News & Politics
News & Politics
The bus stops here: A nationwide effort to oppose the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ rolls into Harrisburg
Democratic lawmakers and advocates fear the GOP-led legislation will hurt the most vulnerable.
News & Politics
Democrats look to the state Senate again after passing transit funding out of the House
House Bill 1364 passed the state House Tuesday by a vote of 107-96.
Philadelphia
Weekend roundup: ‘No Kings’ protests large and small pop up across Pennsylvania
From Philly to Pittsburgh and in towns and suburbs in between, people showed up in droves on Saturday to protest the Trump administration.
Immigration
10 days after DHS ‘sanctuary’ list deletion, PA officials bemused, unfazed
Amid confusion over a retracted federal list threatening funding cuts to jurisdictions that protect immigrants, local officials across the commonwealth are taking a wait-and-see approach.
Technology
‘All in on AI’: Shapiro, Amazon announce $20B AI investment in Pennsylvania
Gov. Josh Shapiro said the investment is the largest private-sector investment in the history of the commonwealth.
News & Politics
With an eye on judicial elections, conservative activist Scott Presler leads voter training in PA
Presler talked about the importance of registering more GOP voters and winning elections in 2025 and 2026.
Budget
Four for Friday: Focusing on Philly’s finances
City Council gave initial approval to a $6.8 billion city budget Thursday
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.
News & Politics
Shapiro sues USDA over federal cuts to farm and food bank funding
The action by the federal Department of Agriculture is among several federal cuts to nutrition programs in the state.
News & Politics
PA senators approve bill banning TikTok from state devices
The bill would prohibit TikTok and other successor apps from being installed on electronic devices bought with state dollars.
Policy
New investigation shows the ivory trade is alive and well in PA
Following the investigation, state lawmakers are looking to ban the sale of ivory and similar animal products in the commonwealth.
News & Politics
Stocking the cabinet: Tracking the Trump nominees with Pennsylvania ties
The latest update to City & State's tracker chronicles the "rapid unscheduled disassembly" of Jared Isaacman’s NASA nomination.
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Josh Shapiro
For bipartisan group of PA politicos, a decades-long Shapiro connection
Some of the commonwealth’s political powerhouses have longstanding relationships with the commonwealth’s chief executive.
U.S. Congress
Fetterman and McCormick talk U.S. Steel, foreign policy, ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ and more
The commonwealth’s two U.S. senators discussed economic issues impacting Pennsylvania at The Senate Project event in Boston.
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.
News & Politics
U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick talks term limits, tariffs and Trump
Pennsylvania’s junior senator spoke with City & State about his first months in Washington, his top policy priorities and President Donald Trump’s second term.
News & Politics
Meet the elder stateswomen of the state’s protest movement
The Granny Peace Brigade Philadelphia has been demonstrating against injustice and speaking truth to power for almost 20 years.
Health Care
Pennsylvania caregivers sound the alarm on a worsening workforce crisis
Potential cuts to Medicaid could further complicate an already dire situation.
Interviews & Profiles
A Q&A with Rebecca May-Cole
Executive director, Pennsylvania Association of Area Agencies on Aging
Interviews & Profiles
A Q&A with Maureen Madden
The State House’s Aging Committee chair shares priorities and challenges
