Tom Riese | WESA

For Pennsylvania Democrats, the bad news during the past year hasn't just been that they lost every statewide election in 2024. It's that they've been losing a lot of the voters themselves: The party is in danger of surrendering an advantage in voter registrations it has enjoyed in the state since the 1970s. And if there's a silver lining, it may lie in the rise of voters who are sick of both parties.

Democrats have said they have no interest in passing a six-month, short-term budget, while Republicans have signaled that their return to Harrisburg this week may be to propose just that.

State Democratic lawmakers are urging their Republican colleagues to return to the Capitol to vote on a budget package, as Pittsburgh's transit system has six months — and Philadelphia's system has one week — before service cuts go into effect.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signed onto a lawsuit this week that seeks to restore the use of federal funding at Planned Parenthood health centers in the state. He joins 21 states and the District of Columbia in the action initiated July 29.

Governor Josh Shapiro says the state once again has access to more than $2 billion of federal money that had been frozen last month by the Trump administration.

Republican Dave Sunday and Democrat Eugene DePasquale debated for the second and final time Tuesday night. They shared differing views on gun control, combating retail theft rings and reforming cash bail.

Republican York County District Attorney Dave Sunday and former Auditor General and state Rep. Eugene DePasquale tackled abortion, marijuana legalization and the death penalty in a debate Thursday hosted by WGAL.