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Personality
Mascot Manor: Meet the state’s most unusual sidekicks
The commonwealth is home to a multitude of madcap mascots
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Shapiro’s snub adds to the commonwealth’s constellation of consolation prizes
The Keystone State has its fair share of second-place finishes
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An escalating situation: The City & State guide to reaching the next level of budget negotiations
Some possible (though improbable) roadblocks to the already-late state budget
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City & State’s Great Debate Watch/Don’t Watch Guide
How to watch – or not watch – Thursday’s presidential debate
Personality
Counting the counties with more animals than people
Several commonwealth counties boast more livestock than residents
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Butter late than never
Ranking Farm Show sculptures over the years
Philadelphia
Boom or bust - Our picks to replace Philly’s controversial public carvings
Famous Philadelphians who might be deserving of a city sculpture
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Novembers to Remember
Unforgettable moments from Keystone State Election Days past
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5 of PA politicos’ worst nightmares
Horror films that could flip the script in Harrisburg this Halloween
Personality
Legislative caucuses Pennsylvanians wish were real
City & State’s take on what caucuses the commonwealth is missing
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5 special ‘Sesame Street’ parodies in Pennsylvania
City & State decided to do a spoof on the kids’ program – so this is what happens when Sesame Street intersects with State Street.
Transportation
‘Ateball,’ ‘Bosbich,’ and more rejected Pennsylvania vanity plates
From the puerile to the racist, countless personalized license plate applications are denied daily by PennDOT.
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Capitol Beat
March Madness is inescapable – even in the political arena
City & State defines some terminology for you ahead of the Big Dance – and puts a commonwealth twist on it.
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How can you make an Oscar-nominated movie even better? Add more Pennsylvania to it.
Ahead of the Academy Awards this year, here are some City & State-inspired remakes of Hollywood’s best on the big screen.
Capitol Beat
From Walt Wit beer to Angus beef – here are Josh Shapiro and Jim Kenney’s major Super Bowl bets
Leaders from around Philadelphia and Kansas City are making friendly wagers ahead of the big game.
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‘Better Know A District,’ City & State style
A smattering of political chatter from around the Keystone State
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What’s in and out this year
Here’s what’s politically hot – and not – in 2023.
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2023 & Me: Fake ‘family’ connections we wish were the real deal
We shook the state’s political family tree and came up with some fanciful findings.
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Spotify Wrapped: The PA Politics Edition
We imagined what artists and hit songs would have topped the charts in 2022.
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