Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! State budget will not be done by June 30 We’re not quite at the traditional June 30 state budget deadline, but the Center Square reports that “Senate leadership confirmed…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Former union president sentenced to 4 years in prison Yesterday, Brian Burrows, the former president of IBEW Local 98 in Philadelphia, was sentenced to four years in prison for…
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Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. Senate committee backs bill to lock up cell phones during school day Yesterday, the Senate Education Committee voted 10-1 for legislation that “would fund a pilot program to…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Possible compromises on taxes, permitting, & more ... but not ed spending As budget talks continue, Spotlight PA reports, “Leaders in the split legislature say there are potential compromises…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! The 'sticking points' of this year's state budget Capitol reporter Bruce Siwy writes that as we approach the traditional June 30 state budget deadline, “Questions about education, income tax…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! RFK, Jr. files paperwork to get on Pa. ballot Six weeks ahead of the August 1 deadline, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has filed his paperwork to…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. impact fee brought in about $180M last year The Post-Gazette reports that “Pennsylvania’s shale gas drillers paid about $180 million in impact fees last year,” a drop of…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Budget talks ongoing but need 'kick in the pants' Pa. Senate Republican Majority Leader Joe Pittman told reporters this week that while state budget negotiations are happening, he told…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Biden losing support among Pa. Black voters A new Suffolk University/USA Today Network poll shows that support for President Joe Biden among Black voters in the battleground states of…