What Happens if One Party Wins PA?

If the 2026 midterms become the end of Pennsylvania’s split legislature, you’ll see effects on affordability, election reform, marijuana and more

By Daniel J. Mallinson
Guest Commentary

Is this Shapiro’s Chance to Be a National Unifier?

A Pennsylvania pastor urges Governor Shapiro to join 30 others and sign onto a federal tax credit private school scholarship program

By Joshua C. Robertson
Guest Commentary

Yet Again, It’s All About Josh

A political commentator argues the PA governor and presidential hopeful is best at making himself look good

By Guy Ciarrocchi

Gov. Shapiro’s FY27 Budget, By The Numbers

In partnership with Committee of Seventy, a detailed breakdown of how much of each Pennsylvanian’s money Shapiro and the state legislature will use next year

By Nick Hand
Guest Commentary

Governor Shapiro, Give PA Kids Access to a New Scholarship Program

The president of a free market think tank urges Pennsylvania to opt in to help students — both public and private — with school costs

By Andrew Lewis

Can Josh Shapiro “Get Sh*T Done” on Housing?

The Governor’s budget address focused on solutions to our state’s housing crisis, the most bipartisan issue in the legislature. But will it go far enough?

By Jon Geeting

The Woman Republicans Hope Can Beat Josh Shapiro

State Treasurer Stacy Garrity — who received the most votes of any PA candidate ever in her reelection bid last year — may already be the Commonwealth’s most successful female politician of all time. But is that enough?

By Courtney DuChene

SEPTA, The Art of The Ordeal

Compromise may finally be in the air. Some thoughts (including a Mellencamp cameo?) on the politics behind our budgetary fiasco — and why a win/win has been so elusive

By Larry Platt

What the SEPTA Saga has Revealed about Parker and Shapiro

The Mayor has been silent. The Governor is rallying the already converted. Whatever happened to preventing a crisis before it starts?

By Larry Platt

Shapiro’s Choice

Trump’s so-called Big Beautiful Bill contains a free money, opt-in school choice program for governors. Will ours redefine the politics of education for Democrats by taking advantage of it?

By Larry Platt