Politician

It’s been two weeks since a fiery train derailment and subsequent burning of hazardous chemicals happened in East Palestine, Ohio, just a quarter-mile from Beaver County.

The governor said Thursday he will not allow Pennsylvania to execute any inmates while he is in office, and called on state lawmakers to abolish the death penalty altogether.

Gov. Josh Shapiro sent a letter to Norfolk Southern expressing serious concerns about the railroad company’s response to a 50-car train derailment and subsequent burning of hazardous chemicals.

The court decided that the Shapiro administration did not have to comply with a subpoena issued in a Republican-led “forensic investigation” of 2020 election results, launched in response to Donald Trump’s baseless claims of voter fraud in Pennsylvania.

In her decision, Commonwealth Court Judge Renee Cohn Jubelirer said “students attending low-wealth districts are being deprived of equal protection of law.”

Governor Josh Shapiro is keeping a promise he made to businesses across the commonwealth by creating a new office to streamline permit processes and expedite reviews and key incentive programs.

A prominent Pennsylvania civil rights advocate and election law professor could become the first South Asian member of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners.

Shapiro will also nominate his former deputy attorney general, Michelle Henry, to take over as the commonwealth’s top lawyer.

While campaigning for governor, Josh Shapiro said he would eliminate the four-year college degree requirement for most state jobs. On his first day in office, he has done just that.

With Josh Shapiro taking office, Pennsylvania now has successive Democrats as governor for the first time in more than 60 years.