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Editorial: Penny wise and pound foolish: Suspending the gas tax may sound good, but it’s a bad idea

In a rare display of like-minded thinking across the aisle, politicians on both the left and right are calling for cuts or suspensions to their state’s gas tax or the federal government’s. It’s happening in California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Wisconsin and…

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Merger of 6 Pennsylvania state universities gets OK by accrediting body

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania’s state university system can proceed with plans to merge six of its 14 universities into two new entities under a decision announced Tuesday by its accrediting body.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Ex-hedge fund CEO aims to be hometown boy in key Senate race

As CEO of the world’s largest hedge fund, David McCormick wore suits, lived on Connecticut’s ritzy Gold Coast and talked up bipartisanship

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Capitol rioter from Pennsylvania who lost job, marriage asks for leniency, but feds want jail for lies, lack of remorse

A Trump supporter from Ross, Pennsylvania, who lost her nursing job and her marriage to a Shaler police officer after she stormed the Capitol is asking for probation instead of the short jail term that prosecutors want.

Tribune News Service

The super PAC hammering Mehmet Oz as a RINO is getting money from longtime Democratic donors

PHILADELPHIA — Wealthy investors and executives supporting Republican Senate candidate David McCormick have helped flood Pennsylvania's airwaves with ads accusing GOP rival Mehmet Oz of being too liberal, a RINO — Republican In Name Only.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Redistricting put Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court where it doesn’t want to be: The political spotlight

PHILADELPHIA — During recent oral arguments, multiple justices on Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court said they wanted nothing to do with the case before them.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Pennsylvania's McLaughlin Distillery is now selling Age Your Own Bourbon kits

PITTSBURGH — American distilleries age their barrels of whiskey stacked on "ricks" in buildings called "rick houses."

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Democrats question electability of Black candidates in statewide races

Black candidates in places like Illinois, Pennsylvania, Arkansas and Wisconsin say they're navigating similar racial dynamics.

Axios

Democrats outraise Republicans by 33% in Pennsylvania House races

Campaign finance requirements govern how much money candidates may receive from individuals and organizations, how often they must report those contributions, and how much individuals, organizations, and political entities may contribute to campaigns.

Ballotpedia

‘Bomb cyclone’ storm dumps snow across eastern US

Powerful late-winter storm comes with predicted snowfall up to about 13in and potential to cause travel issues and outages

The Guardian - US

At the Races: Retreat rerouted - Roll Call

The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter.

Roll Call

EVgo Launches New Station At Wawa Store In Philadelphia

EVgo Inc (NASDAQ:EVGO) has opened the first live EVgo public fast-charging station at a Wawa store in Pennsylvania. The new charging station powers four charging stalls through two 100 kW fast chargers and one 350 kWh fast charger, capable of simultaneous charging. The launch marks EVgo's sixth charging site at a Wawa location. EVgo…

Benzinga

Pennsylvania Tax Guide 2025

Explore Pennsylvania's 2025 state tax rates for income, sales, property, retirement, and more. Learn how Pennsylvania compares nationwide.

Kiplinger

Thirteen gubernatorial battleground elections to take place in 2022

Thirty-six states will hold elections for governor in 2022. Of those, Ballotpedia has identified 13 as general election battlegrounds: Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin.

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Calls to suspend gas taxes across U.S. grow as prices surge

A growing number of governors and state lawmakers across the U.S. are calling for the suspension of gas taxes to provide relief to motorists from record high prices

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Democrats running for Senate in Pennsylvania mostly agree on the issues. Here's where they don't

PHILADELPHIA — Democrats running for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania spend a lot of time talking about why they're the candidate who can win the state in a general election. They also tout such policy priorities as voting rights and helping working families. But there's significantly less discussion of policy differences.

Ballotpedia

The U.S. Supreme Court’s latest redistricting decisions

Welcome to the Wednesday, March 9, Brew.

Salon

SCOTUS could let the GOP rule forever

How the right turned a fringe constitutional theory into a brutal political weapon that could lock in GOP power

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Should big pension funds divest from Russia at a loss? It's the moral thing to do but a Pa. state senator warned it may make oligarchs richer

Board members of the Pennsylvania state workers' retirement plan watched nervously as the value of its Russian investments shrank rapidly — from $60 million at the end of last year to $21 million on Feb. 28, four days into the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Then it plummeted to $7 million…

Benzinga

Walmart Plans To Build New Fulfillment Center In Pennsylvania

Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) plans to build a new fulfillment center in southern Pennsylvania to support its supply chain network and eCommerce capabilities. The 1.8 million-square-foot Shippensburg facility, slated to open in 2022 spring, will create up to 600 permanent, full-time jobs in the region. The fulfillment centers are focused on storing millions of…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Q&A: He led Penn State in the Sandusky aftermath and through a pandemic: Eric J. Barron reflects on 8 years

PHILADELPHIA — When Eric J. Barron became president of Pennsylvania State University in 2014, he walked into one of the toughest jobs in higher education at the time.

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court rejects GOP challenges to congressional maps in Pa., NC

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court turned away Republican challenges to congressional maps drawn for this year’s election by state courts in Pennsylvania and North Carolina.

The Independent UK

Court rejects GOP redistricting plans in NC, Pennsylvania

In a victory for Democrats, the Supreme Court has turned away efforts from Republicans in North Carolina and Pennsylvania to block state court-ordered congressional districting plans

The Guardian - US

Blow to Republicans as supreme court denies bid to overturn electoral maps

Party urged justices to overturn maps imposed in North Carolina and Pennsylvania that made elections more competitive

Benzinga

US Supreme Court Declines To Revisit The Bill Cosby Case

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge brought by prosecutors in Pennsylvania regarding a state court ruling that overturned comedian Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction.

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