Politics & Policy

Gov. Josh Shapiro wants lawmakers to pass a three-year incentive of up to $2,500 a year for newly certified teachers, police officers and nurses in Pennsylvania.

The $6.1 billion spending plan also includes funding for recruitment of city workers to battle a staffing crisis.

The bipartisan leaders of the committee announced the panel had voted unanimously to establish an investigative subcommittee to look into the allegations.

Brian Burke, who was elected as a Democrat in 2019, recently switched parties amid an ongoing feud with the current administration.

The spending plan includes millions for programs ranging from violence prevention to pre-K to libraries, but the City Council is ready to tinker.

State lawmakers are questioning electricity reliability after a winter storm around Christmas left more than 100,000 people without power.

Incumbent Mercer County Executive Brian Hughes has backed out of two candidate forums ahead of his party’s endorsement convention this weekend.

The brief talks marked the first face-to-face meeting between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The forum focused on Philadelphia’s rising gun violence crisis, and asked candidates how they plan to tackle the issue, if elected.

The GOP lost majority control of the Chester County Board of Commissioners in 2019 for the first time in history. The party’s endorsed candidates are looking to take it back.

Perry has tried to prevent the DOJ from reviewing his communications as part of the investigation into Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election.

Mayor Kenney’s budget proposal doesn’t increase taxes and calls for a wage tax cut.

Previous chamber rules had allowed only state House members and employees to file harassment complaints with the chamber’s ethics committee.

A lobbyist for one of Pennsylvania’s most influential unions says state Rep. Mike Zabel (D., Delaware) sexually harassed her, and is calling for him to resign.

The confusion stems from two seemingly contradictory sections of the state law.