President Trump has sent in ICE officers to assist at security checkpoints at more than a dozen US airports, including Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, as Transportation Security Administration airport workers remain on the job without pay.
In response to the federal cuts, Gov. Josh Shapiro in March 2025 signed an executive order directing state agencies to recruit some of the displaced workers. The order also instructed state officials to treat federal and state experience as equivalent, smoothing the hiring process for the employees who’d lost their jobs.
“This has been a tough battle here. I think we’re finally coming to a true win.”
Farmer suicide rates are significantly higher than the rates for the overall population.
Pennsylvania, with the most abandoned sites in the nation, would likely be hardest hit by cuts, experts say.
New federal work rules rolling out are expected to cut nearly 150,000 people off food assistance statewide unless they get a job, a shift that food banks say is already driving record demand.
A new report shows Pennsylvania is seeing its highest number of uninsured children in a decade.
Here’s how to support the food banks and food pantries fighting hunger across Pennsylvania.
While an end to the federal government shutdown could come this week, the main issue behind the shutdown—whether or not to extend enhanced tax credits for millions of Americans purchasing their plans on Affordable Care Act marketplaces like Pennie—remains unresolved.
Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman was one of seven Democrats who voted in favor of the measure.
