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Shapiro and Davis launch campaign with big achievements and bigger…
Shapiro and Davis launch campaign with big achievements and bigger…
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- Shapiro and Davis launch campaign with big achievements and bigger crises · 9 Min. · Folge 457(The Center Square) - At a rally launching Gov. Josh Shapiro and Lt. Gov. Austin Davis’s re-election campaign Thursday, the stakes were made clear: the 2026 election is about the…
- Don’t count on lower electricity prices in 2026 in Pennsylvania · 6 Min. · Folge 456(The Center Square) – For 67 million people relying on electricity from the regional power grid, PJM, cheaper utility bills in 2026 are little more than a pipe dream. It’s not an…
- Taxpayers give $5M to Pitt, other institutions for neuroscience research · 7 Min. · Folge 455(The Center Square) - The most recent Pennsylvania budget was tight, but it did add a few new line items, including $5 million toward research for neurodegenerative diseases like…
- Vance, Garrity stump for Trump agenda in Pennsylvania with midterms on the horizon · 10 Min. · Folge 454(The Center Square) – Keeping Pennsylvania’s scales tipped into the red ahead of the 2026 midterms was underscored again this week as Vice President J.D. Vance visited Allentown…
- Pennsylvania House passes genetic privacy protections · 6 Min. · Folge 453(The Center Square) – Genetic testing has drastically changed what we’re able to know about ourselves and our families. It can inform individuals about their bodies and health…
- 'A dialogue we sorely need' say Shapiro and Cox at the National Cathedral · 8 Min. · Folge 452(The Center Square) - Intense polarization and the alarming rise of partisan political violence has left many Americans wondering about the nation’s trajectory. That’s why Gov…
- Subpoenas issued over Shapiro's $1M security spending · 7 Min. · Folge 451(The Center Square) – Questions surrounding taxpayer money spent upgrading the governor's private residence were legally elevated Tuesday. Senate Republicans, eager to curb state…
- Few solutions in Pennsylvania amid rising health care violence · 8 Min. · Folge 450(The Center Square) - Health care workers in Altoona held a vigil Monday night to demand increased safety for hospital employees. The event came weeks after UPMC emergency room…
- Pennsylvania home care providers say raising rates 'an absolute necessity' · 7 Min. · Folge 449(The Center Square) - With budget season disappearing into the rearview, advocates for home health care services aren't wasting a minute. Though the programs saw a $21 million…
- Consensus for power supply solution still elusive · 10 Min. · Folge 448(The Center Square) – Rapid expansion of data centers in the mid-Atlantic region leaves its power grid’s operator, PJM, standing at a crossroads: how can electricity supply keep…
- DNA collection poses tough ethical questions for criminal law · 11 Min. · Folge 447(The Center Square) - Since the advent of DNA testing, law enforcement agencies have been able to prosecute crimes - and exonerate the wrongly convicted - with greater certainty…
- Commercial truck driver wanted for terrorism licensed in Pennsylvania · 7 Min. · Folge 446(The Center Square) – A suspected terrorist arrested in Kansas earlier this month is a licensed truck driver in Pennsylvania, according to federal authorities. Akhror Bozorov…
- The carbon tax saga ends in Pennsylvania, for now · 9 Min. · Folge 445(The Center Square) – After six long years, the fate of Pennsylvania’s entry into a multi-state emissions curbing program is settled. And much to legislative Republicans' joy…
- Pennsylvania finally closes $50.1B budget deal · 8 Min. · Folge 444(The Center Square) – After a 135-day wait and $12 billion in taxpayer money collected, the state cemented a spending plan for all of it, and more. Pennsylvania's final budget…
- Taxpayers have a cost in Supreme Court judicial retention · 9 Min. · Folge 443(The Center Square) – While many may think of the state’s highest court as an arbiter of the intersection between law and culture, taxpayers often take a more direct hit from the…
- Pennsylvanians retain Supreme Court justices · 6 Min. · Folge 442(The Center Square) - Attempts to turn a run-of-the-mill judicial retention choice on Pennsylvania ballots into a political battleground proved unsuccessful Tuesday. Just after 9…
- Coalition calls for taxes on billionaires to solve Pennsylvania deficit · 10 Min. · Folge 441(The Center Square) - A coalition of lawmakers from both chambers of the Pennsylvania General Assembly joined activists at the Capitol Wednesday to demand billionaires pay more…
- McCormick talks veterans, shutdown in Pennsylvania · 7 Min. · Folge 440(The Center Square) - While visiting Harrisburg on Monday, U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick took questions on several issues, including the federal shutdown and its impact on…
- Putting the cat back in the bag: Senate talks school phone bans · 6 Min. · Folge 439(The Center Square) - School cell phone bans are sweeping the nation, and with a Senate bill waiting for a vote, Pennsylvania may be the next state to act. The Senate Education…
- Taxpayers hand over $89M daily while state fumbles budget plan · 5 Min. · Folge 438(The Center Square) – Since July 1, taxpayers have given the state roughly $89 million each day, even as months have passed without any of it going into the programs it's meant…
