Funding public safety has remained a priority in Harrisburg as the Pennsylvania State Police expands its coverage to more municipalities.

Emily Scolnick is a 2026 Dow Jones News Fund intern at the Pennsylvania Capital-Star. Immigration advocates from across Pennsylvania called on Gov. Josh Shapiro to shut down a youth detention center in Berks County and end state collaboration with Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday. Over 100 people from 15 Pennsylvania counties joined a rally […]

State Sen. Christine Tartaglione (D-Philadelphia) rises at the end of every legislative session with one message for lawmakers.  “It’s been 7,309 days since Pennsylvania last raised the minimum wage,” she said at the end of the session on July 12, immediately after the legislature passed this year’s budget without a wage increase.  “This year marked […]

The suit requests a federal court to declare unlawful the new conditions, which demand changes in the way states administer elections, including by turning over their voter registration lists and the names of poll workers to the federal government.