It’s like a recurring bad dream. A new year, a new turnpike toll hike. Now, driving the length of the highway costs upwards of $65.70—not counting the return trip. Only, this nightmare is real. We know the usual suspects: infrastructure…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Shapiro, Trudeau talk trade in Philly Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in Philly yesterday to speak at the SEIU’s convention, and while in Pa., he and Gov. Shapiro…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Shapiro announces new Pa. tourism slogan ”Pennsylvania: The Great American Getaway.” That’s the new state tourism slogan announced yesterday by Gov. Josh Shapiro. It replaces “Pennsylvania: Pursue Your Happiness,”…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Shapiro wants huge bailout for mass transit NBC Philadelphia reports that last week, Gov. Shapiro “did something … that most politicians rarely do -- ride SEPTA” while he was…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! National themes to guide Pa. AG race? The Associated Press reports that the race for Pennsylvania attorney general will focus on “national political themes.” Democrat nominee Eugene DePasquale plans…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Ed funding, tax cuts on table in budget talks Spotlight PA reports, “More than a month out from the June 30 budget deadline, top Pennsylvania lawmakers are beginning a…
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Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Shapiro's new staff directive raises free speech concerns Spotlight PA reports, “Gov. Josh Shapiro has quietly revised his administration’s code of conduct to bar state employees from engaging in…
Op-Ed by Matt Brouillette. This piece originally appeared at PennLive. In the 1960s musical, “My Fair Lady,” Eliza Doolittle memorably exclaims, “Words, words, words. I’m so sick of words!” Pennsylvanians can say the same to Gov. Josh Shapiro. Since taking…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Report: How public schools discriminate based on address A new report from yes. every kid. notes. “Decades after a slew of civil rights laws were passed to protect Americans…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Shapiro's strategy: Take credit for decisions others make There are profiles in courage, and then there’s Gov. Josh Shapiro. Turns out that when he called for the University of…