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Campaigns & Elections

Five For Friday: A way-too-early municipal election preview

Pennsylvania voters across the commonwealth will vote in consequential municipal elections this fall.

Campaigns & Elections

Mayoral primaries across PA: Nail-biters, blowouts and upsets

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey lost the Democratic primary to Corey O'Connor, while incumbents in Harrisburg, Allentown and Scranton are poised for victory.

News & Politics

Larry Krasner runs away with Philadelphia District Attorney primary

The incumbent Democrat fended off a primary challenger; next up: an uncontested general election race in November.

Interviews & Profiles

‘There’s so much potential’: Thomas West makes his case for mayor of Pittsburgh

The GOP mayoral candidate and business owner spoke with City & State about his goals for the Steel City.

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Policy

Calls to increase SEPTA funding continue ahead of public hearings

Local electeds and transit advocates continue calls for consistent funding

Labor

Pennsylvania turns to AI to speed up hiring process

The commonwealth aims to bring the time it takes to hire a new employee down to under 50 days

Campaigns & Elections

Four for Friday: Harrisburg happenings

State lawmakers advanced bills to legalize recreational cannabis and fund private school scholarships to kick off the month of May.

Health Care

State lawmakers and health experts debate how to save PA hospitals

During a State Senate Institutional Sustainability and Innovation Committee hearing, panelists laid bare the challenges and offered solutions

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Winners & Losers

This week’s biggest Winners & Losers

Who’s up and who’s down this week?

Winners & Losers

This week’s biggest Winners & Losers

Who’s up and who’s down this week?

Health Care

The City & State Q&A: Paul Offit

The renowned Philadelphia-based vaccinologist, public-health contrarian and sometime RFK Jr. sparring partner reflects on the Trump administration, the state of public health, and past and future pandemic readiness.

Winners & Losers

This week’s biggest Winners & Losers

Who’s up and who’s down this week?

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Above & Beyond

The 2025 City & State Pennsylvania Above & Beyond

Trailblazers

The CSPA 2025 Black Trailblazers

Meet the difference-makers in politics, policy and beyond.

Who's Who

The CSPA 2025 Government Relations 100

In Harrisburg and beyond, these are the commonwealth’s most effective advocates

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Energy

Opinion: Pennsylvania must energize efforts to regulate its oil and gas industry

The majority chair of the Pennsylvania House Environmental Committee lays out what’s at stake if efforts aren’t improved and increased.

Campaigns & Elections

Opinion: To win again, Democrats must ‘make life better’ for all Americans

State Rep. and Democratic National Committee Vice Chair Malcolm Kenyatta on what the party needs going forward – and what he is doing to make that happen.

Opinion

Opinion: Privatizing Pittsburgh’s water utility is a win-win

An op-ed explains how the failures of the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority – and the successes of water utility privatization efforts elsewhere – have laid the groundwork for a sea change.

Politics

Opinion: All of us pay the price for underfunding public defense

For the people who need it but can’t get it, overburdened public defenders and the taxpayers funding unnecessary detentions, change is needed now.

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