Topic: Pennsylvania Politics
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
Will PA Ever Legalize Weed?
And, can it possibly be the problem-solver advocates — including Gov. Shapiro — are looking for?
By Malcolm Burnley
Washington is in Shambles …
… but, a Philly State Rep and Speaker of the House says, Harrisburg is here to help.
By Joanna McClinton
Does Pittsburgh Have the Answer to Philly’s Market East?
The other big PA city is undergoing an ambitious public-private effort to reinvigorate a lagging city corridor.
By Diana Lind
GOP’s Path to a New State Majority?
A former Republican political staffer on what the party’s surprising success in the state — and Philly — could mean for future elections
By Guy Ciarrocchi