Pennsylvania Capital-Star

Pennsylvania Capital-Star The Pennsylvania Capital-Star is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site dedicated to honest and aggressive coverage of state government, politics and policy. Since our launch in February 2019, the Capital-Star has emerged as a go-to source for in-depth original reporting, explainers on complex topics, features that ground policy debates, as well as progressive commentary on a range of issues.

Donald Trump

Maine Secretary of State finds Trump ineligible for State’s Primary Ballot

By: Evan Popp – Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows on Thursday disqualified Donald Trump from the state’s primary in a closely-watched decision that makes Maine the second state where the former president has been kicked off the ballot. Bellows’ decision comes after Trump lawyers on Wednesday argued that the secretary of state should recuse herself […]

Gay rights

Pride Month 2023: Erasing LGBTQI+ People is a Crime against Humanity

Pennsylvania Capital-Star

By Susan Dicklitch-Nelson ( Pennsylvania Capital-Star ) – Twenty-five years ago, at the Christmas table, my uncle suggested that “all gay people should be sent to a desert island, covered with fertilizer, and set aflame.” His proposed method may have been novel, but he certainly was not the first person to suggest the extermination […]