Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro says he wants to fast-track energy projects in Pennsylvania and offer hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks for projects that produce electricity and hydrogen.

Gov. Josh Shapiro on Wednesday said that the state's access to Medicaid and Head Start had been restored as of Tuesday night after the services were interrupted amid an announced freeze on federal funds by the Trump administration.

The freeze is already impacting some services. The governor says portals for Medicaid, CareerLink and Head Start are down in Pennsylvania and other states.

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's access to federal payment systems for Medicaid and Head Start were restored late Tuesday, hours after they were shut off following the White House said it had put a freeze on funding of a wide range of government programs.

Shapiro’s term so far has come with challenges, as one of few governors in the country with a GOP-controlled Senate and a narrow Democratic majority in the state House.

The Pennsylvania Money Match Program was unanimously approved by the General Assembly and signed by Gov. Josh Shapiro last year.

Amid an ongoing flurry of executive actions, President Donald Trump signed an order Wednesday prioritizing school choice, a campaign-trail talking point aligned with conservative efforts to expand public funding for private education.

New analysis from The Washington Post is placing two prominent Pennsylvania Democrats among the top candidates for president in 2028. The list of a dozen potential presidential candidates is headlined by Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro,

Shapiro’s announcement comes amid an energy crunch that threatens to raise electricity bills across in the nation’s second-biggest natural gas-producing state.

Josh Shapiro, who uses his “get shit done” script to grab big-screen attention while behind the scenes, his indecisiveness and ineffectiveness as chief executive are putting jobs and opportunity at risk.

America250PA recently awarded $490,000 through the first round of their Semiquincentennial grants. Semiquin grant recipients represent 33 communities and organizations from 18 different counties all across the Commonwealth.