Marc Levy
Marc Levy follows the collision between politics, artificial intelligence and the power grid, showing how data centers and rising electricity costs are reshaping campaigns and policy in the United States. He covers politics and state government for the Associated Press. His recent reporting concentrates on how the demand for electricity from AI data centers, utilities’ profits and regulatory fights feed into governors’ races, midterm campaigns and statehouse negotiations.
Data centers, AI and the politics of energy
Levy has built a sustained line of coverage around data centers and their outsized role in the emerging AI economy, treating them as a political story as much as a technology or business story. He reports on tech companies and developers proposing multi-billion-dollar data center projects, then follows the local opposition, zoning fights and state-level pushback that have blocked or delayed those plans. His work details how outrage over energy-hungry data centers has prompted politicians from the president to local lawmakers to insist that tech companies, not residents, shoulder the cost of the electricity required for artificial intelligence.
In pieces on governors’ races and midterm elections, he shows how the toxic politics of data centers are buffeting campaigns, forcing governors and candidates to recalibrate their positions as public opinion sours. He also traces the alliance between building trades unions and tech giants, explaining how unionized workers have become central to the build-out of AI infrastructure and how that shapes messaging around jobs and growth.
Across these stories, Levy treats energy demand, grid investment and utility profits as levers in political arguments, not just technical background.
Elections, prediction markets and voter data battles
Beyond infrastructure, Levy focuses closely on the rules and financial instruments surrounding elections.
He reports on the rapid growth of trading on prediction markets tied to major races, explaining how platforms such as Polymarket and Kalshi are drawing scrutiny from regulators who view them as unlicensed casinos. His coverage shows states fighting to outlaw or strictly regulate these markets while worrying about how high-stakes odds and real-money betting might influence campaigns and voter perceptions of inevitability.
He also follows federal court and Justice Department actions around election administration, including efforts to withhold federal counterterrorism funding from states over election demands and lawsuits to obtain voter data from multiple states. In related pieces, he covers legal and legislative battles over voter databases, highlighting how disputes over access, privacy and noncitizen voting become partisan flashpoints. Across this work, Levy treats election rules, data and financial markets as integral parts of the political terrain rather than as technical details.
Pennsylvania campaigns and governing
Levy devotes substantial attention to Pennsylvania’s role in national politics, focusing on how individual figures and legislative fights shape the broader map. His reporting on Pennsylvania Gov.
Josh Shapiro tracks the governor’s re-election bid, the buzz around a potential presidential run and the way Shapiro-backed Democrats are positioned to flip swing U.S. House districts. He covers primary nights in detail, noting how specific candidates emerge from contested races to challenge Republican incumbents and what those lineups mean for control of the House. Levy follows budget standoffs in the state legislature, explaining how billions of dollars for schools and social services are delayed and how compromises, including concessions on climate policy, finally break impasses.
He reports on the state treasurer’s decision to seek the Republican nomination for governor, framing the contest as a clash between a low-profile financial official and a Democrat with national ambitions. His work also examines Sen. John Fetterman’s strained standing with Democrats, documenting sliding approval among party voters and open talk of a primary challenge.
Through these stories, Levy shows how intraparty tensions, budget choices and candidate recruitment define the state’s influence on national politics.
Policy flashpoints from classrooms to courtrooms
Levy’s beat extends to policy fights that sit at the intersection of politics and everyday life. He contributes reporting and visual coverage to work on how states guide schools in teaching about the Sept. 11 attacks, highlighting divergent standards and the challenges educators face in handling a defining national event.
His pieces on rising electricity bills and utilities’ profits examine how lawmakers and regulators respond when voters demand relief and greater scrutiny of energy providers. He has covered ongoing legal proceedings around figures such as Jerry Sandusky, tracking court appearances and defense strategies as lawyers prepare new bids for relief. That legal reporting sits alongside his broader work on how federal judges and appeals courts handle disputes over climate-related damages, fossil fuel industry liability and efforts to make producers pay into massive remediation funds.
Taken together, these stories show Levy returning to the same core question: how political power, law and economic interests meet in concrete policies that affect classrooms, households and defendants.
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