Josh Shapiro
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Shapiro revives Whole Home Repair Program in new budget proposal
Restoring funding for the extremely popular Whole Home Repairs Program to the tune of $50 million is one of the top anti-homelessness and housing initiatives in Shapiro’s proposed 2024-25 budget.
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Shapiro administration pushes insurers to cover Opill for PA residents
Gov. Josh Shapiro issued guidance on Monday for health insurance companies to provide coverage and access to Opill, the new birth control medication.
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Court tosses Republican Pennsylvania lawmakers’ challenge of state, federal voter access actions
An attempt by conservative Pennsylvania lawmakers to overturn a shift to automatic voter registration was dismissed by a federal court on Tuesday, along with their other challenges to actions designed to boost voter registration.
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80% of House Republicans support plan to cut Social Security, ban abortion, and restrict IVF
The Republican Study Committee’s proposed budget calls for cutting Social Security and Medicare and banning abortion after 15 weeks nationwide. It would also pose a threat to IVF and slash funding for rental assistance and programs that help build housing, and more.
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Governor’s plan to boost mass transit aid passes Pennsylvania House, but faces long odds in Senate
Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives on Wednesday approved Gov. Josh Shapiro’s plan to boost funding for public transportation systems still trying to recover pre-pandemic ridership numbers and facing a drop-off in funding when federal COVID-19 aid runs out.
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Pennsylvania’s Whole Home Repairs program goes national
Pennsylvania’s wildly popular Whole Home Repairs program got a national boost on Tuesday when US Sen John Fetterman
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Four PA GOP congressmen ask US Supreme Court to ban popular abortion medication
Four Pennsylvania Republican congressmen signed onto an amicus brief asking the US Supreme Court to use a law from 1873 to restrict access to the popular abortion pill mifepristone.
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VIDEO: PA lawmaker tells inner city kids to join the military if they want free education
State Sen. Tracy Pennycuick (R-Montgomery) went on a tirade about affordable higher education costs during Thursday’s Senate Appropriations Hearing and told inner city kids to join the military if they want a free college education. The interaction between Pennycuick and Pennsylvania Department of Education Secretary Khalid Mumin occurred when Mumin was testifying about Gov. Josh…
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Pennsylvania sets up election security task force ahead of 2024 presidential contest
Law enforcement agencies, civil defense officials and election administrators have begun meeting in Pennsylvania to coordinate how they will identify and fight election threats with the presidential contest just eight months away in the battleground state, Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration said Thursday.
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‘Thoughts and prayers are not enough.’ Advocates praise Shapiro’s plan to tackle gun violence
Gun safety advocates and family members who lost loved ones due to gun violence joined Lt. Gov. Austin Davis at the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg on Tuesday to highlight the proposed Office of Gun Violence Prevention from Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget.
