Several counties in Pennsylvania have their own health departments to chart their own course on health policy. But what does it really matter when the state can thwart that independence anytime it wants?
By Todd Shepherd
Philadelphia Homicide Tracker – a project of Broad + Liberty
By carefully tracking each homicide, found body, and suspicious death, we hope to either provide greater confidence in the city’s published tally, or we hope to expose and correct flaws in the city’s data.
By Broad + Liberty staff and other contributors
Court order complicates Pennsylvania GOP efforts to impeach Philly DA Krasner
The Commonwealth Court judge inserted the judiciary into the impeachment proceeding, a departure from state and federal precedents.
By Anthony Hennen
A Broad + Liberty interview with Philadelphia City Commissioner Seth Bluestein on election integrity
Commissioner Bluestein talks voting and clarifies some common misconceptions about mail-in ballots and drop boxes.
By Todd Shepherd
Pennsylvania House elects Democrat-turned-independent as speaker
The Berks County Democrat will now sit as an independent, a first for a Pennsylvania Speaker.
By Anthony Hennen
Boost in Pennsylvania tax revenues negated by inflation
Inflation makes the state’s purchases more expensive, just like everyone else’s.
By Anthony Hennen
Central Bucks’ new policy draws scrutiny
The policy aims to ban clothes, flags, or other paraphernalia that displays a political message.
By Isaac Avilucea
Pennsylvania gets $2M for 988 crisis line to help with workforce hiring
The nation’s first three-digit mental health crisis hotline went live this summer.
By Anthony Hennen
School Board Series: Catherine Fox — Fairview School District, Erie County
To wrap up our School Board Series, I interviewed Catherine Fox of the Fairview School District (Erie County).
By Beth Ann Rosica
CDC: Overdose deaths up 14 percent nationally, Pennsylvania ranks third overall
Governor-elect Josh Shapiro has called opioids “Pennsylvania’s #1 public health and public safety crisis.”
By Anthony Hennen