Topic: Pennsylvania Politics

The Governor sent his $53.3 billion budget proposal to the state legislature in February. Here, in partnership with Committee of Seventy, a detailed breakdown

When police die by suicide, their loved ones often lose benefits. Pennsylvania, and Philadelphia, may now change that

Bipartisan zoning reform bills that could open up the state to in-law apartments and rooming houses could leave our city out. That would be a mistake

More than half of adult Philadelphians struggle to read. A year-old literacy coalition is calling for a statewide commitment to a teaching method that has worked in Mississippi and elsewhere

All the candidates — Democratic and Republican — on Philadelphians’ ballots on May 19, 2026

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

The late Milton Street proposed legalizing recreational weed in 1983. A longtime local journalist wonders how we can still justify giving up millions of much-needed tax dollars

Help us write a job description for the candidates vying to replace Philadelphia’s U.S. Representative Dwight Evans — and then join us to help interview them for the job

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?

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