Interviews & Profiles

Personality

Q&A with Dan Laughlin

The Republican state senator outlines why he supports expanding the scope of the adult-use cannabis market.

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

Q&A with John Fetterman

The first-term U.S. Senator discusses cannabis law and what’s holding up federal legalization

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

Q&A with Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin

The longest-serving district attorney in the history of the county discusses the development of cannabis laws and local enforcement

Policy

Politics

As another neighboring state moves forward on recreational marijuana, Pennsylvania remains stuck in neutral

With Ohio joining the ranks of sales-friendly states, advocates for doing the same in Pennsylvania are ramping up efforts.

Capitol Beat

Politics

Shapiro’s first press club luncheon address: working with a divided legislature, RGGI, school funding and more

The governor said his ‘get stuff done’ attitude helped his administration hit the ground running

News & Politics

Politics

Penn, Lafayette among schools under federal hate probe

The U.S. Department of Education has launched investigations into seven schools over alleged incidents of antisemitism and Islamophobia

Campaigns & Elections

Politics

Pennsylvania’s election audit starts with a roll of the dice

Department of State officials rolled ten-sided dice to generate a seed number needed for a post-election audit.

Philadelphia

Politics

Philadelphia City Council races result in landmark victories for LGBTQ, South Asian candidates

In addition to the historic victories of Rue Landau and Nina Ahmad, Republicans are struggling to hold on to a minority seat as two Working Families Party candidates declared victory Tuesday night,

Philadelphia Mayor's Race 2023

Politics

Parker Rolls: Philadelphia elects Cherelle Parker as its 100th – and first female – mayor

The Democratic nominee defeated Republican and fellow former City Councilmember David Oh in Tuesday’s election

Philadelphia Mayor's Race 2023

Politics

‘This is not a celebration’: Cherelle Parker casts her vote in Philadelphia

The Democratic nominee for mayor is expected to become the first female mayor and 100th mayor in the city’s history

Campaigns & Elections

Politics

The 2023 City & State Election Preview Part II: Of Courts!

Everything you always wanted to know about the judicial races – and more

Technology

Personality

A Q&A with PA Secretary of State Al Schmidt

The commonwealth’s chief elections officer discusses AI and its impact on election operations, among other concerns.

Philadelphia Mayor's Race 2023

Politics

Cherelle Parker and David Oh face off in one-and-only Philly mayoral debate

Thursday morning’s debate offered candidates a rare chance to take jabs and spar over policy proposals

Campaigns & Elections

Politics

5 takeaways from Monday’s Philadelphia mayoral town hall

Cherelle Parker and David Oh answered voters’ questions in a rare forum before the Nov. 7 election

Special Reports

Personality

A Q&A with state Sen. Tracy Pennycuick

The Communications & Technology Committee chair speaks about the future of AI in the government space

Special Reports

Policy

The battle to deep-six the deepfake threat to elections levels up

Officials are racing to outflank misinformation agents and their metastasizing use of artificial intelligence.

Campaigns & Elections

Politics

Candidates say the darndest things – at a mayoral forum for Philly schoolkids

More than 100 students from Parkside community schools spoke with the mayoral nominees about the future of the city Tuesday

Politics

Working Families Party kicks off first-ever national convention in Philadelphia

The progressive labor-focused party welcomed lawmakers from around the region, labor leaders and more at the Downtown Sonesta Friday night