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Where governor candidates stand on Medicaid, fraud, and more

HARRISBURG — Key federal Medicaid changes will roll out next year, and Pennsylvania’s governor will play a crucial role in how they’re implemented or challenged. The sweeping 2025 federal budget law, President Donald Trump’s signature piece of second-term legislation, is expected to lead millions of people to lose coverage and cut federal Medicaid spending by hundreds of billions of dollars. Independent research shows it will create administrative and financial complications for states, leaving them with big decisions. One of the biggest changes is that working-age adults who ...

Fetterman joins Trump’s embrace of data centers

(The Center Square) – The ongoing contentious debate around data center development is not solely falling along partisan lines. The latest example is U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., backing President Donald Trump’s support of the industry. On Monday, Trump posted on social media expressing his support for data center development across the United States. “The only reason that communities throughout the U.S.A. should not want Data Centers is if they want to end up being backwards and poor,” Trump wrote. “If they want to be successful and rich, with far lower taxes and ...

State troopers, Philadelphia police unions back Shapiro’s re-election

(The Center Square) – After supporting every Republican for statewide office in 2024, the Pennsylvania State Troopers Association announced that they are backing Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro’s re-election campaign in 2026. “The Governor has been a strong and consistent supporter of the men and women who put on the uniform every day to protect the people of Pennsylvania,” said Pennsylvania State Troopers Association, PSTA, President Stephen P. Polishan. “Throughout his time in office, his Administration has worked with the PSTA in good faith, listened to the concerns of our ...

Federal school choice tax credit still uncertain

As Pennsylvania students head back to school, the state remains on the sidelines of a new federal program that could expand education choices and funding options for students and their families. Thirty-one states have opted in or announced plans to participate so far, while Gov. Josh Shapiro has said his administration is waiting for more detailed guidance before deciding whether Pennsylvania will participate. The Treasury Department and IRS expect to issue proposed regulations by the end of September. In the meantime, the Commonwealth Foundation hosted a briefing on the upcoming ...

Grieving mothers boycott Pennsylvania’s opioid settlement money listening session

HARRISBURG — Some Pennsylvania mothers who lost a child to a drug overdose opted out of a recent listening session hosted by Pennsylvania’s powerful opioid trust, citing concerns about how the group engages with the public. “Our decision to boycott today is not about refusing to participate,” Marianne Sinisi, a Blair County advocate whose 26-year-old son died in 2018, said afterward. “It is about standing together to say that families deserve more than an opportunity to speak. We deserve to be heard.” It’s the latest example of ongoing tension over opioid settlement ...

Thousands of affordable housing subsidies will end in the next 5 years

HARRISBURG — In an effort to better monitor the supply of affordable housing, Pennsylvania will create a searchable database of properties that are required to offer discounted rents and track when those requirements expire. The database, which was included in the state budget deal that lawmakers passed in July, is intended to bring more transparency to an issue that could affect thousands of Pennsylvanians who live in properties that are subsidized by state and federal programs. The programs typically require at least some of the units to remain affordable for a certain period of ...