Sean Kitchen is the Keystone’s political correspondent, based in Harrisburg. Sean is originally from Philadelphia and spent five years working as a writer and researcher for Pennsylvania Spotlight.
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Elon Musk turned this once-popular Pennsylvania tourist destination into a ghost town
Memorial Day traffic plummeted at one of Pennsylvania’s largest lakes thanks to Elon Musk and DOGE’s cuts to the US Army Corps of Engineers.
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Trump to hold first PA rally since reelection
President Donald Trump will return to Pennsylvania, hosting his first rally since reelection, amid his controversial budget proposal that could cost constituents their benefits.
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Scott Perry doesn’t believe work policy will cost constituents Medicaid access
Republican Congressman Scott Perry claimed that those who truly require coverage won’t lose it, but work restrictions may kick millions of Americans off of Medicaid.
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Scott Perry sends stunning letter to a mother who advocated for her disabled son
A constituent who cares for her disabled son speaks out about a letter she received from Scott Perry’s office after he voted for cuts to Medicaid.
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PA Republicans vote to cut taxes for billionaires, take healthcare away from their own communities
Pennsylvania’s Republican House members voted to cut health care coverage and food assistance for constituents in order to fundPresident Donald Trump’s tax cuts that benefit corporations and billionaires.
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Will billionaire election spending end the Democratic majority on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court?
Democrats need to win three retention elections in November to hold onto the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, but billionaire interference could come at a cost.
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Republican Medicaid cuts mean hospital closures and maternal health deserts for rural Pennsylvanians
Hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians will lose coverage if Republicans push through their $625 billion cut to Medicaid.
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Republicans’ Medicaid cuts pit working Pennsylvanians against the ultra wealthy
Gov. Josh Shapiro appeared on a local radio program on Wednesday to warn Pennsylvanians about the impacts of President Donald Trump and the Republican Party’s plan to cut $715 billion from Medicaid in order to pay for Trump’s tax cuts.
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Cannabis legalization bill goes up in smoke following PA Senate Republican opposition
House Bill 1200 met its untimely demise less than a week after the Pennsylvania House passed its first adult-use cannabis bill. Senate Republicans oppose selling recreational cannabis in state-owned stores and shot the bill down in a committee vote.
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PA Republicans silent after member calls for violent rebellion against Shapiro’s budget
A video posted by State Sen. Dawn Keefer has renewed calls to end political violence. Her social media post called for a second Whiskey Rebellion and used a flamethrower on Gov. Josh Shapiro’s proposed budget less than a month after the governor’s residence was firebombed.
