Politics PA

12/29/2025

📬 A Playbook for those who are checking their email

📘 The 2028 Race Has Begun. Here’s Who’s Winning. PA, 18 Other States Sue To Block Kennedy's Plan To Curb Trans Care. Our Most Popular Stories In 2025. Do You Remember What Happened In 2025?

Presidential Jockeying Has Begun. This is the PoliticsPA Playbook

12/23/2025

🎁 Holiday Break Time. The last Playbook before Christmas. We’ll return next week on Monday and Friday for a full roundup. Merry Christmas to those who celebrate.

🗞️ In Today’s Playbook. Shapiro Schedules A Book Tour. Former Speaker Cutler Will Not Seek Reelection Next Year. PA Has Yet To Reckon With Its Radioactive Waste. Bourbon Maker Stops Production.

Governor Slated To Promote in Late January. This is the PoliticsPA Playbook

12/22/2025

⛑️ Monday. Yes, we’re still hard at work for you. Although after tomorrow …

🗞️ In Today’s Playbook. Trump’s Economic Claims Collide With Reality In Allentown. Health Care As A Dominating PA Political Force. Youngest PA County Executive Prepares to Take Helm. Most Hospitable Small Towns in PA.

Few share Trump’s unbridled boosterism about economy. This is the PoliticsPA Playbook

12/20/2025

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12/19/2025

🍾 Friday. You made it. And if this is your final work day of 2025, congratulations!

🗞️ In Today’s Playbook. How Brian Fitzpatrick Became Democrats’ Favorite Republican. Trump Tariffs Tank PA’s Lumber Industry. Why Does Luzerne County Keep Having Election Problems? Our Favorite Pennsylvania Holiday Traditions

Center of several major efforts to circumvent Speaker. This is the PoliticsPA Playbook

12/18/2025

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to speed up the rescheduling of ma*****na from Schedule I to the less severe Schedule III, with the stated goal of expanding cannabis research.

Executive order will have no impact on criminal penalties or the recreational use of ma*****na.

12/18/2025

🎄 One Week Away. Let’s go shopping

🗞️ In Today’s PoliticsPA Playbook. The Day Brian Fitzpatrick Finally Said Enough. Examining Democrats’ 2025 Victories in Pennsylvania and What They Could Mean for the Future. Hundreds Of Rapes In The State College Area Weren’t Reported In Public Police Data. The No. 1 Ice Rink in America.

🎶 Your Morning Pick-Me-Up. Run Run Rudolph. Chuck Berry

Congressman’s Maneuvering Raises Eyebrows. This is the PoliticsPA Playbook

12/18/2025

Due to the resignations of Reps. Joshua Siegel (D-Lehigh) and Dan Miller (D-Allegheny), Speaker of the House Joanna McClinton has signed writs of election, calling for special elections in the 22nd and 42nd legislative districts for Tuesday, Feb. 24.

Due to the resignations of Reps. Joshua Siegel and Dan Miller

12/17/2025

The Commonwealth will soon have a new leader at the Pennsylvania State Police after Col. Christopher Paris leaves for a new position with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Lt. Col. George Bivens, deputy commissioner of operations, will become acting commissioner on Dec. 31, 2025.

12/17/2025

Breaking ranks with GOP leadership, Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-01), Ryan Mackenzie (R-07), and Rob Bresnahan (R-08) signed a discharge petition to force a House vote on the extension of Obamacare tax credits.

The petition, led by Democratic Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), calls for a straight three-year extension of the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies that are used by more than 20 million Americans.

Petition calls for a straight three-year extension of the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies

12/17/2025

🕕 Wednesday. Let’s Go.

🗞️ In Today’s PoliticsPA Playbook. Vance Touts Economic Outlook in Visit to Lehigh Valley. PA Postpones Pennie Enrollment Deadline. Data Centers Have A Political Problem — And Big Tech Wants To Fix It. The Rabbit of Seville Turns 75.

🎶 Your Morning Pick-Me-Up. Jingle Bells. The incomparable Ella Fitzgerald https://www.politicspa.com/12-17-playbook-vance-visits-lehigh-valley/145233/

12/16/2025

🗞️ In Today’s PoliticsPA Playbook. Fitzpatrick, GOP Centrists Hope to Pair ACA Subsidy Extension With Eligibility Reforms. Sunday Says He’ll Defend State AI Laws From Trump Administration. See How Much Pennie Premiums Could Go Up By County. Bucks County Bell Factory Unique, And Among The Last Of Its Kind.

Premiums Set to Skyrocket as ACA Subsidies Near Expiration. This is the PoliticsPA Playbook