Official gets an earful about COVID-19 business closures during Pa. budget hearing
By: Chris Comisac HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf’s controversial business closures and waiver program was a big topic of conversation […]
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Wolf says state must do better with inoculations as Pa. reports 3,427 new cases
By: Mick Stinelli Even though new cases of COVID-19 continue to drop after a winter surge, the United States on […]
Iowa 2021 Legislative Report – Week 7
Tolls considered for I-83 bridge in Harrisburg; opponents call it ‘a new tax’
By: Jan Murphy Crossing theI-83 South Bridge in Harrisburg could begin to cost motorists around a dollar or two in each […]
Delay in census data could put transparency in Pa.’s redistricting process at risk
By: Marie Albiges HARRISBURG — The data needed to redraw Pennsylvania’s political districts is more than five months behind schedule, […]
Iowa 2021 Legislative Report – Week 6
Pa. education groups urge state to prioritize school staff vaccinations
By: Andrew Goldstein Calls continue to grow for the state to prioritize school employees in its COVID-19 vaccine rollout plans. […]
COVID-19 Update: Wolf creates vaccine task force with state legislators on board
By: Mick Stinelli Two weeks ago, Gov. Tom Wolf bemoaned that the percentage of Pennsylvanians who received the COVID-19 vaccine was “in […]
Pandemic changes up Pennsylvania’s state budget hearings
By: Charles Thompson The late-winter ritual of state budget hearings is getting a coronavirus makeover in Pennsylvania this year. The House Appropriations […]
Iowa 2021 Legislative Report – Week 5
Pa. Legislature saw its financial cushion grow to $200 million amid pandemic
By: Jan Murphy While Pennsylvanians and its business community struggled to make ends meet last year, the state’s legislative branch […]
Gov. Wolf proposes Pa.’s biggest tax increase ever, but it would be a tax cut for many
By: Charles Thompson Gov. Tom Wolf, in proposing what may be the largest increase in the state personal income tax […]