MARC LEVY

FILE - Adrienne Daily, center, and her daughter, Kierson Daily, raise their fists in protests during a rally against the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, June 24, 2022, in Pittsburgh. Democrats in Pennsylvania will try to resurrect the voter energy behind protecting abortion rights that helped them win critical openings for governor and U.S. Senate in 2022 as they try to now protect their state Supreme Court majority in the presidential battleground. (Steve Mellon/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP, File)
Democrats in Pennsylvania want to keep a Supreme Court majority. They are talking up abortion rights
Democrats in Pennsylvania are talking up abortion rights as they try to protect their state Supreme Court majority in the presidential battleground.
 
FILE—In this June 13, 2019, file photo, an investigator with the Office of the City Commissioners, demonstrates the ExpressVote XL voting machine at the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia. Legislation heading toward a vote in Pennsylvania would overhaul some aspects of how voters cast ballots while delivering much of the money counties need to buy voting machines ahead of next year's presidential election. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Pennsylvania agrees to start publicly reporting problems with voting machines
A legal challenge in Pennsylvania over the viability of a particular manufacturer’s voting system has ended in a new settlement that advocates say will boost accountability and transparency by requiring election officials to publicly report problems with voting machines.
 
FILE - Work continues at a shale gas well drilling site in St. Mary's, Pa., March 12, 2020. A team of that has spent four years studying the health effects of natural gas fracking in southwestern Pennsylvania is set to present its findings Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
A Pennsylvania study suggests links between fracking and asthma, lymphoma in children
Researchers in heavily drilled Pennsylvania are adding to a body of evidence suggesting links between the natural gas industry and certain health problems.
 
Philadelphia school district teacher Rhonda Hicks poses for a portrait at her home in Philadelphia, Thursday, July 20, 2023. Hicks loved teaching and loved her students, but other aspects of the job deteriorated. When she retires soon, she will join a disproportionately high number of Black and Hispanic teachers in her state who are leaving the profession. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)
Burnout, low pay and politics are driving away teachers. Turnover is soaring for educators of color
Teachers are leaving jobs in growing numbers, state reports show. The turnover in some cases is highest among teachers of color. A major culprit is stress — from pandemic-era burnout, low pay and the intrusion of politics into classrooms.
 
Pennsylvania’s schools say victory in court is final and Legislature needs to increase funding
Lawyers for the school districts that sued in Pennsylvania say they want action now that Republican lawmakers aren’t appealing a judge’s ruling on funding.
 
Pennsylvania counties plan to miss big social-services payment as state budget stalemate drags on
Counties in Pennsylvania are preparing to get by without a quarterly state payment for some of the social services they carry out as a budget stalemate between Gov. Josh Shapiro and lawmakers drags into its fourth week.
 
FILE - Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference following the collapse of an elevated section of Interstate 95 after a tanker truck caught fire, June 11, 2023, in Philadelphia. Shapiro is trying to wrap up his first budget by the start of the new fiscal year on Saturday, July 1, as the Democrat works to balance Pennsylvania's politically divided Legislature in perhaps his biggest test yet of his political skills under the Capitol dome. (AP Photo/Joe Lamberti, File)
Pennsylvania governor backs off $100M private schools program, eases House budget vote
Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro is backing off his insistence on money for a new private-school funding program, giving Pennsylvania’s Democratic-controlled House the opening to pass a new state spending plan after a days-long stalemate.
 
FILE - U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., speaks before President Joe Biden about his infrastructure agenda while announcing funding to upgrade Philadelphia's water facilities and replace lead pipes, Feb. 3, 2023, at Belmont Water Treatment Center in Philadelphia. Casey's campaign said Wednesday, July 5, that he raised over $4 million in the last three months, his best fundraising quarter ever as he awaits a Republican challenger to his re-election bid in the critical battleground state of Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Pennsylvania Democrat Bob Casey lands his best fundraising quarter in his Senate reelection campaign
Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. Bob Casey’s campaign says he raised more than $4 million in the last three months — his best fundraising quarter ever.
 
Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives attend a session at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Thursday, June 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Pennsylvania to begin new fiscal year without budget plan in place
Republicans who control Pennsylvania’s Senate are advancing spending legislation ahead of Saturday’s start of a new fiscal year, but they lack agreement with the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives.
 
House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jordan Harris, D-Philadelphia, center, listens to a colleague speak at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Thursday, June 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Pennsylvania budget agreement is elusive as fiscal-year deadline nears
Gov. Josh Shapiro and Pennsylvania’s politically divided Legislature appear on track to start the state’s new fiscal year without a spending plan in place.
 
FILE - Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference following the collapse of an elevated section of Interstate 95 after a tanker truck caught fire, June 11, 2023, in Philadelphia. Shapiro is trying to wrap up his first budget by the start of the new fiscal year on Saturday, July 1, as the Democrat works to balance Pennsylvania's politically divided Legislature in perhaps his biggest test yet of his political skills under the Capitol dome. (AP Photo/Joe Lamberti, File)
What to Watch: Pennsylvania budget talks near deadline, and get contentious
Gov. Josh Shapiro is trying to wrap up his first budget by Saturday’s start of the new fiscal year, as the Democrat works to balance Pennsylvania’s politically divided Legislature.
 
Pennsylvania’s mail-in voting law is upheld again, as court rules against Republican challenge
A Pennsylvania state court has rejected the latest Republican effort to throw out the presidential battleground state’s broad mail-in voting law.
 
A CSX freight train rolls through a crossing in Homestead, Pa., Sunday, June 18, 2023. Spurred on by train derailments, some states with busy criss-crossing freight railroads are pursuing their own safety remedies rather than wait for federal action amid industry opposition and questions about whether they even have authority to make the changes. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
States clamp down on freight trains, fearing derailments and federal gridlock
Spurred on by train derailments, some states crisscrossed by busy freight railroads aren’t waiting for federal action to improve safety. Instead, they’re pursuing their own remedies amid questions about whether states even have that authority.
 
Deal signed to treat glass factory waste by Allegheny River
PPG Industries Inc. has agreed to do more to clean up a factory waste dump leaking toxic metals upriver from where Pittsburgh draws drinking water. The agreement was signed by a federal magistrate judge in Pittsburgh on Friday.
 
Pennsylvania pension system investigating calculation error
The board of Pennsylvania’s largest public pension system, the Public School Employees’ Retirement System, said it is investigating a consultant’s calculation about the fund’s investment performance last year that is apparently wrong.
 
Democrats’ 2018 Trump Country hero faces hard political path
Barely a year into Donald Trump’s presidency, Democrats were desperate to show they could reconnect with the white, working-class voters who had turned against them.
 
COVID-related nursing home deaths in Pennsylvania fuel blame
Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania are maintaining it was a mistake for Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration to order COVID patients to be readmitted to nursing homes from hospitals, although it’s not clear the policy led to an outbreak or death.
 
Pennsylvania governor signs $912M pandemic relief bill
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signed legislation that carries over $900 million in pandemic-driven aid for hard-hit hospitality businesses, private schools and people struggling to pay rent or utility bills.
 
Fetterman taking steps toward running for US Senate in 2022
John Fetterman, Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor, is taking definitive steps toward running for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat in 2022. Fetterman said Friday he’s exploring a run for U.S. Senate.
 
Suburban Philadelphia voters surge with verve to oust Trump
Voters in Philadelphia’s suburbs hurled perhaps their biggest rebuke yet this month to President Donald Trump and the Republican Party overall.
 
Prospects dim for critical election bill in Pennsylvania
Republican lawmakers in battleground Pennsylvania have showed no sign they’re ready to pass legislation authorizing counties to process mail-in ballots before Election Day, which is seen as crucial to producing a prompt election result.
 
Talks on critical election legislation in Pennsylvania stall
Closed-door talks on legislation seen as crucial to producing a prompt election result in the presidential battleground state of Pennsylvania appear stuck between the Democratic governor and the Legislature’s House Republican majority.
 
Toomey says he won’t run for another Senate term or governor
Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania says he won’t seek reelection in 2022 and plans to leave public service.
 
Trump campaign sues Philadelphia over mail-in voting offices
President Donald Trump’s campaign is suing Philadelphia over city officials preventing campaign representatives from watching people registering to vote or filling out mail-in ballots in election offices there.
 
After Democrats’ big 2018 gains, more House seats could flip
In the shadow of Pennsylvania’s status as a battleground state in the presidential election, Democrats will fight to defend their gains in Congress two years ago and, possibly, add another seat or two.
 
Pennsylvania may seek federal loan to pay jobless benefits
Pennsylvania has contacted the U.S. Department of Labor about a loan to prop up its unemployment compensation trust fund as President Donald Trump pushes states to help pay for a new round of federal unemployment benefits. Gov.
 
Bars, restaurants challenge virus restrictions
Pennsylvania bar and restaurant owners say they have been unfairly blamed for rising virus case numbers.
 
Governor backs petrochemical tax break bill in Pennsylvania
Gov. Tom Wolf says he supports legislation that extends millions of dollars in tax breaks to turn natural gas into fertilizer and other chemicals. The bill easily passed the Senate on Monday before the House of Representatives approved it Tuesday.
 
Vetoed petrochemical tax break bill revived in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania state lawmakers could vote on legislation this week that provides millions of dollars in tax breaks to turn natural gas into fertilizer and other chemicals, emerging from closed-door negotiations after Gov.
 
Lawmakers take up fight against governor’s climate strategy
Pennsylvania’s Republican-controlled House of Representatives wants to ensure that it can block Gov. Tom Wolf’s effort to impose a price on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants as part of a consortium of states.
 
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