Jaxon White
WPSU state Capitol reporterJaxon White reports on how decisions made in Pennsylvania’s state Capitol ripple across communities throughout the commonwealth. White's coverage centers on the General Assembly, the Governor’s Office and the broader landscape of Pennsylvania politics.
White is especially interested in the development and regulation of artificial intelligence, how public officials manage taxpayer dollars and policy ideas aimed at addressing everyday — and sometimes overlooked — challenges.
White grew up just north of Pittsburgh in Beaver County, Pa., and graduated from Bucknell University in 2023. His first reporting gig was at LNP | LancasterOnline as a politics reporter, before he started as the Capitol reporter for WPSU and public radio stations statewide in the summer of 2025.
He can be reached at jwhite@lnpnews.com or (717) 874-0716.
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The western Pennsylvania attorney will run alongside Republican gubernatorial hopeful Stacy Garrity. -
Governor hopeful Stacy Garrity says she’d work with Trump administration on Pennsylvania’s electionsGarrity’s comments come after President Trump called for Republicans to “nationalize” elections. -
Advocates caution that the combination of closed primaries and America’s two-party structure disenfranchises the commonwealth’s fastest-growing voter group. -
The first-term Democrat would offset more spending on education, human services, and a fund to respond to federal policies by tapping Pennsylvania’s emergency savings. -
State Democrats push back against his actions undermining vaccinations. -
Consumer advocates and a Pennsylvania public utility commissioner are urging state lawmakers to tax data centers and other large energy users to help lower residents’ energy bills. -
Pennsylvania’s divided Legislature is on a path to collide over the state’s 2026-2027 budget, just a few months after Gov. Josh Shapiro and legislative leaders cut a deal to resolve a more than four-month budget impasse for the current fiscal year. -
A panel of state policymakers at a hearing at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex on Thursday appeared in near-unanimous agreement on the need for statewide regulation of the intoxicating hemp industry. -
State Treasurer Stacy Garrity, the Republican Party’s endorsed challenger to Gov. Josh Shapiro in this year’s election, suggested Monday that Pennsylvania’s rural communities would be good locations for new data centers built to power artificial intelligence technologies.
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Democrats are working to leverage Gov. Josh Shapiro’s name at the top of the 2026 ticket to expand their narrow majority in the state House and even flip the 30-year Republican control of the Pennsylvania Senate.
