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February 26, 2019

THE CONTEXT

A handcrafted newsletter by   PA Post
In case you were distracted by commentary on Lady Gaga's and [Philadelphia native] Bradley Cooper’s live performance at the Academy Awards, you might have missed that a Penn student had a hand in an Oscar-winning documentary short.
Fortunately, WHYY picked up on it and has the details
-Emily Previti, Newsletter Producer/Reporter
Maybe there's a deal to be had on raising minimum wage
Budget goings-on
(Matt Rourke/Associated Press)
  • Republicans won’t agree to Gov. Tom Wolf’s minimum wage increase proposal -- but they’d consider something less dramatic, according to what Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman, R-Centre, said at yesterday’s PA Press Club luncheon. Here’s the rundown from the Associated Press.
  • Fourteen universities make up the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education -- and they’re struggling. Jen Kinney checked in on the PASSHE budget hearing for Keystone Crossroads last week.

  • Today, state-related universities have their audience before state senators regarding next year’s budget. Distinct from PASSHE schools, they are Lincoln, Penn State, Temple and Pitt. There hasn’t been as much chatter about financial issues among that group, though.

 

Best of the rest

Many districts in southwestern Pennsylvania would receive money under a proposal to raise all school district salaries to at least $45,000 a year. (Ed Mahon/PA Post)

  •  The Department of Education’s budget hearing isn’t until next week, but we can expect some discussion about Wolf’s proposal to require public school teachers to make no less than $45,000 per year. PA Post’s Ed Mahon put together this explainer, if you want to get up to speed ahead of time.
  • Sunoco’s parent company Energy Transfer admitted on a conference call with investors that it made mistakes with its Mariner East project. StateImpact Pennsylvania’s Jon Hurdle has the details and responses from other stakeholders in this story.

  • Election officials in 18 counties took gifts from voting machine vendors since the state made it clear equipment would have to be upgraded in time for the 2020 primary election. WESA has the list, as per the state Auditor General’s office, here.

By Emily Previti
Newsletter Producer/Reporter, PA Post
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