PA State News

School property tax elimination plan goes on the road
Local News, PA State News
By CHRISTEN SMITH The Center Square 
Aug 22, 2025
HARRISBURG – There’s a new school property tax elimination plan in the Legislature, and rather than hashing it out in hearings, the prime sponsors are...
Read More...
Still no state budget as students return to classes
Local News, PA State News
By SARA EDDY FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
Aug 21, 2025
Students are set to return to classrooms all over Pennsylvania this week and next, yet the legislature remains at an impasse on a state spending plan....
Read More...
Bipartisan effort launches to reintroduce welfare work requirements
Business, Local News, PA State News
By CHRISTEN SMITH The Center Square 
Aug 21, 2025
HARRISBURG – Reinstating work requirements for some welfare recipients found support across the aisle on Wednesday. It’s a notable change after the pa...
Read More...
McKean Co. receives $20,000 for 250th anniversary events
Local News, Nation & World, PA State News
Aug 19, 2025
PENNSYLVANIA — Bradford Area Alliance was awarded a $20,000 grant toward McKean County’s America250 celebrations, which will include a parade and a co...
Read More...
Shapiro talks vocational education
Business, Local News, PA State News
By CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
Aug 19, 2025
HARRISBURG — Gov. Josh Shapiro visited Nanticoke in Luzerne County Friday to talk about policy initiatives to benefit workers at the IBEW Local 163 JA...
Read More...
Garrity running to unseat Shapiro in 2026
Local News, PA State News
By CHRISTEN SMITH The Center Square 
Aug 19, 2025
HARRISBURG – She earned the most votes of any statewide Republican candidate in the 2024 election, besting Gov. Josh Shapiro’s record set two years pr...
Read More...
Bringing World to Pa. coming to Kersey
Business, Local News, Nation & World, ...
Aug 15, 2025
KERSEY — What if you could grow your business across borders without leaving home? On Sept. 16, The Red Fern in Kersey will host Bringing the World to...
Read More...
Petraeus to speak at PA Chamber dinner
Business, Local News, PA State News
Aug 15, 2025
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry  announced that retired four-star U.S. Army general and former CIA Director David H. Pe...
Read More...
Bipartisan collaboration for maternal health in the Senate
Local News, PA State News
By CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
Aug 15, 2025
HARRISBURG — A bill that would establish a remote maternal health monitoring program has been referred to the Senate Health and Human Services committ...
Read More...
Local & Social