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What to know as Pennsylvania braces for loss of SNAP benefits

Gov. Josh Shapiro took executive action Friday to try and lessen the impacts of the suspension of SNAP benefits.

News & Politics

The Democratic Women’s Caucus calls for emergency SNAP funding

Houlahan said 2 million Pennsylvanians, most of them women and girls, could become food insecure if funding is allowed to lapse

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Policy

City & State’s 2025-26 Pennsylvania state budget tracker

Pennsylvania’s ongoing budget impasse has surpassed 100 days.

Capitol Beat

…And justices for all: What's at stake in next week's judicial elections

Pennsylvania’s 2025 judicial elections will determine who will rule on some of the state’s most hot-button issues.

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Boxing legend Mike Tyson fights for cannabis legalization in Pennsylvania

The former heavyweight champion, now a cannabis entrepreneur, met with state officials to advocate for legal, recreational cannabis in the commonwealth.

Interviews & Profiles

Ask The Experts: Philadelphia’s imperiled research ecosystem

Amid federal defunding of scientific research and radical shifts in vaccine and health policy, City & State surveyed Philadelphia’s top vaccine experts to discuss what’s at stake.

Capitol Beat

PA senators introduce bipartisan proposal to regulate skill games

The duo says the bill will help address illegal gaming and nuisance businesses across the state.

Transportation

Shapiro, feds, continue chirping over SEPTA

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy called out the transit agency over safety concerns

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Winners & Losers

This week’s biggest Winners & Losers

Who’s up and who’s down this week?

Satire/Odd News

How to have a very Pennsylvania Halloween – costume edition

The keystones to a kooky or crazy costume

Winners & Losers

This week’s biggest Winners & Losers

Who’s up and who’s down this week?

Winners & Losers

This week’s biggest Winners & Losers

Who’s up and who’s down this week?

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Honors

The 2025 Fifty Over 50

Meet the state’s senior leaders who are cementing their legacies in politics, policy and beyond.

Honors

The 2025 City & State 40 In Their Forties

Meet the primetime players innovating, leading and succeeding across the state.

Who's Who

The City & State 2025 Who’s Who in Labor

A look at the Pennsylvanians who champion a workforce powering health care, infrastructure, education and other critical sectors.

Trailblazers

The City & State 2025 Trailblazers in Healthcare

These innovators, experts and advocates are tackling the state’s – and the world’s – health challenges head on

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Politics

Loss of SNAP benefits will hit PA’s food economy where it hurts most

With the loss of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding less than a day away, the potential damage to the state would be enormous.

Politics

Feeling the heat: How temperature-specific legislation could keep workers and businesses cool

Two members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives are proposing legislation that would protect employees and business owners from tragedy during periods of extreme heat.

Politics

Don’t lock renters out of affordable housing policy

While new initiatives at the state and local levels offer relief for owners and landlords, renters in Pennsylvania could be left out in the cold without proper safeguards.

Politics

Opinion: PA’s congressional delegation must stand their ground and fund NIH

The life-and-death reasons why U.S. Reps. Madeleine Dean and Guy Reschenthaler, our state’s members on the all-important U.S House Appropriations Committee, must fight to preserve the National Institutes of Health.

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