A bipartisan proposal for a student cell phone ban in Pennsylvania’s public and private schools advanced to the House this week with Gov. Josh Shapiro’s backing.
A key area of reform would be pushing local governments to adopt “pro-housing” stances.
Richey ran for governor in 2022, dropping out a few months before the Republican primary. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, he has served as the chair of the Allegheny County GOP for roughly one year.
Controller Mark Pinsley said the agency hasn’t paid for space it rents in a Lehigh County government building.
Farmer suicide rates are significantly higher than the rates for the overall population.
The frontrunner for the GOP gubernatorial nomination mentioned the sitting governor by name at least 30 times.
Thousands of Pennsylvanians have left the state’s only Affordable Care Act marketplace, Pennie, following sharp increases in monthly premiums due to expiring enhanced federal subsidies.
The Franklin County Republican ran against now-Gov. Josh Shapiro in 2022 and was resoundingly defeated. He didn’t endorse state Treasurer Stacy Garrity, saying “we’ll talk about that down the road.” She won the party’s nomination in September.
In 2023, 4,719 Pennsylvanians died from an overdose and there were 37,371 nonfatal suspected overdoses.
Paris’ last day as commissioner will be Jan. 2, 2026, marking the end of a 26-year career with the state police. He was nominated by Gov. Josh Shapiro on Jan. 19, 2023, and unanimously confirmed by the state Senate almost two months later.
