Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. releases school assessment results On Friday, which is typically the day you issue a news release when you don’t want anyone to pay attention, the Pa. Department of…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Top 1% carry more than 35% of Pa.’s tax burden As the Left screams TAX THE RICH, TAX THE RICH, they apparently don’t realize (or, more likely, don’t want…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. budget finalized, passing $50B for first time Yesterday, lawmakers passed and Gov. Shapiro signed a state budget—after nearly four-and-a-half-months of an impasse. The $50.09 billion General Fund budget…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Shapiro, lawmakers reach tentative budget deal Behind closed doors. Gov. Shapiro and top legislative leaders have agreed to a $50.1 billion state budget. This would be a significant increase…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Is sports betting on the budget table? PennLive reports, “The online sports betting industry has rapidly mobilized to quash any possibility of tax increases for internet wagering … after…
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Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! RGGI appears in state budget talks The federal government is finally making progress towards ending a budget stalemate (see next story), but Gov. Shapiro still has nothing to show…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. still doesn’t have a state budget It shouldn’t get lost in the news of the federal shutdown and Tuesday’s elections that Pennsylvania still doesn’t have a state budget—and…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! How Dems ‘roared back to life’ on Election Day PennLive reports that in addition to holding three state Supreme Court seats, Democrats this year won additional statewide court seats,…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. voters retain state Supreme Court justices! Yesterday, Pennsylvania voters chose to retain Democrat state Supreme Court Justices Christine Donohue, David Wecht, and Kevin Dougherty for additional 10-year terms.…