Lead Story
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Will billionaire election spending end the Democratic majority on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court?
Democrats need to win three retention elections in November to hold onto the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, but billionaire interference could come at a cost.
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Pa. primary recap: O’Connor defeats Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey
In the primaries on Tuesday, Democrat Corey O’Connor defeated incumbent Ed Gainey to run for Pittsburgh mayor in November. In Philadelphia, incumbent Democrat Larry Krasner will continue his run for District Attorney, and races for two statewide court seats are also set.
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Biden has been diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer
Former President Joe Biden was seen by doctors last week after urinary symptoms and a prostate nodule were found. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer on Friday, with the cancer cells having spread to the bone.
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Republicans’ Medicaid cuts pit working Pennsylvanians against the ultra wealthy
Gov. Josh Shapiro appeared on a local radio program on Wednesday to warn Pennsylvanians about the impacts of President Donald Trump and the Republican Party’s plan to cut $715 billion from Medicaid in order to pay for Trump’s tax cuts.
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House GOP fast-tracks budget bill that would cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood
Abortion is already excluded from coverage—the new bill is going after all health care services the clinics provide for low-income Americans.
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Cannabis legalization bill goes up in smoke following PA Senate Republican opposition
House Bill 1200 met its untimely demise less than a week after the Pennsylvania House passed its first adult-use cannabis bill. Senate Republicans oppose selling recreational cannabis in state-owned stores and shot the bill down in a committee vote.
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PA Republicans silent after member calls for violent rebellion against Shapiro’s budget
A video posted by State Sen. Dawn Keefer has renewed calls to end political violence. Her social media post called for a second Whiskey Rebellion and used a flamethrower on Gov. Josh Shapiro’s proposed budget less than a month after the governor’s residence was firebombed.
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Pennsylvania House advances bill legalizing recreational marijuana
Democrats voted unanimously to advance the multifaceted bill to the Senate over unified opposition from Republicans, who expressed concern that legalization will increase marijuana usage, cause health issues, and create safety problems at workplaces.
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We asked, you answered: If you could describe Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office with one word, what would it be?
To mark the Donald Trump 2.0 100-day milepost, we asked our newsletter readers to describe his first 100 days in office with one word.
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With public transit agencies in dire straits, Pa. House puts Shapiro’s funding plan into play
Pennsylvania lawmakers approved legislation this week to direct nearly $300 million in new funding to transit agencies in the next state budget.
