(The Center Square) – Senate leadership signaled a willingness on Monday to consider expanding the state’s property tax and rent rebate progra…

Christen Smith
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Christen joins The Center Square as its Pennsylvania News Editor and brings with her more than a decade of experience covering state and national policy issues from all angles. She’s a Pennsylvania State University alumna and has been published in the The Washington Examiner, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, RealClear and Broad+Liberty, among others.(The Center Square) – Unexpected revenues woven into a new budget proposal on Monday pads Gov. Josh Shapiro’s desired bottom line, though by h…
(The Center Square) – Republican officials in Pennsylvania see a new opportunity to boost the state’s savings account, colloquially known as t…
(The Center Square) – Legislators believe a $10,000 stipend may encourage student teachers to stay in Pennsylvania long term.
(The Center Square) – Two controversial gun bills cleared the state House on Monday with bipartisan support, but that doesn’t mean they’ll get…
(The Center Square) – Carbon pricing means little to the average utility customer, polling suggests, despite the policy’s direct connection to…
(The Center Square) – The possible parameters for a state budget compromise emerged this week in a window across the street from the Pennsylva…
(The Center Square) — Democratic state officials, both current and former, sailed to victory in contested primaries across the state.
(The Center Square) – Amid startling audit findings, some lawmakers hope the governor will compromise on welfare reform as part of his commitm…