Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Taxpayer-funded perks 'ripe for abuse' This isn't really breaking news, but Spotlight PA dives into our system of taxpayer-funded perks for lawmakers, noting that the system which has "little…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Legislature: Transportation 'revenue options' are 'dead on arrival' A spokesman's for House Appropriations Committee Chair Stan Saylor (York County) confirmed the multi-billion dollar transportation funding plan presented last week by…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Challenges ahead of university mergers The chancellor of the State System of Higher Education told lawmakers on Tuesday that he expects declining enrollments at the universities this year and…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! "Here's one union that really likes management" "For the teachers who rely on Pennsylvania’s biggest pension fund, the turmoil at the plan has gone beyond an FBI investigation and…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! If you like being tracked, you'll love the Revenue Options Commission report On Friday, Gov. Wolf's Transportation Revenue Options Commission submitted its final report with recommendations on how to…
Op-Ed by Gina Diorio. The following commentary originally appeared at Broad + Liberty. Democrat Attorney General Josh Shapiro isn’t shy about his gubernatorial ambitions. Although he hasn’t formally announced his candidacy, he’s clearly running. And Gov. Tom Wolf has already endorsed…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! PA's pandemic spending, by the numbers After reporting that state agencies requested $340 million in emergency procurement spending last year (up from an annual average of $81 million), Spotlight…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Turnpike makes last $450M payment to PennDOT...but tolls will still go up Yesterday, the PA Turnpike Commission made its last $450 million payment to PennDOT, marking the final such…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Upcoming transportation funding report could spur long debate Gov. Wolf's Transportation Revenue Options Commission is expected to release its recommendations this week for how to increase funding for our…
Since taking office as PA Attorney General, Josh Shapiro has issued more than 990 press releases—or one every 1.67 days. But while he says a lot, many questions remain unanswered. As Shapiro has set his sights on becoming Pennsylvania’s next…