A heartbreaking elegy from my colleague Helen Ubiñas. inquirer.com/opinion/azir-h…

As the strike ends, I want to give extreme kudos to Sean Walsh who covered the hell out of this thing. (I particularly loved his media analysis below.) 24 bylines this month so far! inquirer.com/politics/phila…

SEPTA planners have been "putting together two fall schedules at the same time: One is normal. The other represents a 20% cut in service that would start Aug. 24," tomfitzgerald reports The outcome of the state budget will decide which one gets used. inquirer.com/transportation…

Gov. Josh Shapiro, House Speaker Joanna McClinton, and U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-Delaware) are scheduled to speak at the Young Democrats of America National Convention in Philly this week.

Should Pennsylvania's Democratic Party Chair, Sharif Street, stay in the job as he runs for Congress? Gov. Josh Shapiro and DNC chairman Ken Martin both said they think he should consider resigning. w/ Gillian McGoldrick inquirer.com/politics/penns…

Street, in a statement, said he’s been having these conversations with Shapiro (+ DNC Chair Ken Martin), but wants to talk with grassroots members before making any decision about whether he’ll step down. Story w/ Julia Terruso inquirer.com/politics/penns…

Deleted a post that I thought was Trump criticizing Fitzpatrick. He might have been but it was cryptic enough, I took It down.

BOB HARVIE, the Democratic opponent to Pennsylvania GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, raised just $340,000 and has $193,000 on hand. Fitzpatrick raised $1.3M and has $6.5M on hand.

Pittsburgh Police are telling a small group of protesters near Carnegie Melon to disperse. McCormick’s SUV just pulled up on his way out and then reversed to leave another way.

In Pittsburgh today, McCormick, Trump announced $90 billion in Pa. Projects. They range in size and scope — and some had been in development for months or even years. Most are in Western Pennsylvania, the Susquehanna Valley and NEPA. inquirer.com/politics/penns…

👀👀👀 +34 (!) in PA is very very hard to achieve And has implications for the House: Shapiro will lead the ticket in 26, when there are 4 competitive House races in PA

ICE arrests 14 at Norristown food market. Mexican consulate says it’s monitoring the situation. inquirer.com/news/pennsylva…

Love to see both of the PLCA on the homepage of The Philadelphia Inquirer 🌟 give them both a follow, and read their work! By Elena Eisenstadt inquirer.com/news/pennsylva… By @DiFonzoVince7 inquirer.com/news/pennsylva…

The Trump administration will release $1 billion in Pa. infrastructure project funding, Fetterman's office says. Sen. John Fetterman said he met with Sec. of Transportation Sean Duffy in April to advocate for the grants - all awarded under Biden. inquirer.com/politics/trans…

an update in the 2026 Pennsylvania governor’s race…. Doug Mastriano says an early GOP endorsement won’t keep him out of the 2026 Pa. governor’s race: ‘I have a plan’ w/ Julia Terruso inquirer.com/politics/penns…

Preach.

Inside Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick's vote against Trump's budget bill, what it could mean for his reelection chances -- and that cryptic 'favor' response from the president. inquirer.com/politics/brian…

your Monday evening update, with just three days to go until SEPTA's deadline: The Pennsylvania state Senate is poised to return to Harrisburg to consider a short-term budget (against the will of Democratic officials) the latest ⬇️ inquirer.com/news/pennsylva…

Whoops: Conservative group mistakenly thanks the wrong Congressman Evans for backing Trump’s tax cuts. They also ran an ad thanking Brian Fitzpatrick, who also voted against the bill. inquirer.com/politics/brian…

Well run public pools could be one of Philly's greatest assets. Instead, they're open for a few weeks each year, some for just a few hours a day Sad to watch public services like this, or weekend library hours, taken away and never fully restored