Topic: Pennsylvania Politics

City Council wants the state to get out of its way of enacting new gun laws. Smart strategy, or a waste of time?

Pennsylvania’s attorney general on facing backlash, seeking civility and being the “people’s lawyer” the state needs

The governor has proposed funds for education and transportation. Philly 3.0’s engagement director on why that’s good for the city.

For the first time this year, you can cast your ballot for 50 days straight at City Hall—or maybe, Philly 3.0’s engagement director notes, in a neighborhood near you. Here’s how to take advantage.

Turnout is expected to be low on Tuesday, but, as Philly 3.0’s engagement director explains, the state’s new election reforms may make it easier to cast a ballot starting next year

The State Legislature is set to pass a bill that would help more people vote. So why does City Commissioner Lisa Deeley seem to be against it?

A year after a landmark state Supreme Court decision, a state politics watcher says we are on the cusp of broad environmental reform—funded by Marcellus Shale

Partisans like civil rights icon Ryan Costello might disagree, but the PA Supreme Court’s redrawn congressional map may be a rarity: A solution

Catching up with the Republican congressman from the Lehigh Valley who has become the most reasonable man in politics

The Citizen 2017 General Election Guide