Topic: Pennsylvania Politics

Protect Hospitals from Private Equity
A former Crozer employee and health policy researchers from CHOP want PA to pass regulations to ensure medical centers stay in communities
By Kate Rubey, Elizabeth Salazar, Nicolas Goldstein Novick and Scott Lorch
Home Repairs 2.0 Hits Harrisburg
Philly State Senator Nikil Saval is working on a bipartisan bill for a new state program to help around 2,500 homeowners each year stay in their houses
By Malcolm Burnley
Pennsylvania, Prioritize Literacy
Only 17 percent of Philadelphia fourth graders read at grade level. Let’s tell Harrisburg to pass bipartisan bills that invest in our kids and our future, says a PA literacy leader
By Rachael Garnick
Will Philly Area Legislators Sell Out SEPTA in Next Year’s Budget?
State lawmakers failed to prioritize public transit last year, forcing a SEPTA crisis that could upend the region. Who will step up to keep that from happening again?
By Jon Geeting
Who Won the 2025 Primary Election
How low was turnout on May 20? Who will be on the ballot for November 4? Which DA candidate prevailed?
By Lauren McCutcheon
Your Guide to the 2025 Primary Election
All the Republican and Democratic candidates for District Attorney, Superior Court, Commonwealth Court, Court of Common Pleas, Municipal Court ...
By Lauren McCutcheon
It’s Time for Democrats to Lead on Education Again — Starting in PA
We can start, the CEO of an education reform group argues, with an Abundance Agenda
By Jorge Elorza
The School District’s Own Efficiency Team
GOP legislators want to investigate wasteful spending in Philadelphia schools. A high school teacher knows just who they should ask
By Lydia Kulina-Washburn
Strengthen PA’s Democracy with these Reforms
More than 1.4 million independent voters in Pennsylvania are barred from voting in the primaries. A good government advocate on why that — and other vote-suppressing policies — must change
By David Thornburgh
For Sale — Your State Legislature
Democratic Rep. Solomon, Republican Rep. Rigby and activist Rabbi Michael Pollock are all pushing for a ban on egregious gifts to legislators — as in most other states. It is the 38th attempt at a gift ban in the last quarter century
By Larry Platt