Policy

State Sen. Nick Miller said the Lehigh Valley’s ability to attract major employers is being strengthened by continued investment in site readiness, workforce training, and local infrastructure, pointing to Chobani’s planned $1.2 billion manufacturing operation in Upper Macungie Township as a recent example. Chobani’s project is expected to create 900 full-time jobs over the next […]

Pennsylvania's measles outbreak added 43 new cases in just two days, pushing the statewide total past 800 as health officials struggle to contain one of the worst outbreaks in the state's recent history. Gov. Josh Shapiro has called the situation grave, telling reporters in Montgomery County that the outbreak is a deeply serious situation unfolding […]

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents returned to the New Bedford area for a second straight day Tuesday, pushing the two-day arrest total past a dozen and prompting Gov. Maura Healey to join Mayor Jon Mitchell in publicly demanding the administration explain itself. Agents made at least eight arrests Monday in an operation centered on […]

Pennsylvania lawmakers are sounding the alarm over a proposed 502-page rewrite of the state’s health regulations, arguing that changes under consideration could give health authorities broader powers during future disease outbreaks. The proposed Regulation 10-242 would update Pennsylvania’s rules governing communicable and noncommunicable diseases, including expanding the list of reportable diseases and changing language governing […]

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is set to welcome President Donald Trump to Gracie Mansion Monday, bringing two politicians who once traded fierce political attacks together for a high-profile meeting at the mayor’s official residence. Trump is visiting New York for the United Nations General Assembly, and Mamdani’s office said the meeting will focus […]

Gov. Josh Shapiro has spent more than $24 million on ads with seven weeks until Election Day, while Republican Stacy Garrity spent $672 this week. The figures come from AdImpact. Gov. Shapiro, a Democrat mentioned as a possible 2028 White House contender, has spent more than $2.4 million a week since Aug. 25 from a […]

Gov. Kathy Hochul's $1 billion in energy rebate checks start going out Sept. 21, six weeks before Election Day, and Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman is already treating them as a target. The checks are headed to 8.2 million eligible households. Individual filers earning under $150,000 get $100, and couples filing jointly can receive up to […]

New York City's public school system opened this fall with roughly 2,000 students, the overwhelming majority of them children with disabilities, lacking assigned bus service on day one, according to the advocacy group Advocates for Children of New York. Nearly 200 yellow bus routes faced delays or outright cancellations as classes began this month, with the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The unprecedented spate of mid-decade redistricting for the U.S. House has changed the congressional districts for one-tenth of Americans and significantly altered the makeup of at least one-fifth of districts, according to a new study. A report by Protect Democracy found that 34.8 million people — about one in 10 Americans — now live in a […]

New York City is taking the Trump administration to court over a new immigration rule that could make an immigrant’s use of government benefits a factor in deciding whether they receive a green card. Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Monday that New York City, joined by Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle and several counties, filed a federal […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are more skeptical of government information than they were a few years ago, with majorities now saying they have little or no trust in federal government information about elections and politics, foreign affairs or the environment, a new poll finds. The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and USAFacts […]

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is pushing new health regulations that would hand his Department of Health sweeping authority reminiscent of the darkest days of COVID lockdowns, and he's doing it while gearing up for re-election. The proposal, submitted by the Department of Health under Regulation 10-242, would let state officials enter homes and schools without […]

Federal Immigration Enforcement (ICE) agents pulled more than 2,100 people off New York streets in a monthlong operation, as Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin accused Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani of endangering public safety with sanctuary policies. Secretary Mullin announced Tuesday that Operation Rotten Apple resulted in 2,197 arrests across New York City, […]

HAVERSTRAW, N.Y. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler is considered one of the nation’s most vulnerable Republicans in this year's midterm elections. It was the same story in his last campaign, too. But in a political era where both parties are drifting further apart, he's banking on New York voters still wanting a rare moderate voice […]

Connecticut is becoming the latest battleground in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Nearly 100 people have reportedly been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) across the state this week, with the largest concentration of arrests taking place in Danbury, according to the immigration rights group Danbury Unites for Immigrants. ICE has not confirmed the […]

Fifteen New York sheriffs are taking Gov. Kathy Hochul to federal court over a new state law that bars local law enforcement from entering into certain agreements with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The law, dubbed the Local Cops, Local Crimes Act, took effect this week after Hochul signed it in May. It prohibits local agencies […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to highlight his record on crime and safety during a visit to New York on Friday, pivoting to one of his strongest issues as he looks to boost Republicans in battleground races ahead of the November midterms. Trump is visiting the Nassau County Police Academy in suburban Long Island, where […]

Federal immigration enforcement is drawing renewed attention across New Hampshire as reports of increased ICE activity surface in communities including Keene, Lebanon and the Upper Valley. New Hampshire Public Radio reported Tuesday that immigration advocates have been documenting increased ICE activity in several parts of the state, including reports of recent detentions. The reports come […]