Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies (CPS) announced that Jessica I. Monahan — a transportation policy expert who has secured federal funding for a range of nonprofits, local governments, Fortune 100 companies, emerging businesses, and government contractors — has joined its Washington D.C.-based lobbying team as a senior principal.
Last week, Governor Josh Shapiro unveiled his administration’s state police recruitment and retention plan, which includes a $2,500 three-year tax credit to incentivize officers to work for the state and $16.4 million to train four new cadet classes. The Pennsylvania Capital-Star has more.
A report released by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry on Friday has revealed that, as of January 2023, all of the 1.1 million jobs that had been lost across the Commonwealth due to the global COVID-19 pandemic have been recovered. The Philadelphia Inquirer has more.
State Representative Greg Vitali is the new majority chair of Pennsylvania’s Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, and he is already distinguishing himself from his Republican predecessors by committing to finding “areas of bipartisan agreement” while working to address climate change. StateImpact Pennsylvania has more.
Pennsylvania legislators reportedly plan on introducing a bill that would place a moratorium on private equity and for-profit firms from purchasing hospitals throughout the Commonwealth. The move is intended to combat hospital closures such as the several that have occurred in suburban Philadelphia in recent years. Bloomberg CityLab has more.
A recent study conducted by Spotlight PA and Votebeat found that not all Pennsylvania voters had equal opportunity to cast or correct their ballots during the November 2022 midterm elections due in large part to patchwork election policies that vary from county to county. Spotlight PA has more.
Democrat Montour County Commissioner Trevor Finn will be facing off against Republican Shikellamy Director Mike Stender for the former House seat of now-Senator Lynda Schlegel Culver. PoliticsPA has more.
Pennsylvania is one of only 20 states throughout the country where voters select their state’s Supreme Court justices. Spotlight PA has a rundown of the current Democratic and Republican candidates for the upcoming closed-primary elections here.
On Friday afternoon, an explosion at the R.M. Palmer Co. chocolate factory rocked West Reading, killing seven and destroying several nearby buildings. NPR has more.
Over the weekend, Philadelphia residents received an emergency text notification alerting them not to drink the tap water following a latex spill in the Bucks County segment of the Delaware River that authorities believed may have contaminated the water supply. While officials have since retracted the advisory, saying that the tap water should be safe to drink until 11:59 p.m. Monday evening, the city is continuing to test the water at its Northeast Philadelphia treatment plant. The Philadelphia Inquirer has more.
Following several back-and-forth legal challenges to candidates’ petition signatures, only one of the seven candidates who had been vying for outgoing City Council President Darrell Clarke’s seat in District 5 has made the ballot — notably, not his chosen successor. The Philadelphia Inquirer has more.
Late last week, a coalition of Black clergy and local business leaders threw their support behind the development of the proposed Center City Sixers arena, saying that it is a “historic opportunity” for Philadelphia’s Black-owned businesses. Billy Penn has more.
City & State Pennsylvania has published its rundown of the seven Democratic and one Republican candidates running for Allegheny County Executive.
Last year, Pittsburgh lawmakers passed legislation to ban the use of single-use plastic bags, which was set to go into effect in April 2023. However, following pushback from local businesses who say they need more time to prepare, the ban has been postponed until October. WESA has more.
Junior Senator from Pennsylvania John Fetterman, who has been receiving inpatient mental health treatment for the past few weeks, is expected to rejoin his colleagues in Washington soon according to his staff. There is no certain timeline for his return yet. The Associated Press has more.
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