Personality

Personality

For these elected officials politics is in their DNA

Since pre-Colonial days, elected office has been a family business for some Pennsylvanians

News & Politics

Politics

Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker announces trash collection ‘pause’ with city worker strike imminent

A work stoppage will impact city services from the sanitation and water departments to swimming pools and emergency services

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

Ask the Experts: Philly’s World Cup preparations

World Cup leaders and stakeholders from past world-class events share their lessons learned going into 2026

General Assembly

Policy

Junk fees, corporate taxes and boot camps: 5 bills advanced by PA lawmakers this week

City & State rounds up some of the major proposals considered in Harrisburg to close out June.

Technology

Policy

As Amazon moves in, lawmakers weigh innovation vs. oversight in AI policy

The efforts to make the commonwealth into an artificial intelligence powerhouse have plenty of upside and risk to go around.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Fare point: More SEPTA funding helps students pursue their education dreams

One of the many negative impacts of legislators failing to support public transit would be reduced access to higher education for those reliant on public transportation

Politics

Opinion

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.

News & Politics

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.

Transportation

Policy

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.

Politics

Opinion

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.

Honors

Power Lists

The City & State PA 2025 40 Under 40

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

Policy

Politics

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

Politics

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.

Budget

Policy

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