New projects like creating a health department and deprivatizing the county prison appear to have created permanent new revenue needs.
By Todd Shepherd
Philadelphia School District walks back professional development course on the so-called ‘genocide’ in Gaza
After complaints, the course on the ‘genocide in Gaza and the West Bank’ is no longer among the district’s offerings for educators.
By Todd Shepherd
George Hofmann: Right about unions
If Republicans want to be the party of the working class, they must make common cause with an important working class institution: unions.
By George Hofmann
Thom Nickels: My dinner with Father Shinn
Looking back on a memorable dinner and conversation with a man of God.
By Thom Nickels
State Rep. Craig Williams to jump into Attorney General race
The two-term state rep says he can win statewide where others can’t.
By Linda Stein
Becky Corbin: Police, not politics, needed to end the opioid crisis
Prescriptions are down, but overdoses are up. Stopping the flow of illegal opioids will save lives.
By Becky Corbin
Villanova moms win big at the Battle 4 Atlantis
Interviews with the mothers who came to watch their sons win the preseason tournament.
By Beth Ann Rosica
State aid again overpays townships to support local pensions
Auditor General Timothy DeFoor found accounting errors by municipalities across the commonwealth.
By Anthony Hennen
State appeals carbon tax decision
Governor Shapiro will defend his predecessor’s unilateral move to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which opponents and the court called an illegal tax.
By Christen Smith