Pennsylvania's governor signed an executive order Wednesday hoping to attract those workers, noting that the state, with a workforce of almost 82,000 people, has nearly 6,000 open positions for which federal workers who are losing their jobs could apply.
Gov. Josh Shapiro took aim at President Donald Trump’s tariffs, which will cost Pennsylvania businesses up to $5.3 billion. Shapiro warns that dairy farmers and other industries could be affected.
The officer who died was identified as Andrew Duarte of the West York Borough Police Department. Three hospital workers, including a doctor, a nurse and a custodian, and two other officers were shot and wounded in the attack.
Over 68% of Pennsylvania voters support legalizing adult-use cannabis according to a new poll. Its support can be found across all age groups and political affiliations.
Gov. Josh Shapiro highlighted his track record and called for legalizing adult-use cannabis, regulating skill games, and restoring housing rights for those who have past evictions.
Gov. Josh Shapiro’s proposed state budget includes an additional $526 million to close the education funding gap between poorer and wealthier school districts. It also calls for capping cyber charter tuition at $8,000 per student.
County elections officials in Pennsylvania rejected more than 11,000 mail-in ballots for technical reasons in the November election, including thousands that were determined to violate the much litigated requirement that voters provide accurate, handwritten dates on the return envelopes.
The company operating the flight that crashed into a Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood Friday evening said it could not confirm any survivors. There was no immediate word whether anyone on the ground was killed.
Gov. Josh Shapiro said Thursday that he wants to fast-track big energy projects in Pennsylvania and offer hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks for projects that provide electricity to the grid and make hydrogen.
Pennsylvania Department of Education issued a scathing rejection of Unbound Academy, an AI-powered cyber charter school. However, the state’s charter school laws will allow the school to reapply in the future.
