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Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Shapiro flips on school choice, vows to veto In a move showing his lack of influence within his own party, Gov. Shapiro yesterday bowed to House Democrat Leader Matt…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. House to return today as budget stall persists The Pa. House will return to session at noon today as the state budget remains in limbo. As of Monday…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. Senate passes a state budget, House says 'no' On Friday, the Pa. Senate passed a $45.55 billion spending plan for FY 2023-24. Among other things, the spending plan…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. Senate passes historic school choice legislation The state Senate yesterday voted 29-21 to establish the Pennsylvania Award for Student Success Scholarship Program, or PASS. The bill would give…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Budget deadline nears with school choice at the center The AP reports that Gov. Josh Shapiro is facing “perhaps the biggest test yet of his political skills under the…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Commonwealth Court upholds mail-in voting In a unanimous ruling yesterday, the state’s Commonwealth Court rejected a request to throw out Pennsylvania’s mail-in voting law. The lawsuit alleged “the court…

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! How Pa. has (or hasn't) spent $7.3B in federal COVID relief Spotlight PA reports that Pa. “received $7.3 billion in state and local pandemic relief funding from the American…