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…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! 'Bipartisan school choice embrace reframes state budget negotiations' The Center Square reports that state budget negotiations were “reframed” this past week as Gov. Josh Shapiro reiterated his support for…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Lifeline Scholarships inch closer to reality Government unions are apoplectic at news that Gov. Shapiro may stand by a campaign promise and support expanding educational opportunity for students attending…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Judge rejects post-trial relief motion in education funding lawsuit Yesterday, Commonwealth Court President Judge Renée Cohn Jubelirer rejected a motion for post-trial relief in the landmark school funding lawsuit.…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Shapiro: I-95 will reopen this weekend Providing an update yesterday, Gov. Josh Shapiro said I-95 will re-open to traffic this weekend. 6abc reports, “Pennsylvania's plan for the work involves…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Pa. Coalition for Civil Justice Reform requests review of venue shopping rule In light of the skyrocketing number of medical malpractice cases filed in plaintiff-friendly Philly in 2023—after a…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Senate lawmaker introduces Lifeline Scholarships On Thursday, Republican state Sen. Judy Ward (Blair, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, and Mifflin counties) introduced legislation to establish Lifeline Scholarships in Pa. These scholarships…