For the first time in the 2026 cycle, a Democratic challenger in Pennsylvania has outraised an incumbent in what is shaping ...

Jillian Forstadt is an education reporter at 90.5 WESA. Before moving to Pittsburgh, she covered affordable housing, ...

Westmoreland County schools could see a gap in services in the coming weeks due to the ongoing state budget impasse.

The sale of Dominion Voting Systems — the election technology company that Trump allies aggressively targeted with false ...

While Americans across the country deal with the consequences of the federal government shutdown, residents of Pennsylvania ...

Double government budget crises, like the one Pennsylvania faces now, are rare.

Public and private schools would have to notify parents and staff about weapons brought to campus and sponsored events and ...

Democratic U.S. Sen. John Fetterman’s third quarter haul is his lowest fundraising total over a three-month stretch since he ...

The party line vote came on the 113th day after the June 30 deadline to pass a spending plan. It was also done nearly two ...

Rebecca Redelmeier is a reporter at Chalkbeat Philadelphia. She writes about public schools, early childhood education, and issues that impact students, families, and educators across Philadelphia.

The ongoing federal shutdown has eclipsed the final stretch of negotiations on an updated agreement to guide restoration of ...