Fetterman vows to try and block US Steel sale
“I am committed to doing anything I can do, using my platform and my position, to block this foreign sale,” Fetterman said.
Dec
2023
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Sean Kitchen
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.
Dec
2023
14
Mifepristone still legal in PA, but US Supreme Court case gives advocates ‘grave concerns’
Reproductive rights advocates wanted to remind Pennsylvania residents that access to the medicine is still legal and that those seeking it should still talk to a health care provider.
Dec
2023
12
PA lawmakers propose bill to remove lead from drinking water in public schools
A bipartisan group of lawmakers from the Pennsylvania House and Senate held a press conference in the capitol rotunda on Tuesday to promote legislation that would remove lead contamination from public schools across the state.
Dec
2023
12
Pennsylvania gets $27 million in federal funds to make walking and biking safer
Democratic officials from across the commonwealth announced more than $27 million in funding from the Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets Program to make safety improvements for school students, pedestrians, and bicyclists along some of the most heavily used corridors in Pennsylvania.
Dec
2023
8
PA voters overwhelmingly support universal free school lunch programs
The universal free breakfast program that Gov. Josh Shapiro signed into law is so popular that 80% of Pennsylvania voters support expanding the program to cover universal free lunch.
Dec
2023
7
‘Absolutely thrilled.’ PA Amtrak advocates celebrate new projects from Biden’s Infrastructure law
Passenger rail advocates throughout Pennsylvania are celebrating this week following the avalanche of news regarding the expansion of passenger rail access throughout the commonwealth.
Dec
2023
7
New school board president sworn in on stack of banned books after defeating Moms for Liberty
Karen Smith, the new school board president for the Central Bucks School Board, was sworn in on Monday by placing her right hand on a stack of banned books.
Dec
2023
7
Pennsylvania taxpayers are funding discrimination in private and religious schools
Pennsylvania taxpayers are footing the bill for discrimination at private schools that receive scholarships from the commonwealth’s voucher programs, according to a new report published by Education Voters of Pennsylvania.
Dec
2023
6
Shapiro asks Biden Administration to have over-the-counter birth control pill covered by insurers
Shapiro was joined by five governors from the Reproductive Freedom Alliance, a group of 21 governors from across the country who work to protect and expand Americans’ reproductive rights.
Dec
2023
4
It’s time to retire the Pennsylvania Society
Saturday’s rally outside the Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association’s Pennsylvania Society luncheon at the Metropolitan Club in Midtown Manhattan proved one thing.
