Guest Commentary

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
Guest Commentary

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
Guest Commentary

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
Guest Commentary

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
Guest Commentary

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
The Fix

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