State employees make, on average, more than their private-sector peers, especially when including their increasing benefits.
By Todd DeFeo
Dave Lemery: Wolf vetoes bill that would have required lawmakers’ input to join regional climate pact
The Democratic governor cites the “adverse impacts from climate change” as a motivation for forging ahead of legislators.
By Dave Lemery
Steve Bittenbender: Pennsylvania Republicans seek U.S. Supreme Court’s intervention in ballot deadline dispute
Partisan disputes over mail-in voting continue as Pennsylvania Republicans appeal to the nation’s highest court.
By Steve Bittenbender
Mark Hemingway: Warning signs in Pennsylvania of mail ballot chaos in November
Concerns over voter fraud and the disfranchisement of large swaths of citizens have both parties scrambling in the Commonwealth.
By Mark Hemingway
Kyle Sammin: Parkway homeless encampment shows a city sliding backwards
We seem to have a permanent tent city on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Will Mayor Kenney resolve it?
By Kyle Sammin
Patty-Pat Kozlowski: Kenney, Levine, Pelosi — the Pork Roll Sneaks
Rule #1: you don’t just sit there and eat Pork Roll in front of others who are hungry — unless you’re a politician, that is.
By Patty-Pat Kozlowski
Robert Petrone: Christopher Columbus is the greatest hero of the 15th & 16th centuries (pt. II): Columbus the Man
Christopher Columbus was none of the epithets with which his detractors repeatedly characterize him — and all of the historical resources show this unequivocally. Part two in a series of eight.
By Robert Petrone
Kevin Mooney: DeVos hears from Bucks County families on need for education options
As Covid-19 has disrupted the school year for students and parents alike, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos meets with local community members.
By Kevin Mooney
Adam Brandon: Pennsylvania Democrats want to empower lawyers, not voters
By pressing the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to extend the deadline for absentee ballots, Democrats are taking advantage of these weaknesses.
By Adam Brandon
Dave Fidlin: Report places Pennsylvania toward bottom of states financially prepared for COVID-19 crisis
Lumbering over chronic unfunded pension and retiree health care benefit costs, Pennsylvania found itself unprepared for the fiscal challenges brought on by the coronavirus, according to a recently released report.
By Dave Fidlin