Campaigns & Elections
Politics
Catching fire: Bob Brooks makes his case for beating Ryan Mackenzie in PA-7
The Democratic candidate – and the head of the firefighters union – is touting his cost-of-living agenda, including Medicare for All and a higher minimum wage, to convince Lehigh Valley voters to send him to Congress.
Policy
Policy
U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick’s red tape-cutting efforts take center stage in Philadelphia
The senator convened politicians and industry stakeholders at Temple University to brainstorm ways to improve Pennsylvania’s business climate.
Philadelphia
Policy
New report details the impact immigrants have on Philadelphia’s population and economy
Philadelphia’s Welcoming Center examines the critical economic contributions of the region’s immigrants – and the effects of current federal immigration policies.
Education
Policy
Ages of uncertainty
How the state, and its stakeholders, are strategizing around the slow-motion fallout of a rapidly aging population, a shrinking workforce pool and decreasing birth rates.
Capitol Beat
Policy
State health officials pause disease-control strategy proposal
The move, allowing consideration of some 10,000 public comments, comes as the commonwealth battles a historic measles outbreak that now surpasses 900 cases.
Trailblazers
Power Lists
The City & State Trailblazers in Healthcare 2026
Meet the physicians, advocates and visionaries keeping Pennsylvania, and its mighty healthcare sector, healthy.
Healthcare
Policy
New ACA rates pinching Pennie’s users
On the heels of historic 2026 rate increases for state health insurance marketplace plans, the Pennsylvania Insurance Department announced sharply higher rates for 2027 coverage
health policy
Politics
As PA measles cases skyrocket, Shapiro-RFK Jr. beef expands
As Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak hit disturbing new milestones this week – including the country’s largest reported measles death total since the 1990s – tensions flared again between Gov. Josh Shapiro and federal health czar Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over death counts and declining American vaccine confidence.
Agriculture
Policy
PA farmers, plagued by bumper crop of crises, turn to legislators for help
Legislators aim to ease the challenges facing commonwealth farmers, from soaring fertilizer and diesel prices to a freakish freeze and a shortage of immigrant labor.
health policy
Health Policy
PA measles outbreak continues to roil pols, policymakers, physicians
The virus's spread has metastasized into a rapidly expanding partisan controversy.
Who's Who
Power Lists
The City & State Who's Who in Labor 2026
Meet the organizers, educators and advocates powering Pennsylvania’s workforce.
health policy
Policy
As PA measles outbreak intensifies, so does the political polarization around it
Following the very public spat between Gov. Josh Shapiro and federal health czar RFK Jr., conservatives and public-health experts are fighting over the veracity of the state’s reported measles deaths
Josh Shapiro
Policy
X marks the spat: Shapiro, RFK Jr. needle each other online over measles outbreak
While the governor urged Pennsylvanians to get vaccinated, public health officials expressed alarm over the HHS secretary’s latest anti-vaccine rhetoric
Healthcare
Politics
Pennie drops: PA’s insurance marketplace suffers massive decline in enrollment
Following the cancellation of federal subsidies, more than a third of enrollees in the state’s Affordable Care Act insurance marketplace have canceled their plans since last November, with downstream effects on hospitals and economies statewide
Policy
Policy
Connecting the dots: PA health officials battle historic measles outbreak
Thousands have been vaccinated, but cases are rising fast in an outbreak centered in Lancaster County
Honors
Honors
Power Lists
The 2026 CSPA Philadelphia Power Brokers
Our inaugural list features Philadelphia’s most influential figures
Healthcare
Policy
New legislation, tech look to counter rising healthcare workplace violence
A raft of new measures, from policy to remote alert systems, aims to reverse the rising tide of violence against frontline health workers.
Arts & Culture
Policy
Better off TED: A day of demonstrating democratic principles comes to Philadelphia
A partnership between the organization known for its educational talks and Visit Philadelphia will delve into the past, present and future of democracy as part of the semiquincentennal celebration.
Philadelphia
Personality