Politics
Opinion
Opinion: PA gets closer to sounding death knell for death penalty
A growing consensus among state politicians seems to signal a paradigm shift on capital punishment.
Opinion
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
Personality
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.
Personality
Personality
Remembering those who served
A Memorial Day salute to those who gave their all for Pennsylvania – and the nation – in war and peace.
Politics
Opinion
Opinion: All of us pay the price for underfunding public defense
For the people who need it but can’t get it, overburdened public defenders and the taxpayers funding unnecessary detentions, change is needed now.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: First responders are sounding the alarm on opioids
The executive director of the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association makes the case for taking the next step to save lives.
Politics
Politics
Thousands rally across PA as part of nationwide protest against Trump's agenda
At the event, dubbed ‘Hands Off,’ local leaders and advocates spoke out against an ‘assault on our freedoms and our communities.’
Politics
Politics
Democrats pick up state Senate seat as they win 2 special elections in PA
Pennsylvania Democrats flipped a state Senate seat and retained their state House majority.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Exit interview: Jacqueline Romero
Philadelphia’s top federal prosecutor left this week amid a Trump-administration sweep of the Biden-era judiciary
General Assembly
Policy
‘The timeline for reform is urgent’: Advocates push for independent redistricting commission to draw political maps
Lawmakers want to amend the state constitution to improve the redistricting process.
U.S. Congress
Politics
The Pennsylvania congressional delegation’s committee assignments
City & State has a full rundown of all the committees that Pennsylvania’s members of Congress are serving on.
Politics
Updated
Politics
Decision 2024: Pennsylvania’s 2024 U.S. Senate race
Incumbent U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and Republican nominee Dave McCormick face off in November for a pivotal U.S. Senate seat.
Politics
Opinion
Opinion: Haitian Americans must battle xenophobia to win freedom and political power
In the wake of the continued demonization of immigrant communities, a Haitian-born nonprofit leader advocates for a way forward.
Politics
Politics
‘We won’t be displaced’: Thousands march through Center City Philadelphia protesting proposed Sixers arena
Increased traffic and Chinatown’s survival were among the concerns driving people to protest in a downpour.
Health Care
Opinion
Opinion: Congressional priorities need to include Pharmacy Benefit Manager reform
A state senator lays out the case for reining in the outsized power that pharmacy benefit managers have over prescription drug prices for Americans.
Politics
Opinion
Opinion: The Biden intervention
City & State’s founder imagines a scenario where the president gets told the truth about the election and what he needs to do to save the country.
Campaigns & Elections
Politics
U.S. Senate candidates’ use of negative ads becomes flashpoint after Trump assassination attempt
Dave McCormick made a pitch online Monday to suspend negative campaigning despite continuing to run such ads.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Let’s clear the air on politics and Parkinson’s
Take it from one who knows first-hand: Being diagnosed with the disease and being fully committed to a career – even at the presidential level – are not mutually exclusive.
Politics
Politics
Sage advice: PA’s senior politicos dish on what their successors should – and shouldn’t do
Words of wisdom from both parties for the next generation of policymakers and public officials.
Campaigns & Elections
Politics