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Mar 27, 2024
A bid by Pennsylvania House Democrats to boost state funding for public transit as part of Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget proposal has passed through that chamber, and now...
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Mar 25, 2024
For more than a century, Philadelphia's sheriffs have been accused of voter intimidation, jury tampering, systematic extortion, and much more.
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Mar 25, 2024
A graduated income tax — one that collects a higher percentage of earnings from the wealthy than from those who bring home smaller paychecks — is more fair than a flat...
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Mar 19, 2024
Pennsylvania makes its agencies refund fees if permits take too long.
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Mar 15, 2024
Editor: With inflation continuing to hit us hard, now is the time to embrace policies that support jobs and strengthen our economy.
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Mar 13, 2024
Laurie MacDonald will not be the next representative for Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District. After a challenge to the Mt. Washington resident’s nominating...
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Mar 12, 2024
Republicans in Pennsylvania and elsewhere are beginning to see that their campaign against mail-in ballots and other forms of early voting is hurting them at the polls.
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Mar 8, 2024
Pennsylvania’s Whole-Home Repairs program, a shrewd piece of bipartisan legislation, has met a serious unmet need: support for homeowners who can’t afford essential...
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Mar 5, 2024
There’s hardly a more humane — or economically sensible — use of resources in Pittsburgh than helping recent immigrants integrate into the city’s culture and...
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Feb 27, 2024
So much of American health care can be summed up with drugs. We often go to the doctor less to find out what is wrong than we do to get a prescription to fix the symptoms.
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Feb 26, 2024
The government of the City of Pittsburgh is in a state of dysfunction unparalleled in its modern history.
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Feb 20, 2024
Pennsylvania, the longtime national outlier for its appalling patchwork system for indigent defense, is finally making progress to beef up its support for defendants who can’t...
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Feb 20, 2024
Cyber charter schools in Pennsylvania are a different animal from the run-of-the-mill public school. A charter school is still a public institution. It doesn’t play by the same...
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Feb 15, 2024
It was an odd mid-winter special election, with all eyes turned to the Northeast on a Tuesday night as polls closed.
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Feb 14, 2024
We believe there’s something unseemly about legalizing marijuana in order to provide children with better educations.
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Feb 8, 2024
The governor’s focus on education equity, public transportation funding, and raising the minimum wage — all without new tax increases — provides legislators with a road map...
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Feb 7, 2024
Cyberattacks on essential services are happening more often. Hackers have hit at financial institutions. They have struck hospitals. In 2021, a ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline...
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Feb 7, 2024
It took the Post-Gazette’s Mark Belko more than two years to acquire public documents from the Allegheny County Airport Authority detailing its unusual use of severance...
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Feb 5, 2024
Some things are too complicated for a campaign promise. That never stops anyone from making them, though. On Wednesday, former president and Republican front-runner Donald Trump said...
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Jan 30, 2024
Pennsylvania has some of the most restrictive open records laws in America, needlessly slowing or stopping the public from accessing documents and information.
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Jan 30, 2024
Why do you need a school superintendent? The job might seem hard to understand for some taxpayers. Teachers? That one makes sense.
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Jan 30, 2024
“No child should ever go to school and never come home.” Terra Campbell is absolutely right. She knows that better than anyone. Her son, Marquis, was shot and killed as...
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Jan 26, 2024
Nearly every news publication in the commonwealth has commented – why not Philadelphia’s paper of record?
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Jan 22, 2024
A few weeks ago, in a meeting with U.S. Sen Bob Casey, The Daily Item’s editorial board asked the senator why so many seemingly unrelated bills end up tied together.
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Jan 22, 2024
The war in Gaza might be the biggest dividing line among the candidates.
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Jan 16, 2024
A report issued this week by the Wren Collective is direct in its title: “Under-resourced And Ignored: Indigent Defense in Schuylkill County.”
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Jan 15, 2024
When we think about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., as we do on the January holiday that celebrates him each year, the words of his most famous speech are the ones that most easily come...
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Jan 12, 2024
The Pennsylvania Republican Party may have to eat some crow — and thank Gov. Josh Shapiro for an electoral boost.
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Jan 11, 2024
More Pennsylvanians are registering to vote with visions of participating in what could be a record-breaking turnout for this year’s election cycle. That is very good news.
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Jan 9, 2024
A proposed affiliation between Pittsburgh-based UPMC and the Washington Hospital, which serves Washington and Greene Counties, highlights the struggles of rural health care systems...
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Jan 8, 2024
The Roberto Clemente Bridge, one of the Three Sisters that connect Downtown to the North Side, reopened after nearly two years of construction this New Year's Eve.
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Jan 5, 2024
Republicans can’t win elections with one hand tied behind their backs.
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Jan 2, 2024
Today’s review of 2023 should bring back some memories, both good and bad, of the year that was.
Mar 27, 2024A bid by Pennsylvania House Democrats to boost state funding for public transit as part of Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget proposal has passed through that chamber, and now...
Mar 25, 2024For more than a century, Philadelphia's sheriffs have been accused of voter intimidation, jury tampering, systematic extortion, and much more.
Mar 25, 2024A graduated income tax — one that collects a higher percentage of earnings from the wealthy than from those who bring home smaller paychecks — is more fair than a flat...
Mar 19, 2024Pennsylvania makes its agencies refund fees if permits take too long.
Mar 15, 2024Editor: With inflation continuing to hit us hard, now is the time to embrace policies that support jobs and strengthen our economy.
Mar 13, 2024Laurie MacDonald will not be the next representative for Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District. After a challenge to the Mt. Washington resident’s nominating...
Mar 12, 2024Republicans in Pennsylvania and elsewhere are beginning to see that their campaign against mail-in ballots and other forms of early voting is hurting them at the polls.
Mar 8, 2024Pennsylvania’s Whole-Home Repairs program, a shrewd piece of bipartisan legislation, has met a serious unmet need: support for homeowners who can’t afford essential...
Feb 27, 2024So much of American health care can be summed up with drugs. We often go to the doctor less to find out what is wrong than we do to get a prescription to fix the symptoms.
Feb 26, 2024The government of the City of Pittsburgh is in a state of dysfunction unparalleled in its modern history.
Feb 20, 2024Pennsylvania, the longtime national outlier for its appalling patchwork system for indigent defense, is finally making progress to beef up its support for defendants who can’t...
Feb 14, 2024We believe there’s something unseemly about legalizing marijuana in order to provide children with better educations.
Feb 8, 2024The governor’s focus on education equity, public transportation funding, and raising the minimum wage — all without new tax increases — provides legislators with a road map...
Feb 7, 2024Cyberattacks on essential services are happening more often. Hackers have hit at financial institutions. They have struck hospitals. In 2021, a ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline...
Feb 7, 2024It took the Post-Gazette’s Mark Belko more than two years to acquire public documents from the Allegheny County Airport Authority detailing its unusual use of severance...
Feb 5, 2024Some things are too complicated for a campaign promise. That never stops anyone from making them, though. On Wednesday, former president and Republican front-runner Donald Trump said...
Jan 22, 2024A few weeks ago, in a meeting with U.S. Sen Bob Casey, The Daily Item’s editorial board asked the senator why so many seemingly unrelated bills end up tied together.
Jan 15, 2024When we think about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., as we do on the January holiday that celebrates him each year, the words of his most famous speech are the ones that most easily come...
Jan 12, 2024The Pennsylvania Republican Party may have to eat some crow — and thank Gov. Josh Shapiro for an electoral boost.
Jan 11, 2024More Pennsylvanians are registering to vote with visions of participating in what could be a record-breaking turnout for this year’s election cycle. That is very good news.
Jan 8, 2024The Roberto Clemente Bridge, one of the Three Sisters that connect Downtown to the North Side, reopened after nearly two years of construction this New Year's Eve.
Jan 5, 2024Republicans can’t win elections with one hand tied behind their backs.
Jan 2, 2024Today’s review of 2023 should bring back some memories, both good and bad, of the year that was.