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News & Politics

Meet the elder stateswomen of the state’s protest movement

The Granny Peace Brigade Philadelphia has been demonstrating against injustice and speaking truth to power for almost 20 years.

Campaigns & Elections

Five For Friday: A way-too-early municipal election preview

Pennsylvania voters across the commonwealth will vote in consequential municipal elections this fall.

Campaigns & Elections

Mayoral primaries across PA: Nail-biters, blowouts and upsets

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey lost the Democratic primary to Corey O'Connor, while incumbents in Harrisburg, Allentown and Scranton are poised for victory.

News & Politics

Larry Krasner runs away with Philadelphia District Attorney primary

The incumbent Democrat fended off a primary challenger; next up: an uncontested general election race in November.

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Budget

5 things to know about Pennsylvania’s budget timeline

City & State’s primer on the timeline for passing a state budget in Harrisburg.

Health Care

Pennsylvania caregivers sound the alarm on a worsening workforce crisis

Potential cuts to Medicaid could further complicate an already dire situation.

Policy

Calls to increase SEPTA funding continue ahead of public hearings

Local electeds and transit advocates continue calls for consistent funding

Labor

Pennsylvania turns to AI to speed up hiring process

The commonwealth aims to bring the time it takes to hire a new employee down to under 50 days

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Winners & Losers

This week’s biggest Winners & Losers

Who’s up and who’s down this week?

News & Politics

U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick talks term limits, tariffs and Trump

Pennsylvania’s junior senator spoke with City & State about his first months in Washington, his top policy priorities and President Donald Trump’s second term.

Interviews & Profiles

A Q&A with Rebecca May-Cole

Executive director, Pennsylvania Association of Area Agencies on Aging

Interviews & Profiles

A Q&A with Maureen Madden

The State House’s Aging Committee chair shares priorities and challenges

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Power List

The City & State PA 2025 Pennsylvania Power 100

Above & Beyond

The 2025 City & State Pennsylvania Above & Beyond

Trailblazers

The CSPA 2025 Black Trailblazers

Meet the difference-makers in politics, policy and beyond.

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Opinion

Opinion: Philly landlords should embrace new legislation, not fight it

The Safe Healthy Homes Act should be championed by lessors as well as lessees.

Energy

Opinion: Pennsylvania must energize efforts to regulate its oil and gas industry

The majority chair of the Pennsylvania House Environmental Committee lays out what’s at stake if efforts aren’t improved and increased.

Campaigns & Elections

Opinion: To win again, Democrats must ‘make life better’ for all Americans

State Rep. and Democratic National Committee Vice Chair Malcolm Kenyatta on what the party needs going forward – and what he is doing to make that happen.

Opinion

Opinion: Privatizing Pittsburgh’s water utility is a win-win

An op-ed explains how the failures of the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority – and the successes of water utility privatization efforts elsewhere – have laid the groundwork for a sea change.

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