Political News
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Pa. Election Results: All 3 Democratic Supreme Court Justices Win Retention Races
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Justices Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty and David Wecht survived an expensive election.
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How Pennsylvania Voters Reacted to Big National Spending on Judicial Retention
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Parties and interest groups spent millions promoting their judicial retention priorities. Did they break through?
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Judges Order Trump Administration to Fund SNAP Payments During Shutdown
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BOSTON (AP) — Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must continue to fund SNAP, the nation’s biggest food aid program, using contingency funds […]
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All the Major Players in Pa.’s Budget Impasse Met in Person This Week. Will a Deal Follow?
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The talks are occurring as Pennsylvania’s budget approaches four months late, and counties and nonprofits increasingly sound the alarm about the impasse.
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Why Tracking Spending in This Year’s Critical Pa. Supreme Court Retention Races Is So Difficult
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Blame it on a mix of lagging reporting, weakly enforced rules and a campaign finance system that requires little transparency.
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Centre County Commissioners, State College School Board Call on Lawmakers to End State Budget Impasse
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Centre County’s Board of Commissioners and the State College Area School Board this week each urged lawmakers to pass a state budget as an impasse now reaching its fourth month […]
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Republican Voters Drive Increase in Mail Ballot Requests in Pennsylvania
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The uptick could be a sign that this year’s judicial retention races are stirring interest in the 2025 election.
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$1M in Taxpayer Money Will Be Used to Make Security Upgrades at Gov. Josh Shapiro’s Private Residence
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Administration officials also disclosed safety upgrades totaling $32.3 million at the governor’s official residence in Harrisburg.
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Great PA News Quiz: Shapiro’s Memoir, County Officials Withhold Payments, and Pa.’s Biggest Apple Crop
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In this week’s news quiz: A New Jersey HQ relocates to Pennsylvania, three Pa. Republicans push Johnson on health care subsidies and Philly Council considers a new fee.
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Budget Impasse Continues as Pa. Lawmakers Travel Abroad and Hold Pricey Fundraisers
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Harrisburg has seen more than 130 legislative fundraisers and two international trips since the June 30 budget deadline.