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News & Politics

The bus stops here: A nationwide effort to oppose the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ rolls into Harrisburg

Democratic lawmakers and advocates fear the GOP-led legislation will hurt the most vulnerable.

Policy

U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle keeps sounding the alarm on the Big Beautiful Bill

The Ranking Member on the U.S. House Budget Committee breaks down what the GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill’s passage would mean for Pennsylvanians and America.

Philadelphia

Weekend roundup: ‘No Kings’ protests large and small pop up across Pennsylvania

From Philly to Pittsburgh and in towns and suburbs in between, people showed up in droves on Saturday to protest the Trump administration.

Immigration

10 days after DHS ‘sanctuary’ list deletion, PA officials bemused, unfazed

Amid confusion over a retracted federal list threatening funding cuts to jurisdictions that protect immigrants, local officials across the commonwealth are taking a wait-and-see approach.

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Transportation

Losing their routes: PA’s transit funding crisis looms over rural systems

After years of ridership and funding issues, rural transit systems hope lawmakers will pony up so they can avoid service cuts.

News & Politics

Democrats look to the state Senate again after passing transit funding out of the House

House Bill 1364 passed the state House Tuesday by a vote of 107-96.

Budget

Philly’s $6.8 billion budget by the numbers

Mayor Parker got final approval for her major H.O.M.E. initiative aimed at increasing affordable housing

Technology

‘All in on AI’: Shapiro, Amazon announce $20B AI investment in Pennsylvania

Gov. Josh Shapiro said the investment is the largest private-sector investment in the history of the commonwealth.

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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?

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?

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Honors

The City & State PA 2025 40 Under 40

Meet the 20- and 30-somethings shaping policy and progress in the Keystone State

Trailblazers

The 2025 City & State Pennsylvania Trailblazers in Economic & Workforce Development

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

Power List

The City & State PA 2025 Pennsylvania Power 100

Above & Beyond

The 2025 City & State Pennsylvania Above & Beyond

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Politics

Opinion: The SNAP decision: Why and how cuts will hurt recipients, farmers and PA’s economy

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program has deep roots in Pennsylvania that need to be tended, not trimmed.

Politics

Opinion: Don’t turn off federal funding for clean energy initiatives in PA

From better-paying jobs to improving schools, there is no shortage of examples why Congress must protect clean energy funding incentives.

Politics

Opinion: PA gets closer to sounding death knell for death penalty

A growing consensus among state politicians seems to signal a paradigm shift on capital punishment.

News & Politics

Opinion: Apprenticeships, clean energy and tax credits make powerful economic sense

Any federal policy that disrupts investments in hydrogen threatens not just energy projects, but the workers behind them.

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