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Huge $1.7T spending package passes in U.S. Senate with bipartisan backing
Casting his last vote in Washington, Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, of Pa., opposed the bill.
Citing Medicaid costs, GOP governors call for an end to pandemic public health emergency
'It is time we move on from the pandemic,” the governors’ Monday letter argued.
The ACLU-Pa.’s Reggie Shuford is leaving | Thursday Morning Coffee
(*This story was updated at 8:25 a.m. on Thursday, 12/21/22 to clarify information around an email that Reggie Shuford sent to the ACLU’s members and supporters about his decision to step down.) After more than a decade on the frontlines of some of the state’s preeminent civil liberties and political battles, Reggie Shuford, the executive director […]
Feds sending Pa. $98M for health infrastructure upgrades | Wednesday Morning Coffee
The money will be used to pay for staffing and planning upgrades, as well as data modernization, the state's top public health official said.
In Philly, other cities the ‘starter’ home is disappearing | Tuesday Morning Coffee
In too many American cities, renters can't make the leap to homeownership, recent data shows.
Pa. residents bought nearly 71K guns in November, data show | Monday Morning Coffee
Nationwide, Americans bought about 1.36M guns last month, according to an analysis of FBI data.
Botched executions reached ‘astonishing’ high in 2022, report finds
Two more death row prisoners were exonerated in 2022, even as society’s ultimate sanction became more geographically isolated, with only a handful of states carrying out executions in the last year, according to a new report. The number of botched executions also reached an “astonishing” level, according to the research by the Death Penalty Information […]
GOP is ‘bigger’ than one man, Pa. Sen. Toomey says in farewell remarks | Friday Morning Coffee
The Lehigh Valley lawmaker, who is retiring, reflected on his 12 years representing the state.
A new Congress? The same low expectations | Thursday Morning Coffee
Will divided government yield greater results? Voters aren’t sold, according to a new poll.
Federal marriage protection law is a win, but ‘more work remains,’ Pa. Rep. Benham says in D.C.
At the White House, President Joe Biden signs law extending historic marriage protections to same-sex and interracial couples.
Wolf admin announces $5M for traffic signal tech to make Pa. roads safer | Wednesday Morning Coffee
Twenty Pa. municipalities will benefit from the money, Gov. Tom Wolf's office said.
Pa. U.S. Rep. Scott Perry among lawmakers on text chain about efforts to overturn 2020 election
Perry, the chair of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus, was one of the most active correspondents on the text chain.