Mark Nicastre

You cannot open social media, turn on the news, or read the local paper without hearing about data centers. They have captured the attention of the...

In Pennsylvania, the governor’s budget address kicks off five months – sometimes 8 to 12 months – of negotiations, hearings, votes, and consternation....

Three years ago, Josh Shapiro delivered a decisive victory in his gubernatorial race against Doug Mastriano, a state Senator with a strong base of...

Heading into this budget season, public transit activists knew they had to ramp up pressure on legislators to support funding for public...

Pennsylvania is a diverse state. Hundreds of miles separate rural communities from dense cities.

Everyone is still trying to figure out what to make of Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York City’s mayoral primary. Mamdani emerged from a field of...

I've been involved in Pennsylvania’s budget process for about 15 years, either as an actor or an observer. I'm used to the opaque nature of...

Heading into the July 4th weekend, Philadelphia’s DC 33, the ASCFME union affiliate responsible for everything from picking up the trash to handling...

Pennsylvania's budget process is a byzantine effort that is critical to the functioning of the Commonwealth but largely ignored by the public. The...

This month, Americans heard more about Welcome Park in Philadelphia than they had in the entire span of its existence. Welcome Park is a small, ugly...