Policy
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City & State’s 2026-27 Pennsylvania state budget tracker
Gov. Josh Shapiro signed a $50.8 billion budget into law on July 12.
Winners & Losers
Donald Trump
Politics
One year later, PA’s congressional delegation is still split on the Big Beautiful Bill
President Donald Trump’s signature domestic policy bill continues to polarize members of Congress.
Politics
Opinion
PA hospitals are in critical condition – new legislation can stop private equity from pulling the plug
A Delaware County Council member uses Delco’s disastrous spate of hospital closures as a warning to other counties – and as an appeal to the state Senate to pass a bill that would prevent more communities from suffering such a loss.
News & Politics
Politics
Pennsylvania’s tourism lead says 2026 events have been an astounding success
Anne Ryan spoke with City & State about the commonwealth’s hosting abilities thus far
Politics
Politics
Behind closed doors: The fight to open up the PA Senate ‘Rules Room’
In a time of increasing transparency efforts at all levels of government, one of the most consequential spaces in the state Capitol remains opaque despite efforts to show what happens inside.
Congress
Politics
The room where it happened: Congressmembers celebrate America250 in Philly’s Congress Hall
U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle hosted a bipartisan group of lawmakers inside the historic building where the country began for a ceremonial meeting Thursday
News & Politics
Politics
Dead on arrival: How PA coroners stonewall records requests and flout the law
A routine records request ultimately uncovered widespread disregard for the rule of law among the vast majority of Pennsylvania’s county coroners.
Environment
Policy
Philly’s new Tree Coalition is leading the street tree-planting movement – and cooling neighborhoods in the process
The local tree tending trend is now under a new public/private partnership seeking to speed progress and save lives.
Politics
Opinion
Pennsylvanians can’t afford the U.S. Senate to validate corporate crypto grift
Former Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney explains how the CLARITY Act is an industry-backed handout that doesn’t come close to achieving real reform.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
The City & State Q&A: Michael Newmuis
The director of Philadelphia 2026 has left nothing to chance during a two-year sprint that has made the city’s semiquincentennial efforts into the envy of every other planning entity in the country.
U.S. Congress
Politics
Sens. McCormick and Fetterman tout ‘Trump accounts’ for kids during Philadelphia stop
The two U.S. Senators told youth basketball participants to take advantage of the federal child savings accounts
Honors
Power Lists
The 2026 CSPA Philadelphia Power Brokers
Our inaugural list features Philadelphia’s most influential figures
Healthcare
Policy
New legislation, tech look to counter rising healthcare workplace violence
A raft of new measures, from policy to remote alert systems, aims to reverse the rising tide of violence against frontline health workers.
Winners & Losers
Capitol Beat
Policy
In bipartisan fashion, PA lawmakers vote to repeal tax incentives for data centers
House lawmakers voted 197-5 on Thursday to pass a bill that would repeal sales tax incentives for data center owners and operators.
Capitol Beat
Policy
In wake of high court ruling, Pennsylvanians rally for a skill games solution
Lawmakers, business owners and veterans called for the General Assembly to regulate games of skill.
News & Politics
Politics
PA pols react to President Trump nixing bipartisan housing legislation
Congress overwhelmingly passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, part of which mirrors Pennsylvania’s Whole-Home Repairs program, this week in bipartisan fashion
Politics
Opinion
Four years later, the Dobbs decision metastasizes into four new battles
The forces behind the stripping of reproductive rights for millions of Americans are now focused on taking even more healthcare options away from even more people.
U.S. Congress
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