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Free services you didn’t know Pa. libraries offer
Plus: ICE buys a Berks County warehouse Share with a friend Just shy of three months after Pennsylvania’s 2025-26 budget was signed into law, Gov. Josh Shapiro unveiled his 2026-27 budget proposal in Harrisburg on Tuesday—a $53.26 billion spending plan that includes a $100 million transfer for a new fund designed to handle disruptions from…
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Shapiro makes new pitch to raise minimum wage during budget address
Plus, progressive lawmakers propose taxing billionaires to backfill Trump’s budget cuts Share with a friend Good evening everyone, It’s Tuesday, Feb. 3, and welcome back to another edition of the Keystone Labor Report. It’s also “Budget Day” in Pennsylvania, which is akin to the Commonwealth’s political Super Bowl with all of the pomp and circumstance…
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Hungry in Pittsburgh? Try these local meal kit options
Plus: A community snow removal effort in NEPA Share with a friend Sometime between the first cup of coffee and the moment my wife heads off to work each morning, we discuss dinner—what we feel like eating, what we have on hand, what we need to get from the store, that sort of thing. When…
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Why Pa. hospitals are facing a shaky financial future
Plus: Key Pa. stops on the Underground Railroad Share with a friend Based on the snow, ice, and sub-zero wind chills we’ve been dealing with across Pennsylvania recently, and Washington Post meteorologist Ben Noll saying last week that “the eastern United States is forecast to be the coldest place, relative to average, on the planet…
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30 years later, Central Pa. dad recreates the igloo of his youth
Plus: Two Philly films added to National Film Registry Share with a friend Far too often, it seems, I’ve found myself opening the Feelgood Friday newsletter by saying something to the effect of ‘If ever there was a week when we could use some good news, this is one of them.’ Sadly, the sentiment holds…
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Pizza perfection in South Philly, via Jersey
Plus: Show us your pies! Share with a friend Between now and the next time we meet, National Pizza Day will have come and gone. However you plan to celebrate, please do so responsibly, and without chain pizza. NPD falls on Monday, Feb. 9 this year, one day after the Super Bowl, a day on…
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Pa. GOP lawmaker resigns as conflicts of interest exposed
Plus, Philly and Pittsburgh nurses to hold vigils for Alex Pretti this weekend Share with a friend Good evening everyone, It’s Thursday, Jan, 29 and welcome back to another edition of the Keystone Labor Report. Fallout continues after federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA and American Federation…
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Remembering Renee Good and Alex Pretti
Pa. labor leaders calls on Fetterman and McCormick to reject DHS funding following ICE killings Share with a friend Good evening everyone, It’s Tuesday, Jan. 27, and welcome back to another edition of the Keystone Labor Report. There’s an old saying in the labor movement that “an injury to one is an injury to all,”…
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Pa. lawmaker says ‘good riddance’ to slavery exhibit
Plus: More snow ahead? Share with a friend What I learned this weekend: The dog my wife and I adopted in the spring (the one I solicited your help in naming), who had arrived in the area from South Carolina only months before, does not like the snow (unlike our other dog, who loves sprinting through…
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Philly & Pittsburgh host solidarity rallies supporting Minneapolis general strike
Plus, remember to thank union workers for keeping roads clear ahead of Sunday’s snow storm Share with a friend Good evening, It’s Thursday, Jan. 22, and welcome back to another edition of the Keystone Labor Report. Are you ready for this weekend’s snow storm? If not, it’s time to start stockpiling on bread, milk, eggs…
