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While national attention fixates on Philadelphia's vote-rich suburbs, a quieter yet potentially far more decisive transformation is unfolding... Read More

Her San Francisco progressive persona isn’t a good fit for Joe Biden’s native state. Read More

A union-backed rewrite by Gov. Shapiro’s admin would subsidize energy production as well as lower the bar for investment. Read More

The vice president has raised huge sums and has won over many business leaders. Despite that, the presidential race remains tight in... Read More

Both candidates are rallying in Pennsylvania this week, and their campaigns are holding events nearly every day across the commonwealth. Read More

The campaign, which believes Democrats have made gains in suburban Pennsylvania since 2020, hopes to achieve small but meaningful bumps in... Read More

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have taken their fight for Pennsylvania’s Electoral College votes to... Read More

Sen. Bob Casey falsely says Republican Dave McCormick “made clear” he’d slash Medicare and Social Security. Read More

With three weeks until election day, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump are both campaigning Monday in Pennsylvania, one... Read More

In this Pres­i­den­tial cam­paign, one of the great dis­ap­point­ments for us as econ­o­mists has been the in­abil­ity... Read More

Sen. Bob Casey Jr. (D-Pa.) refuses to rescind his endorsement of Rep. Summer Lee (D-Pittsburgh). While many people would shrug, some members... Read More

Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz, a former geography teacher, might be able to teach a course on Western Pennsylvania’s... Read More

When PA nursing homes close, communities have to fill the gaps. Advocates warn that more closures loom if longstanding funding issues... Read More

Amish people don’t usually vote. A group of Trump supporters is encouraging them to start. Read More

I have what you might call a special family situation with Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station. Read More

Since the election of Donald Trump in 2016, I have been frequently asked this question: What would your father (Pittsburgh native, former... Read More

State Senator Jimmy Dillon, a Philadelphia Democrat, has dozens of questionable expenses in his official state spending reports as well as... Read More

The UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute (UCLA LPPI) released a new data brief on Latino eligible voters in Pennsylvania, marking the... Read More

Philadelphia and Pittsburgh counties already implment a sales tax. Proposed legislation would allow the other 65 counties in Pennsylvania to... Read More

Harrisburg, Pa., May 21, 2024 — Pennsylvania per-student spending increased to $21,985 in the 2022–23 school year, according to... Read More

The start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 forced officials in cities throughout the country to deal with unexpected budget shortfalls... Read More

Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week our hosts travel to the state most likely to decide the election Read More

As polls show a tight race in Pennsylvania, which Trump cannot lose, Governor Josh Shapiro explains why he thinks Kamala Harris is on her way... Read More

NPR tracked where the candidates are investing the most travel time and money. Unsurprisingly, the most competitive states are receiving the... Read More

From their voting power to their leadership in the halls of state government, women are a force reshaping Pennsylvania politics. Read More