General Assembly

Personality

Q&A with House Insurance Committee Chair Patty Kim

Kim discussed her efforts to make health insurance more affordable for Pennsylvanians and how Pennie has improved the commonwealth’s insurance landscape.

Health Care

Policy

Q&A with Pennie Executive Director Devon Trolley

City & State speaks with the Pennie Executive Director on the commonwealth’s health insurance marketplace

Health Care

Policy

How telehealth visits became the ultimate screen savers

Lawmakers and telemedicine advocates say Pennsylvania’s new law will lead to increased health care access – and healthier Pennsylvanians.

Health Care

Policy

As open enrollment nears, Pennie looks to take the health care marketplace to the next level

The commonwealth’s health insurance marketplace continues to transform four years after the state took ownership from the federal government

Environment

Opinion

Opinion: The effort to protect communities from PFAS must include a way forward for manufacturers as well

Finding a balance between a forever chemical-free environment and a productive economy has proven elusive thus far, but there are viable options.

Elections

Policy

As AI threatens election security, the search for solutions takes on new urgency

A panel on artificial intelligence and its threat to the American electoral process focused on high-tech challenges and ways to solve them.

Decision 2024

Politics

Dems, GOP intensify efforts to secure PA Latino votes

The commonwealth’s fast-growing Hispanic electorate still leans Democratic, but the pull of Trump could make a difference in November – and beyond

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Men of America, get over yourselves

A vote for Kamala Harris is a vote for the country’s first female leader – and for sanity, competence, humanity and old-fashioned American ideals.

Campaigns & Elections

Politics

Pennsylvania punches above its weight in the presidential pecking order

The bellwether has gotten an inordinate amount of attention and fundraising this cycle

Capitol Beat

Policy

House lawmakers pass mass transit funding bill

The legislation would increase funding transfers for mass transit, but little time remains in the current legislative session.

Events

Personality

Roll Call

The City & State Summit: Aging in Pennsylvania

Campaigns & Elections

Politics

The last-minute guide to voter registration in Pennsylvania

Monday, Oct. 21 is the final day to register to vote for the general election in Pennsylvania.

Campaigns & Elections

Politics

Elon Musk says U.S. is ‘at a fork in the road of destiny’ at Harrisburg event

The tech mogul and Republican megadonor gave a town hall talk to more than 1,500 attendees in Harrisburg.

Campaigns & Elections

Politics

Four for Friday: Fundraising flooding major Pennsylvania races

A look at campaign finance numbers for crucial commonwealth tilts.

U.S. Congress

Politics

Speaker Mike Johnson campaigns for U.S. Rep. Scott Perry in PA visit

Johnson said Perry has the “expertise and insight that's necessary in a dangerous moment.”

Campaigns & Elections

Politics

Five for Friday: Election Complexion

Campaign events and legal battles headline election coverage in the commonwealth

General Assembly

Policy

PA House approves bills that would codify Affordable Care Act protections in state law

House lawmakers voted in bipartisan fashion on Wednesday to approve three pieces of health care legislation.