News & Brews February 25, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Budget hearings focus on education  Yesterday, the Pa. House Appropriations Committee held budget hearings with the Pa. Department of Education. The Center Square reports that a recurring question was,…

News & Brews February 24, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Public schools have more staff, fewer students  You know how unions and the Democrats they bankroll continually clamor for more funding for “education,” claiming our kids are underfunded? Kind…

News & Brews February 21, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Shapiro gets a Trump appointment Once upon a time, Gov. Josh Shapiro said President Trump was an existential threat to democracy. Now, Shapiro has accepted a Trump appointment. The…

News & Brews February 20, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! WSJ: 'Josh Shapiro's Pa. budget trap' The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board wants the country to know how ridiculous Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget proposal is. “Faced with a structural…

Winning Edge #43 – Messaging The Pa. Budget (audio)

Winning Edge #43 – Messaging the Pa. budget (audio)

Winning Edge gives you the tools you need to lead and influence in the political and policy arenas. Every other week, Winning Edge releases short (approximately 5-minute) spots—or “snacks”—focused on one of four areas: fundraising, media, policy, or persuasion. Listen…

News & Brews February 19, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Budget hearings focus on revenue projections  Yesterday’s budget hearings with the Pa. Department of Revenue included pointed questions on Gov. Shapiro’s rosy revenue projections vs. the Independent Fiscal Office’s…

News & Brews February 18, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! State budget hearings kick off today  Lawmakers will launch several weeks of state budget hearings today, two weeks after Gov. Shapiro proposed a $51.5 billion budget that includes $3.9…

News & Brews February 14, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Shapiro's sues Trump over attempt to root out waste  Fresh off proposing $3.9 billion in more spending despite a $3.6 billion deficit, Gov. Josh Shapiro is apparently doubling down…

News & Brews February 13, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Shapiro's rosy marijuana projections don't add up  Gov. Shapiro has once again proposed legalizing (and taxing) recreational marijuana to bring in revenue. But the Inquirer reports that his revenue…

News & Brews February 12, 2025

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Marc Fogel released from Russian prison Pennsylvania teacher Marc Fogel was released from a Russian prison yesterday, three-and-a-half years after he was detained and arrested for possessing medical marijuana.…