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Special Reports
Bob Casey talks ‘robot bosses’ and the need to regulate AI
Pennsylvania’s senior senator discusses the challenges posed by artificial intelligence and who should be responsible for regulating it.
Education
Report: Student loan repayments will likely crimp tax revenue
States and cities will likely get less in sales tax revenue. Because borrowers will have less discretionary income, states and cities will likely see less tax revenue, a recent Pew report says.
News & Politics
Five For Friday: PA leaders react to Biden’s hydrogen hub announcement
Politicos, policymakers and other parties weigh in on the alternative energy investment
Transportation
John Fetterman and Susan Wild join Mack Truck workers on picket line in Macungie
The U.S. senator comes to Macungie Tuesday after previously joining UAW workers in Bucks County and Michigan
News & Politics
PA senators call on Bob Menendez to resign
U.S. Sens. Bob Casey and John Fetterman are in the vanguard of Democrats seeking to get their colleague to step down
Campaigns & Elections
Five for Friday: Congressional Competition
Congressional matchups to watch in the commonwealth going into 2024
Transportation
Fetterman and Casey urge Norfolk Southern to join close call reporting system
The railroad said in March it would join the system but hasn’t yet done so
Criminal Justice
Two years later, Marc Fogel remains in Russian prison
The Pennsylvania teacher’s case and lawmakers’ attempts to bring him home
Business
Fetterman introduces bill to allow striking workers to collect SNAP benefits
The bill comes amid ongoing strikes from the locomotive industry to entertainment
Interviews & Profiles
A Q&A with former congressman Charlie Dent
The former congressman spoke on the state of the Republican Party and what could happen in 2024
News & Politics
A Q&A with Chris Deluzio, one of Pennsylvania’s newest members of Congress
The Democrat talks with City & State about his first few months in office, the looming debt limit debate and labor relations in Pittsburgh.
News & Politics
Q&A with U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick
The Republican congressman talked about bipartisanship, spy balloons and how to reform Washington.
News & Politics
Fetterman checks into hospital for help with clinical depression
The U.S. Senator has experienced depression off and on throughout his life, it only became severe in recent weeks, his office said.
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PA lawmakers take to Twitter after Biden’s SOTU
Here are the best reactions from Tuesday night’s speech.
News & Politics
See who Pennsylvania's congressional delegates invited to the State of the Union speech
Several Pennsylvanians will be in Washington for President Joe Biden’s third address to a joint session of Congress.
U.S. Congress
Mayors fret over the possibility of ARPA fund clawbacks
Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti said the city is using ARPA money to help certain businesses raise workers’ pay.
U.S. Congress
How Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation voted for a new House speaker
It was mostly Hakeem Jeffries vs. Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday from Pennsylvania’s members of Congress.
Capitol Beat
7 stories you might have missed this year
We look back at some of City & State’s favorite stories from 2022.
U.S. Congress
Congress rolls out $1.7 trillion spending deal in race to Friday deadline
House Republicans, including U.S. Rep. Scott Perry, want Senate Republicans to block the spending bill.
News & Politics
