Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Shapiro signs first executive order Yesterday, Gov. Josh Shapiro signed his first executive order, which eliminates a four-year-degree requirement for many state jobs. After the order, 92% of Pennsylvania’s…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Josh Shapiro becomes Pennsylvania's 48th governor Yesterday, Gov. Josh Shapiro took the oath of office as our state’s chief executive. In his remarks, he reiterated several of his campaign…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! 'The rise of Austin Davis' The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has a profile piece of incoming Lt. Gov. Austin Davis, from his McKeesport roots to his stint as ‘ceremonial deputy mayor’…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Court panel rules in Dems' favor on election date On Friday, the Commonwealth Court ruled against GOP House Leader Bryan Cutler in his lawsuit challenging Democrat Leader Joanna McClinton’s…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! And the latest nominees are... Gov.-Elect Josh Shapiro has selected recently-defeated Republican Sen. Pat Browne as his revenue secretary. Browne drew criticism recently for his hand in the sale…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. Senate advances proposed constitutional amendments Yesterday, the state Senate voted 28-20 to send three proposed constitutional amendments to voters. The amendments would, respectively, “tighten voter ID laws, make…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. House appears 'at a standstill' Well, this is going well (or not). Spotlight PA reports that the “closely divided state House has recessed indefinitely, throwing the chamber’s agenda,…
Op-Ed by Matt Brouillette. This piece originally appeared in RealClear Pennsylvania. It’s not often than a CEO of a large, publicly traded company speaks bluntly in public about politics and political power. So, both “surprising” and “refreshing” describe energy executive Nick Deiuliis’s new…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Shapiro announces several cabinet picks Yesterday, Gov.-Elect Josh Shapiro named Lower Merion School District Superintendent Khalid Mumin as his pick for education secretary; First Chief Deputy Attorney General Nancy…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Wolf calls for special legislative session On Friday, Gov. Wolf called for a special session of the legislature “to be held on Monday, January 9, 2023, to propose a…