• York City Council upholds Mayors veto: Tuesday night, York city council upheld Mayor Michael Helfrich’s veto on an ordinance, informally known as the “York Trust Act,” which would have prohibited city employees and police, from asking about residents’ immigration status or working with federal agencies to locate a person based on immigration status unless required by law. (Source: Fox 43 )
• Date set for the 36th Senate District of Lancaster County special election: Lt. Gov. Austin Davis on Tuesday set March 25 as the date for the special election to fill the unexpired term of Ryan Aument. Davis choose this date because he wanted voters in the district to have representation during the states budget negotiations. (Source: LNP )
• Governor’s office reveals why it spent $368K on private law firms: The administration of former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, spent tens of thousands of public dollars to hire private law firms for an ethics investigation, federal and state grand jury probes, and advice on taxes. The information was turned over to Spotlight PA late December as part of a long-running court dispute over redactions the governor’s office had made to legal bills paid with taxpayer money. (Source: Spotlight PA )
• The Pennsylvania House of Representatives avoids deadlock: Republican Leader Jesse Topper withdrew his nomination to lead the House following a deadlocked vote. Allowing Speaker Joanna McClinton return to the post. Topper told reporters that bowing out of a battle for the House speaker’s gavel would spare the House and its constituents a repeat of 2023, when the lack of a clear majority and the election of a compromise speaker resulted in months of inaction. ( Source: Capital Star )
• Pennsylvania Democrats and Republicans gather at Farm Show: The PA Farm show offered meetings for republicans and democrats to gain insight on the party’s plans for 2025. U.S. Sen. John Fetterman gave the keynote address at the Democrats meeting on Saturday. Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity headlined the annual Republican meeting on Monday. (Capital Star )
• Nation/world: Palisades Fires force 80,000 evacuations. (Source: NBC News ) Trump proposes sovereignty of Panama, Greenland, Canada (Source: UPI ) 2025 Affordable Care Act enrollment hits record number (Source: UPI ) Concerns with Meta taking away fact checkers (Source: BBC News ) Trump seeks to block sentencing in hush money case ( Source: MSNBC )
