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Pennsylvania’s budget drama has concluded its final act. Critics’ reviews are mixed. Gov. Josh Shapiro signed the state’s 2026-27 budget into law at about 6:15 p.m. Sunday night following several hours of votes in the state House and Senate, delivering what Shapiro...

Lawmakers in Harrisburg passed Pennsylvania’s latest budget over the weekend, less than two weeks after a state constitution-mandated deadline. On Sunday, Gov. Josh Shapiro signed the $50.8 billion spending plan into law, calling it another example of bipartisan...

State Senator Nikil Saval wanted to be a novelist. So, why is he a lawmaker? Lots of reasons – starting with the terrorist attacks on 9/11. As a student at Columbia University when American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 struck the North and South...

After last year’s budget impasse dragged on for more than 130 days, Pennsylvania lawmakers avoided a replay this year, approving a $50.8 billion budget package roughly two weeks after the state’s budget deadline. After Gov. Josh Shapiro presented lawmakers with a...

Gov. Josh Shapiro signed a package of bills into law enacting a $50.8 billion state budget for the next year. The spending plan was approved by the state House and Senate earlier Sunday afternoon with only a handful of opposing votes. “I knew there would have to be...

HARRISBURG — Gov. Josh Shapiro signed a $50.8 billion state budget on Sunday following the rushed passage of the overall deal by the General Assembly that lawmakers said helps address the state’s affordability crisis but delays action on some of the most significant...

(The Center Square) - Bridging a deficit in part by delaying some payments and reclaiming money from what they called the "couch cushions" of state government, lawmakers on Sunday approved a $50.8 billion budget for 2026-27 that immediately got the signature of Gov....

HARRISBURG — Gov. Josh Shapiro has signed a $50.8 billion budget that makes major new investments in education but fails to address skill games regulation or other pressing policy questions. The deal was cut behind closed doors, and its details were in flux until late...

PHILADELPHIA—Four days before the deadline for Pennsylvania’s legislature to pass its next budget and eight days before Philadelphia celebrated America’s 250th birthday, a crowd of transportation advocates gathered outside of the Independence Hall subway stop. As...

Pennsylvania lawmakers are backing a package of bills they said would protect immigrants’ safety and civil rights, even after the Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship. The proposals come as many immigrants in Pennsylvania still face detention and deportation by...

The freedom of movement for hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvania transit riders is hanging in the balance as state legislators in the Keystone State are struggling to pass an already late budget without gutting transit funding. Funding levels for public transit...

Democratic socialist candidates are on a winning streak. In Pennsylvania, State Rep. Chris Rabb clinched a Philadelphia congressional primary in May. And similar candidates won big in deep-blue districts in New York, California, and Colorado. There are also Democratic...

In the summer of 2025, when Zohran Mamdani — the Ugandan-born, Indian-origin democratic socialist — won the Democratic primary for Mayor of New York City in what the Wall Street Journal called the biggest political story of 2026 alongside the decline of Trump’s...

Ask an economist how to make housing more affordable in the U.S. and they’ll likely mention a straightforward solution: build more homes. While it’s not a silver bullet, building more homes gives buyers and renters more options, helping slow the upward climb of home...