PA State News

(The Center Square) – State lawmakers want to ease the burden of high electricity bills on residents and small businesses. While Pennsylvanians can al...

(The Center Square) - A bill that would make it illegal to make stealthy use of artificial intelligence to create misleading advertising has passed th...

(The Center Square) - A multi-year push to legalize so-called "skill games" operating in clubs, bars, and other small organizations around Pennsylvani...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday has filed a lawsuit against major insulin manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers, alleging...

GALETON — Pennsylvania has reached a milestone in sustainable forest management, with 1 billion board feet of timber harvested from state forestlands ...

ERIE — A man whose toddler was among eight people killed in a mass shooting in Erie said Sunday that the gunman was a grandfather who never seemed dis...

HARRISBURG — Attorney General Dave Sunday has joined a bipartisan coalition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review whether prediction markets that of...

(The Center Square) - A new study of typical household water bills generated by 500 water systems around the nation found that four of the top 10 most...

(The Center Square) - A public outpouring of disgust, frustration, and concern about Pennsylvania's pell-mell rush toward data center construction fil...

(The Center Square) – Gov. Josh Shapiro and State Treasurer Stacy Garrity faced off in the lone gubernatorial debate on Wednesday evening. The two can...

(The Center Square) - A group of lawmakers are planning a last-minute play to extend the Supreme Court's Oct. 13 deadline concerning so-called "skill ...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Treasury will hold its next online unclaimed property auction Oct. 28, featuring about 6,000 items including jewelry, coins,...

HARRISBURG — The state Senate has approved legislation sponsored by Sen. Gene Yaw, R-Loyalsock Township, and Sen. Nick Miller, D-Allentown, that would...

HARRISBURG — A new statewide survey of nearly 200 people involved in anti-human trafficking work found broad support for expanding awareness, training...

Elk and Cameron are among 50 Pennsylvania counties included in the first round of Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) funding announced th...

HARRISBURG — Legislation that would establish a statewide registry of people convicted of serious animal abuse offenses has passed the state Senate an...

PITTSBURGH — A Butler County man has been indicted on a federal charge alleging he received a firearm and ammunition knowing or having reason to belie...

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WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Howard, joined fellow Congressional 4-H Caucus leaders in introducing a resolution recognizing Oct. 4-10...

(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. John Fetterman joined most of his Democratic colleagues in a letter to the Department of Homeland Security Secretary M...