months into his school…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Sec't of Health won't say whether nursing home policy was mistake Facing questions from Rep. Natalie Mihalek (Allegheny and Washington counties) yesterday, Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam refused…