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Funding transit is essential to the justice system

The chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association makes the case for how public transportation is key to providing people with access to the courts.

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: 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.

Politics

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.

Politics

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.

News & Politics

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.

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.

Energy

Opinion: Pennsylvania must energize efforts to regulate its oil and gas industry

The majority chair of the Pennsylvania House Environmental Committee lays out what’s at stake if efforts aren’t improved and increased.

Campaigns & Elections

Opinion: To win again, Democrats must ‘make life better’ for all Americans

State Rep. and Democratic National Committee Vice Chair Malcolm Kenyatta on what the party needs going forward – and what he is doing to make that happen.

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Opinion: Privatizing Pittsburgh’s water utility is a win-win

An op-ed explains how the failures of the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority – and the successes of water utility privatization efforts elsewhere – have laid the groundwork for a sea change.

Politics

Opinion: All of us pay the price for underfunding public defense

For the people who need it but can’t get it, overburdened public defenders and the taxpayers funding unnecessary detentions, change is needed now.

Opinion

Opinion: First responders are sounding the alarm on opioids

The executive director of the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association makes the case for taking the next step to save lives.

Health Care

Opinion: It’s time to Washington-proof your health care

State Rep. Tarik Khan explains how Democrats in Harrisburg are working to protect access to health care.

News & Politics

Opinion: SNAP judgment: We aren’t doing enough to help food-insecure Pennsylvanians

Taking the challenge to live on the average $6/day food benefits program underscores the struggle faced by millions of Americans to feed themselves and their loved ones.

Capitol Beat

Opinion: Paid leave for Pennsylvanians is an opportunity to put politics aside

A bipartisan duo makes the case for the General Assembly to pass the Family Care Act.

Criminal Justice

Opinion: Investing in public defenders is essential for justice to be served

Providing additional resources to represent indigent people is a cost-effective way to improve lives and communities.

Opinion

Opinion: Why U.S. Sens. Fetterman, McCormick must vote ‘No’ on RFK Jr.

The body of evidence is overwhelming: To confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead our nation’s Health & Human Services Department is to condemn our citizens to a world of harm.