Construction will begin this year, and be complete by 2031. Eli Lilly claims the factory will employ 2,000 temporary construction workers to build it and 850 permanent workers once complete. That's ~$35k per job.

This is about state campaign finance laws. Pennsylvania's allow for unlimited donations directly to candidates.

Not at all a dumb q! I am not an legal Beagle but my understanding is that this could not be transfered into a regular federal PAC (w/ its limits) but could be used in a federal super PAC.

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And asked about cooperation with federal authorities, Shapiro said: "We follow state law. We work with law enforcement at every level to keep communities safe. What we don't want is the injection of people in our communities who are going to make our neighborhoods less safe." 👀

As to how he'd respons to federal deployments in PA, Shapiro said that "We've gone through table top exercises...to be prepared. We dont want law enforcement sent here without coordinated effort."

"What is needed now is a full and thorough investigation," Shapiro added. "Unfortunately what we're seeing is federal authorities not cooperating."

That spending is approximately the same as he spent in 2024. That year, Shapiro spent $1.3 million on consulting and $1 million on travel. I expect more of the same in 2025.
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