Politics & Policy

Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt joined Spotlight PA’s Kate Huangpu and Votebeat’s Carter Walker in March for a live event about building trust in elections.

We'll talk about the pros and cons of open primaries and ask whether or not party members alone should have a say in their candidate.

The race will be wide open with Murphy leaving office after eight years due to term limits.

The monthly call-in show will air at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 14.

Incumbent Timothy DeFoor is alone in the Republican pool for auditor general. Democratic candidates Malcolm Kenyatta and Mark Pinsley are facing off to be the party’s nominee.

Water providers will have a total of five years to test and treat their drinking water for PFAS.

En las primarias del 23 de abril, los ciudadanos de Pensilvania verán en sus papeletas candidatos a las elecciones estatales.

In Pennsylvania, forward movement on a bill that first unanimously passed the state Senate last year could send legislation to the Democratic governor’s desk imminently.

Andy Kim and two other candidates sued to block the county line primary system, contending it gives candidates who appear in the ballot's bracketed column an unfair advantage.

The former president routinely takes credit for appointing the Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v. Wade, which he has called a “moral and unconstitutional atrocity."

Four candidates participated in a panel debate on April 4 at the Public Health Management Corporation in Philadelphia.

The state Senate unanimously passed the measure, which would prohibit owners or employees in a long-term care facility from appointing themselves as residents' guardians.

The likely Republican nominee was joined by National Republican Senate Committee Chairman Steve Daines of Montana and former Senator Pat Toomey.

The actions ban gambling devices in convenience stores, outlaw flipping devices and mandate an 11 p.m. business curfew in Kensington.

The “Our Philly Neighborhoods” campaign also calls for home repair funding and an expansion of the pool of residents who can freeze their taxes.