Mailing it in With elections on the horizon, confusion—and lawsuits—surround mail voting laws. Is Act 77 unconstitutional? Is it nullified regardless of the pending state Supreme Court verdict? Will there be a new course entirely with the next governor? (Answers:…
Behind closed doors Property tax relief from gambling revenue has long been promised, yet remained elusive. But this year, the threshold set by the law that brought table games to Pennsylvania in 2010 was finally met. So where is the…
Grove calls on Wolf to work out election reform Rep. Seth Grove, head of the House State Government Committee, released his third report on the problems facing Pennsylvania's election system, many which have garnered national attention. From PennLive: "The fixes…
State constitutional amendments to watch With a governor who loves a veto, legislators have taken to the (rightfully) long and painstaking process of passing constitutional amendments, like the landmark amendment passed last year that limits the emergency power of the…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. House Majority Leader appeals to SCOTUS on legislative maps Pa. House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in the new state…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! State budget taking shape; Massive spending, but a few victories Yesterday, House lawmakers voted 180-20 in favor of a state budget that massively increases state spending, yet also would…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Voting on state budget to begin today PennLive reports that both the House and Senate are expected to begin voting today on a $42 billion spending plan that's about…
From skewing the news to fit a narrative, to spewing flat-out falsehoods, media headlines too often paint a one-sided picture. This episode looks at some headline hit jobs while setting the record straight on the real stories. This episode is…
Op-Ed by Gina Diorio. This piece originally appeared at Broad + Liberty. Prefer to listen? Click here for the audio version. Sometimes, media headlines make me want to bang my head against the wall. For about two years, I’ve been informally…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Shapiro to announced some GOP endorsements today The Post-Gazette reports that "a group of Republican leaders ... is bucking their party to endorse Democrat Josh Shapiro for governor.... The…