Politics
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Barack and Michelle Obama highlight Harris and Trump’s wildly different visions for America
Former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama capped off Tuesday’s events at the DNC, where they laid out differing visions of where America will go under a Harris or Trump presidency.
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Kamala Harris continues to inspire PA Democrats
Pennsylvania Democrats are still riding the enthusiasm of Vice President Kamala Harris becoming the party’s presidential nominee and have been treated with front row seats to the Democratic National Convention.
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Joe Biden passes the torch to Kamala Harris on night one of the Democratic Convention
President Joe Biden promised to be “the best volunteer the Harris and Walz campaign has ever seen.”
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Trump a CEO’s dream, worker’s nightmare, labor leaders warn at DNC
The heads of six unions spoke on the first night of the Democratic National Convention to list the many ways the Biden-Harris team has had workers’ backs and how Trump has been hostile to workers’ rights and prosperity.
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PA Building Trades Council endorses Eugene DePasquale for Attorney General
Eugene DePasquale picked up a major endorsement from the Pennsylvania Building Trades for Attorney General. The council represents 130,000 workers across the commonwealth.
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Harris and Walz make small-town stops in Western Pa. before DNC
Before hitting the prime time stage at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Tim Walz, visited Sheetz and Primanti Bros. on Sunday while making campaign stops in the western part of the state.
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After expanding health care access for Pennsylvanians, Harris has new plan to cut costs further
After casting the tie-breaking vote for the Inflation Reduction Act, Vice President Kamala Harris is proposing to expand capping the cost of insulin at $35 and prescription drug costs at $2,000 for all Americans.
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Lancaster Dems praise Inflation Reduction Act’s lowering of prescription drug costs
Lancaster County Democrats celebrated the two-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act on Friday. The landmark legislation has helped millions of Pa. residents with lower prescription drug costs and more.
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Two years in, the Inflation Reduction Act is lowering health care costs in Pennsylvania
The Inflation Reduction Act ensured that 76,000 Pennsylvanians were able to keep their health insurance, reduced the cost of insulin for over 80,000 Pennsylvania seniors, and incentivized manufacturers to invest in the state and create more clean energy jobs.
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Biden-Harris administration’s Medicare drug price negotiations secure $6 billion in savings for taxpayers
The White House estimates that these new prices will lead to around $6 billion in savings for the Medicare program in 2026. The new prices will be anywhere from 38% to 79% lower than the drugs’ list prices last year, saving seniors on Medicare an estimated $1.5 billion in out-of-pocket costs in 2026 alone.
