News & Brews December 14, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Acting Sec't of Health Alison Beam to resign Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam will resign her post by the end of 2021, Gov. Wolf's office announced yesterday. The…

News & Brews December 13, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! State Supreme Court strikes down Wolf's school mask mandate Late Friday, the state Supreme Court struck down the Wolf administration's statewide school mask mandate, issuing a brief order affirming…

News & Brews December 10, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Philly lawyer may join U.S. Senate race A Philly attorney may toss his hat into the Republican primary for U.S. Senate. The AP reports, "George Bochetto, a prominent Philadelphia…

News & Brews December 9, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! GOP selects preliminary congressional redistricting plan Yesterday, House State Government Committee Chair Seth Grove (York County) announced that the committee has selected a citizen-drawn map as the preliminary congressional…

Short Take 20: Josh’s Wonderland

Short Take 20: Josh’s Wonderland

Disney World is fun, but Pennsylvania has its own fantasy world in the form of Democrat Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s campaign for governor. Commonwealth Partners Chamber of Entrepreneurs' political director, Jeremy Baker, recently had an op-ed in Broad + Liberty…

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Short Take 19: Need For Election Reform Predates 2020

Short Take 19: Need for election reform predates 2020

Between “Stop the Steal” activists and “Big Lie” critics, it’s become difficult to have a civil conversation over election reform. But, it turns out that calls for many reforms have been both longstanding and bipartisan. Commonwealth Partners Board Member and…

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News & Brews December 8, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! State Supreme Court set to hear school masking case today The case challenging the Wolf administration's statewide school masking mandate will be back in court today, as state Supreme…

News & Brews December 7, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Shapiro signs off on RGGI (but battle continues) After telling a western PA union leader that he couldn't support the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in its current form, Attorney…

News & Brews December 6, 2021

Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Former U.S. Rep Melissa Hart says she's running for governor The GOP gubernatorial field is about to get another candidate. Former U.S. Rep. Melissa Hart, who served in Congress…