Here’s how some are bracing for a post-Roe Pennsylvania

Stark choices await both sides if the Supreme Court overturns the landmark abortion rights decision.

• By Justin Sweitzer
• May 24, 2022

Lawmakers remember trailblazing Black speaker with ‘K. Leroy Irvis Day of Action’

In 1977, Irvis was the first Black man elected speaker of a state legislature since Reconstruction

• By Justin Sweitzer
• May 23, 2022

Philly officials support GOP bike lane protection bill

City and state lawmakers rode into Dilworth Park to celebrate Bike to Work Day and call for better cyclist safety measures.

• By Harrison Cann
• May 23, 2022

Pennsylvania, flush with cash, could see surplus go down the drain

Financial experts say COVID relief funds should be reserved for one-time uses

• By Justin Sweitzer
• May 21, 2022

Should the Hershey Kiss be Pennsylvania’s official state candy?

Policymakers are set to debate this dense subject at City & State’s 2022 Pennsylvania Power 100 event

• By Justin Sweitzer
• May 19, 2022

GOP Sen. Cris Dush calls on state to disavow ballot drop box use

The request comes one week prior to the primaries.

• By Justin Sweitzer
• May 11, 2022

Corman looks to form cryptocurrency task force

The GOP leader says Pennsylvania should prepare for economic opportunities created by the digital currency boom.

• By Justin Sweitzer
• May 10, 2022

SCOTUS opinion could put the General Assembly in the driver’s seat on abortion rights

But legislative leaders appear reluctant to act based on the draft opinion.

• By Justin Sweitzer
• May 5, 2022

Pennsylvania is feeling the pressure of neighboring states’ passage of adult-use marijuana

What a move to greener pastures might look like.

• By Harrison Cann
• May 2, 2022

Changes to Pennsylvania’s corporate tax rate could be coming. Here’s what you need to know.

Lawmakers are looking to cut the state’s Corporate Net Income Tax and could soon reach a resolution.

• By Justin Sweitzer
• April 29, 2022

Wolf, lawmakers call for action on stalled gun law reforms

Republicans say some prosecutors in the state are failing to enforce current laws

• By Justin Sweitzer
• April 26, 2022

The learning curveball: Officials at PASSHE have embarked on a groundbreaking – and fraught – quest to redesign the system.

The State System is hoping lawmakers will approve a historic funding request for the university system this year

• By Justin Sweitzer
• April 26, 2022

Pennsylvania set to publish final carbon pricing regulation

The commonwealth would become the first major fossil fuel-producing state to enter the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

• By Harrison Cann
• April 22, 2022

The tracks of our tiers: sorting out Philadelphia’s masking policies

Where masks are required and where they’re not

• By Harrison Cann
• April 19, 2022

‘We are on high alert’: State identifies ‘highly infectious’ bird flu case in Lancaster County

Agriculture secretary says flu cases currently present no threat to public health.

• By Justin Sweitzer
• April 18, 2022

Dave White and Bill McSwain trade barbs as governor’s race intensifies

Trump statement sets off fued between the two southeastern Pennsylvania candidates

• By Justin Sweitzer
• April 15, 2022

Carpenters, lawmakers call for crackdown on wage theft, worker misclassification

Rally occurred as part of national educational effort

• By Justin Sweitzer
• April 13, 2022

New Pew poll shows 30% increase in Philly residents concerned about crime

The Pew Charitable Trusts’ new 2022 Philadelphia citywide poll found that 70% of the city’s residents think crime, drugs and public safety are the biggest issues facing the city.

• By Harrison Cann
• April 6, 2022

State appeals court blocks PA carbon pricing scheme for power generators

• By SPECIAL TO CITY & STATE
• April 6, 2022

State, local officials at odds over banning private election grants

• By Justin Sweitzer
• April 5, 2022