Labor

Policy

Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate drops to 4.1% in September

The state unemployment rate is at its lowest level since April 2000.

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

Community. Safety. Education. One Reading nonprofit is working to build all three.

Michael Toledo, who leads Centro Hispano, says his organization provides a safety net for people in the Latino community.

Campaigns & Elections

Politics

Fetterman’s doctor says he is ‘recovering well’ and has ‘no work restrictions’

The Democratic Senate candidate’s campaign released a new letter from his doctor detailing his health on Wednesday.

Campaigns & Elections

Policy

Can Pennsylvania erase property taxes without wiping out education?

The long, difficult and ongoing quest to reduce property taxes in Pennsylvania: A City & State analysis.

News & Politics

Politics

Poll shows Democrats still leading races for governor, U.S. Senate

Republican Mehmet Oz now trails John Fetterman in the state’s U.S. Senate race by less than 3 points, according to a new Trafalgar Group poll

News & Politics

Politics

State senator wants to use Constitution to ban insurrectionists from office

State Sen. Art Haywood is looking to enforce an existing ban in the U.S. Constitution

News & Politics

Politics

Chapman: Future undated ballots should still be counted following SCOTUS ruling

The nation’s high court vacated an order pertaining to undated mail-in ballots in Lehigh County

News & Politics

Policy

Following Biden’s actions on marijuana, Wolf says he can’t issue unilateral pardons

Wolf’s office touted a recent initiative seeking to expedite pardons for people with marijuana convictions.

News & Politics

Opinion

The crisis with Crisis Pregnancy Centers in Pennsylvania

‘We must take measures to safeguard abortion access and reproductive health services at the statewide level.’

Business

Policy

Legal challenges to RGGI are keeping millions in carbon allowances from flowing to Pennsylvania

According to a September report, the third carbon-allowance auction of 2022 generated more than $301 million in revenue for reinvestment.

Policy

Personality

Columnist Will Bunch talks higher education and how college has become a cultural flashpoint for people

In his new book, Bunch examines the political forces that drive people apart in what experts call the ‘college/non-college’ divide.

Campaigns & Elections

Politics

John Fetterman pulls in $22M as Dr. Oz moves within striking distance

The celebrity doctor reported raising more than $17M in the most recent quarter.

Ask the Experts

Politics

Polling the pollsters

A guide to understanding political polls.

Campaigns & Elections

Opinion

GOP candidates’ implausible deniability

Whether through honest ignorance or craven opportunism, election-deniers are lying to you.

Campaigns & Elections

Politics

Millions are pouring into PA’s race for governor – here’s where the money’s coming from

More than $28 million was donated to the Republican and Democratic candidates over the last few months.

Philadelphia

Politics

Some Philly Union League members oppose club honoring DeSantis with major award

Florida’s governor has come under fire for using government funds to relocate migrants from Texas to Massachusetts.

Campaigns & Elections

Politics

Freedom From Religion Foundation launches campaign to counter Christian nationalism in state politics

The Wisconsin-based organization wants to convince politicians that secular voters constitute a large and growing voting bloc.

Opinion

Opinion

Some solutions for a better, safer Philadelphia

Philadelphia mayoral hopeful Allan Domb vows to make public safety his top priority.

Philadelphia

Policy

Jim Kenney’s ban on guns in parks, rec centers criticized as ‘meaningless’ amid state’s firearms laws

Even those with permits to carry could be charged with trespassing – or worse – if caught with guns in city parks.