News & Politics

Politics

Where the candidates stand: The Economy

City & State breaks down how this year’s highest-profile races are focusing on this perennially thorny issue.

Campaigns & Elections

Politics

Trump’s talking points dominate ‘roundtable’ discussion in Delaware County

The super PAC Building America’s Future hosted the event in Drexel Hill on Tuesday.

Campaigns & Elections

Politics

Obama, Springsteen headline Philadelphia rally for Kamala Harris

Former President Barack Obama and The Boss joined forces in their latest appearance together in a battleground state.

Campaigns & Elections

Politics

3 takeaways from Dave Sunday’s press club appearance

The GOP attorney general candidate talked about tackling the opioid crisis and how he would handle abortion law in Pennsylvania.

Campaigns & Elections

Politics

Philly DA Larry Krasner sues to stop Elon Musk’s $1 million voter giveaway

The tech billionaire-turned-GOP mega-donor’s scheme immediately prompted legal concerns.

Honors

Power Lists

The 2024 Fifty Over 50

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

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

Q&A with Sharif Street

The Senate Insurance Committee minority chair talks health care accessibility and affordability

Capitol Beat

Personality

A Q&A with state Rep. Tina Pickett

Pickett discussed a new data security law and the need to address insurance cost drivers next session.

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.

Healthcare

Policy

Q&A with Pennie Executive Director Devon Trolley

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

Healthcare

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.

Healthcare

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.