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
Winners & Losers
Immigration
Politics
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.
Politics
Opinion
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.
Technology
Policy
‘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.
News & Politics
Politics
With an eye on judicial elections, conservative activist Scott Presler leads voter training in PA
Presler talked about the importance of registering more GOP voters and winning elections in 2025 and 2026.
Budget
Politics
Four for Friday: Focusing on Philly’s finances
City Council gave initial approval to a $6.8 billion city budget Thursday
Winners & Losers
News & Politics
Opinion
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.
News & Politics
Politics
Shapiro sues USDA over federal cuts to farm and food bank funding
The action by the federal Department of Agriculture is among several federal cuts to nutrition programs in the state.
News & Politics
Policy
PA senators approve bill banning TikTok from state devices
The bill would prohibit TikTok and other successor apps from being installed on electronic devices bought with state dollars.
Policy
Policy
New investigation shows the ivory trade is alive and well in PA
Following the investigation, state lawmakers are looking to ban the sale of ivory and similar animal products in the commonwealth.
News & Politics
Politics
Stocking the cabinet: Tracking the Trump nominees with Pennsylvania ties
The latest update to City & State's tracker chronicles the "rapid unscheduled disassembly" of Jared Isaacman’s NASA nomination.
Josh Shapiro
Politics
For bipartisan group of PA politicos, a decades-long Shapiro connection
Some of the commonwealth’s political powerhouses have longstanding relationships with the commonwealth’s chief executive.
U.S. Congress
Politics
Fetterman and McCormick talk U.S. Steel, foreign policy, ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ and more
The commonwealth’s two U.S. senators discussed economic issues impacting Pennsylvania at The Senate Project event in Boston.
Budget
Policy
5 things to know about Pennsylvania’s budget timeline
City & State’s primer on the timeline for passing a state budget in Harrisburg.
Winners & Losers
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Philly landlords should embrace new legislation, not fight it
The Safe Healthy Homes Act should be championed by lessors as well as lessees.
News & Politics
Personality