PA State News

HARRISBURG – The results of Operation Safe Stop were announced this week. The program is an annual school bus enforcement and education initiative aim...

HARRISBURG — Legislation to better protect Pennsylvanians from scammers and other deceitful telemarketers was approved last week by the Senate with ov...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Jacqueline Chapman is a retired school aide who relies on a $630 monthly Social Security check to get by. She was navigating th...

HARRISBURG — Community in the Cumberland County borough of Mechanicsburg came out in force Wednesday evening to rally against hate groups following th...

(TNS) — Gov. Josh Shapiro on Friday signed a declaration of disaster emergency to release millions to help feed low-income Pennsylvanians one day befo...

(TNS) — Penn State’s University Park campus has a record number of residential undergraduate students enrolled this fall semester as enrollment across...

(TNS) — The Rev. Matthew Best noticed the emails and drop-in visits began to increase a few weeks ago. The majority of Best’s congregants at Christ Lu...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Democrats have held a majority on Pennsylvania's Supreme Court for 10 years, and this year's uniquely politicized and costly retent...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — At the Arch Street Meeting House in Philadelphia's Old City, more and more young people are seeking respite from a clamorous techn...

HARRISBURG – As October turns to November, neither the federal nor state government has been able to come to a budget agreement with vital operations ...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Pennsylvania 4-H, a program of Penn State Extension, recently inducted a new team of State Project Ambassadors. This leadership role...

HARRISBURG — Rep. Kathy L. Rapp, R-Warren, Republican chair of the House Health Committee, announced her bill to create the Rural Health Care Grant Pr...

HARRISBURG — Legislation sponsored by Sen. Scott Hutchinson, R-Oil City, to streamline state government operations by eliminating outdated, unnecessar...

HARRISBURG — Sens. Gene Yaw, R-Williamsport, and Anthony Williams, D-Philadelphia, introduced bipartisan legislation to regulate skill games in the co...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity announced that 24 additional organizations that provide services to Pennsylvania’s most vulnerable p...

HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Senate voted to adopt Sen. Devlin Robinson’s, R-37, resolution designating Nov. 10, 2025, as Marine Corps Day in Pennsyl...

HARRISBURG — A coalition of lawmakers from both chambers of the Pennsylvania General Assembly joined activists at the Capitol Wednesday to demand bill...

OIL CITY — In advance of Drowsy Driving Prevention Week, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and the Highway Safety Network remind...

HARRISBURG — Senate State Government Committee Chairman Sen. Cris Dush, R-Brookville, sent a letter (excerpted below) urging the Pennsylvania Supreme ...

HARRISBURG – A new national survey points to a growing disconnect between higher education and the workplace, raising questions about whether colleges...