Josh Shapiro
Governor of Pennsylvania since 2023
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| April 23 2025 | Authored an opinion piece in The New York Times titled 'Finding Moral Clarity After an Arsonist's Attack', reflecting on a significant local or national event involving an arson incident. |
| April 13 2025 | An arsonist set fire to the Governor's Residence in Harrisburg where Shapiro and his family were staying during a Passover Seder. All occupants were safely evacuated, and Cody Allen Balmer was later arrested and charged with multiple serious offenses including terrorism and attempted murder. |
| February 19 2025 | President Trump appointed Shapiro to the Council of Governors. |
| 2024 | Shapiro and Democratic lawmakers attempted to include a minimum wage increase in the state budget but withdrew the proposal due to Republican criticism. |
| 2024 | Josh Shapiro filed a brief in support of Allegheny County inmate Derek Lee, who was appealing his life without parole sentence for a second-degree murder conviction. |
| 2024 | As results for the 2024 Senate election showed David McCormick leading incumbent Bob Casey by less than one percentage point, Shapiro supported a statewide recount but rejected calls to count undated or incorrectly dated ballots. |
| 2024 | Shapiro proposed a $1.1 billion boost for public school operations and instruction during the drafting of the 2024 budget, representing a 14% increase from the previous year. |
| 2024 | Following the defeat of Harris in the general election, Shapiro emerged as a potential candidate for the 2028 presidential election. |
| 2024 | In an interview on The Daily Show, Shapiro reaffirmed his support for a two-state solution and indicated that both Israelis and Palestinians desire a peaceful resolution to the conflict. |
| 2024 | In the 2024 Pennsylvania state treasurer election, Shapiro declined to endorse Democratic nominee Erin McClelland against Republican incumbent Stacy Garrity. |
| 2024 | Shapiro appointed financers Wendell Young, Uri Monson, and Bob Mensch to the State Employees' Retirement System (SERS) to manage pension reform. |
| November 2024 | Shapiro signed an executive order to create the Pennsylvania Permit Fast Track Program, aimed at streamlining and speeding up the permitting process for large-scale infrastructure projects. |
| September 2024 | Subsequent polls from The Philadelphia Inquirer, The New York Times, and Siena College indicated Shapiro's approval rating increased to 59%, maintaining his status as the most popular government official in the state. |
| August 28 2024 | Josh Shapiro announced the elimination of the college education requirement for state police cadets to address a decline in applicants. |
| August 6 2024 | Kamala Harris selected Minnesota governor Tim Walz as her running mate for the presidential election. |
| August 3 2024 | Senator John Fetterman advised Vice President Kamala Harris not to select Shapiro as her running mate, citing concerns about his perceived focus on personal ambitions. |
| July 2024 | After rolling back some proposals, Shapiro signed a $47.6 billion budget for Pennsylvania. |
| July 2024 | Shapiro reiterated his support for aggressive corporate tax cuts during an event with Janet Yellen. |
| July 21 2024 | After President Biden withdrew from the presidential race, Shapiro endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as his replacement and encouraged Democrats to unite in supporting her. |
| June 2024 | Following Biden's debate performance, speculation began about potential Democratic presidential nomination replacements, with Shapiro denying interest in running and supporting Biden. |
| May 2024 | Polls by The Philadelphia Inquirer, The New York Times, and Siena College showed Shapiro had a 57% approval rating, making him the most popular government official in Pennsylvania. |
| May 2024 | Shapiro established the Hire, Improve, Recruit, Empower (HIRE) Committee to fill around 600 open positions in the state government and retain high-performing employees. |
| May 2024 | Shapiro called for a police crackdown on a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Pennsylvania, later acknowledging that police were already planning to disband the encampment. |
| April 2024 | Shapiro condemned pro-Palestinian protests at American colleges, calling for local officials to enforce laws for student safety. |
| March 2024 | After the Senate passed a resolution to send troops to the border, a spokesperson for Governor Shapiro stated that addressing the issue was a responsibility for Congress. |
| March 2024 | In an interview, Shapiro showed sympathy for Palestinian civilians, acknowledging the destruction in Gaza and supporting the rights of peaceful protesters. |
| March 2024 | Shapiro issued a directive to increase Pennsylvania's use of Project Labor Agreements (PLAs). |
| February 2024 | The Pennsylvania State Senate continued to press Governor Shapiro to deploy the National Guard to assist Texas with migrant issues. |
| February 2024 | A Franklin & Marshall College poll found that Shapiro had the highest approval rating among voters compared to his four predecessors at a similar point in their terms. |
| February 2024 | Josh Shapiro unveiled his proposed $48.3 billion state budget for the 2024 and 2025 fiscal year, which focused on funding public schools, public transit, higher education, and infrastructure. |
| January 2024 | Shapiro expressed his belief that Benjamin Netanyahu is among the worst leaders in Israeli history and has led Israel in a detrimental direction. |
| January 2024 | The Republican-controlled State Senate urged Josh Shapiro to send the Pennsylvania National Guard to the U.S. southern border. |
| 2023 | Weeks after Vereb's resignation, it was revealed that Shapiro's administration had reached a $295,000 settlement with Vereb's accusers three weeks prior, which included a confidentiality clause. |
| 2023 | During the drafting of the state budget in mid-2023, Shapiro supported a Republican-led school choice proposal that aimed to distribute $100 million to families for private school tuition but later dropped his support to avoid a budget delay. |
| 2023 | Josh Shapiro's administration faced allegations of covering up the sexual harassment incident involving Mike Vereb, with Shapiro defending the investigation process as thorough and necessary. |
| 2023 | Josh Shapiro took office as the Governor of Pennsylvania and signed an executive order eliminating the four-year college degree requirement for 92% of state government jobs. |
| 2023 | In his second month in office, Shapiro pledged to continue the pause on state-level executions maintained by former Governor Wolf and called on the Pennsylvania General Assembly to abolish the death penalty. |
| 2023 | Shapiro condemned the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where a stray bullet killed a rally attendee, whom Shapiro honored as a hero. |
| 2023 | Shapiro proposed a $282.8 million increase in funding for public transit systems in the 2024 budget, aimed at generating $1.5 billion for transit funding through 2029, although the initial proposal was later dropped from the budget. |
| 2023 | Following Mike Vereb’s resignation, Thomas 'T. J.' Yablonski was appointed as his replacement. |
| December 2023 | Josh Shapiro signed into law a bipartisan bill to restrict the kinds of activities that are considered violations of parole, with rapper Meek Mill present at the bill-signing ceremony. |
| December 13 2023 | During a statement, Shapiro asserted that Israel not only has a right but a responsibility to eliminate Hamas and called for U.S. support for Israel post-conflict. |
| December 6 2023 | Shapiro intervened during a three-day strike of Philadelphia transit officers over a contract dispute with SEPTA. He negotiated a three-year contract that included a 13% pay raise for the officers. |
| December 3 2023 | Shapiro visited the Goldie restaurant in Philadelphia to show support after it was targeted by a pro-Palestinian protest, stating that the protest against a Jewish-owned business constituted antisemitism. |
| November 2023 | Shapiro criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, labeling him a 'terrible leader' and claiming that his leadership has negatively impacted Israel and the stability of the Middle East. |
| October 2023 | Shapiro condemned the Hamas-led attack on Israel, emphasizing the right of Israel to defend itself amid the conflict. |
| September 2023 | In late September 2023, Mike Vereb resigned from his position as secretary of legislative affairs amid accusations of sexual harassment. |
| September 19 2023 | Shapiro announced that Pennsylvania would enact automatic voter registration effective immediately, incorporating voter registration when eligible individuals receive their driver's licenses. |
| August 2023 | Governor Josh Shapiro announced that his administration would end Pennsylvania's nearly 30-year contract with Real Alternatives, an anti-abortion nonprofit, in order to better defend abortion access in the state. |
| August 2023 | Governor Josh Shapiro signed the 2023 state budget into law, which permanently extended the Wolf administration's free breakfast program for all Pennsylvania public-school students. |
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