Pennsylvania
Toomey’s health care tax cut costs Pennsylvania up to $4.8 billion per year
The health care bill in the U.S. Senate is very much like the one in the House, but in one respect it is far worse, thanks to Pennsylvani ...
9 years ago
Pa. voters must hold elected officials accountable on climate protection
It’s been a few weeks since President Trump put partisan politics ahead of the health of future generations with his announcement t ...
9 years ago
Pa. may make it easier for non-violent criminals to get a fresh start
In November, Pennsylvania lawmakers passed Act 5 that allows people to have some misdemeanor convictions sealed if a judge approves. But ...
9 years ago
Listen 5:02Pa. AG says combating opioid abuse his top priority
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro says opioid abuse has become the biggest threat to keeping Pennsylvania residents safe. ...
9 years ago
Some of Pa.’s wealthiest communities get state police coverage at no cost
The finding is in a report from the Pennsylvania Economy League. ...
9 years ago
Federal concealed carry reciprocity is wrong for Pennsylvania and the country
I was heartened to hear U.S. Rep. Charles Dent, R-Allentown, say he believes in the Second Amendment at his recent Lehigh Valley town hal ...
9 years ago
Gov. Wolf’s minimum wage plans run into economic reality
Gov. Tom Wolf’s rose-colored minimum wage plans have run into green-eyeshade economic reality. A new ...
9 years ago
A Scranton native’s take on Trump’s commitment to coal
Has President Donald Trump ever heard of Scranton blackfoot? As I watched him posing with coal miners and repeating easy bring-back-jobs ...
9 years ago
Pennsylvanians’ growing sentiment to make elections fair
There were no pitchforks or torches when I attended a public forum earlier this month at Chestnut Hill United Church about how Pennsylvan ...
9 years ago
If Pa. lawmakers actually represented Pennsylvanians, tax policy would make more sense
When I was in graduate school in political science many years ago, I had a teacher — a moderate Republican — ...
9 years ago
We must mobilize now to protect rare and precious water supplies
President Trump is committed to eliminating the Waters of the U.S. Rule, which outlines federally protected waterways. Critics of the ...
9 years ago
The role of water in preparing our cities for a better future
By linking the digital and infrastructure systems of the water utility with those of our urban centers, we will take a leap toward creating thriving, sustainable cities.
9 years ago
We will fight to protect public education
Despite a huge public outpouring of concern and protests consisting of tens of thousands of phone calls that lit up the Capitol switchboa ...
9 years ago
Steamfitters urge Pennsylvania’s energy development
Even in this hyper-political environment, there is one issue where both parties are in total agreement: Great nations build and ...
9 years ago
