Health Care

Policy

What Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court abortion ruling means

The state Supreme Court sent a case on Medicaid-funded abortions back to the Commonwealth Court.

  • By Justin Sweitzer and Harrison Cann

News & Politics

Policy

Five for Friday: Shapiro’s higher education plan

Shapiro’s blueprint for higher education seeks to impact affordability and accessibility

  • By Harrison Cann and Justin Sweitzer

Technology

Policy

The new chair of Philly City Council’s tech committee wants to use data to help reduce gun violence

Councilmember Rue Landau pushes to modernize Philly’s search for solutions

  • By SPECIAL TO CITY & STATE

Philadelphia

Policy

New president and punctuality comes to Philadelphia City Council

City Council’s first legislative session under President Kenyatta Johnson made timeliness a top priority

  • By Harrison Cann

Infrastructure

Policy

Infrastructure ‘boot camps’ help cities like Bethlehem win federal grants

The Local Infrastructure Hub has helped participating cities win millions of dollars to address pressing needs in transportation, climate, flood mitigation, rails, broadband and more

  • By SPECIAL TO CITY & STATE

Capitol Beat

Policy

5 takeaways from Jordan Harris’ PA Press Club speech

The House Appropriations Committee Chair talked about the state budget, education funding, tax policy and more in Harrisburg.

  • By Justin Sweitzer

Capitol Beat

Policy

Mapping the path forward: Legislating the next stage of reproductive rights in Pennsylvania

A proposed amendment to the state Constitution would take several years

  • By SPECIAL TO CITY & STATE

Capitol Beat

Policy

Five for Friday: Gun control bills passed through House committee

The bills would still need to pass through a GOP-controlled Senate

  • By Harrison Cann

Josh Shapiro

Policy

Pennsylvania among the states vying for leadership role on AI

The commonwealth is taking significant steps toward investment in artificial intelligence

  • By SPECIAL TO CITY & STATE

Capitol Beat

Policy

State panel advances Dem-backed report with school funding recommendations

The report suggests that $5.4 billion is needed to close a statewide education adequacy gap.

  • By Justin Sweitzer

News & Politics

Policy

Larry Krasner files suit against law seeking to appoint special prosecutor in Philadelphia

Act 40 requires a special prosecutor be appointed to oversee criminal activity taking place near SEPTA

  • By Harrison Cann

Capitol Beat

Policy

A step in the right direction: PA Capitol’s infamous escalators to be replaced

The Department of General Services announced a renovation project for the Capitol’s East Wing that is set to be completed by August 2025.

  • By Justin Sweitzer

Health Care

Policy

States hope doulas can deliver better maternal health outcomes

The Department of Human Services is working with the nonprofit Pennsylvania Doula Commission to increase the number of licensed doulas by offering subsidies for the commission’s certification fee

  • By SPECIAL TO CITY & STATE

Education

Policy

Advocates who won education lawsuit call for $2B ‘down payment’ on fair funding

‘We are prepared to go back to court to uphold the rights of those communities,’ Deborah Gordon Klehr of the Education Law Center said

  • By SPECIAL TO CITY & STATE

News & Politics

Policy

On the Agenda 2024: State and local issues to watch

Here are the biggest challenges state and local government leaders will confront in the new year.

  • By SPECIAL TO CITY & STATE

Energy

Policy

CNX becomes first natural gas firm to self-report air quality data in PA

The company has begun publishing air quality data from two well sites – one in Washington County and the other in Greene County – as part of a partnership with the Shapiro administration

  • By SPECIAL TO CITY & STATE

Philadelphia

Policy

Krasner and Street rebuke new SEPTA special prosecutor law

Act 40 would require a special prosecutor be appointed to oversee SEPTA crimes

  • By Harrison Cann

Capitol Beat

Policy

13 things to know about the PA budget and other bills passed by lawmakers in December

Lawmakers finished 2023 by finalizing a budget and honoring Taylor Swift.

  • By Justin Sweitzer

Policy

Policy

Two recent cyberattacks on water systems highlight vulnerability of critical infrastructure

Pro-Iran hackers allegedly hit a system near Pittsburgh, causing it to replace its Israeli-made equipment as a precaution

  • By Chris Teale

Business

Policy

Pennsylvania stands alone on clarifying BEAD plan

States will have to adhere to existing law to meet the $42.5 billion broadband program requirements

  • By SPECIAL TO CITY & STATE
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