All the Candidates in the 2025 General Election

Who's running for Philadelphia District Attorney, City Controller and local and statewide judicial posts in on November 4

By Courtney Duchene and Lauren McCutcheon
Guest Commentary

Kids Can’t Wait for Politicians to Do Their Jobs

The state’s budget impasse is threatening critical services for children with disabilities or developmental delays. The local Easterseals CEO on what that might mean for our future

By Tim Kerrihard
Guest Commentary

What PA’s Double Budget Crisis Means for Us

When a federal government shutdown coincides with an unapproved state budget, the hardest hit will be the Pennsylvanians who need help the most

By Daniel J. Mallinson

The Key To PA’s Power in D.C.?

The state is on track to lose another Congressional seat in 2030 if we don’t stanch our population drain. Could the solution be … more housing?

By Jon Geeting
Guest Commentary

Who Suffers When Both PA and D.C. Grind to a Halt?

It’s not legislators, anyway. A local political consultant weighs in on our twin crises, and how we can hold electeds accountable.

By Mustafa Rashed

How Is PA Spending Its $2.2 Billion Opioid Settlement?

Counties across the state will decide how to use the money from opioid producers. Researchers at Penn State, Temple and Pitt created a database so the rest of us can see how they’re doing

By Jonathan Larsen, Amy Yeung, Dennis Scanlon, Renee Cloutier
Ideas We Should Steal

A SEPTA Backup Plan?

A public-private partnership in South Bend, Indiana lets employers and nonprofits offer free and low-cost Uber, Lyft and bus trips to workers and clients. Could this be a way to weather the next SEPTA doomsday?

By Courtney DuChene

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
The Citizen Recommends

Education Law Center’s 50th Anniversary Celebration

The nonprofit law firm endlessly fighting for PA students and their families is honoring three “champions” at a fundraising gala, including Citizen Board Member Jennifer Rice

By Malcolm Burnley
Election 2025

What’s Judicial Retention? Who’s Running?

Current members of the PA Supreme, Superior and Commonwealth Court have a unique place on the general election ballot

By Courtney DuChene