Topic: Pennsylvania Politics

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

The debate over SEPTA funding has led at least one local legislator to suggest a radical approach to state governance

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

A Philly high schooler on how the transit agency’s proposed cuts will be especially hard for one group of people, including her mother — and thousands more Philadelphians with disabilities

Republican leadership wants accountability when funding public transit, but not when it comes to fixing roads. Is that fair?

A former Crozer employee and health policy researchers from CHOP want PA to pass regulations to ensure medical centers stay in communities

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

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

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?

How low was turnout on May 20? Who will be on the ballot for November 4? Which DA candidate prevailed?