PA State News

EMPORIUM — Preliminary work on a $6.2 million road resurfacing and bridge project on Route 120 in the borough and Shippen Township will start Monday a...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s Department of General Services Secretary Reggie McNeil will be stepping down from his position at the end of the month. Go...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Pa., voted in favor of the fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act, which includes $42.4 mil...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania health insurers are seeking average premium increases of 17.1% in the individual market and 11.5% in the small-group market ...

CANONSBURG — Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania has launched a rebate program for small commercial customers replacing less efficient equipment with higher-...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs has launched a free online resource for people supporting loved ones with substa...

JOHNSTOWN — Two Clearfield men have been sentenced to life in federal prison for their roles in a 2019 bombing that killed 34‑year‑old Shanna “Shawna”...

(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., and over a dozen of his colleagues in the upper chamber have re-upped their calls to end the fe...

(The Center Square) - While legislators from both chambers have proposed legalizing skill games in recent years, nonprofits who rely on revenue from t...

(The Center Square) — The tiny legs of smiling, blue-eyed Gwen Sharkey propel her baby walker about the kitchen floor as her mother wonders about deva...

HARRISBURG — Lawmakers have less than three months to take some sort of action concerning the estimated 70,000 "skill games" in the state before a sta...

Thompson Supports Passage of the FY 2027 National Defense Authorization Legislation authorizes more than $40 million for Penn State University researc...

HARRISBURG — Legislation sponsored by state Sen. Cris Dush, R-25, to help the Pennsylvania attorney general and law enforcement more effectively targe...

HARRISBURG — Legislation establishing decommissioning and financial requirements for solar generation projects was signed into law earlier this week b...

HARRISBURG — The "balance" in Pennsylvania's new state budget for 2026-27 is a bipartisan illusion created by moving numbers around on spreadsheets an...

(The Center Square) – A proposed rail line to move trash through rural Elk and Jefferson counties in northwestern Pennsylvania continues drawing oppos...

As a young man from a blue-collar family and whose father was a Korean War veteran, Ray Bilger left Centre County to seek opportunity in the U.S. Air ...

Summer is one of the busiest times of year for travel. Whether heading to the beach, visiting family, camping, taking a cruise, or traveling internati...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania will receive $491,902 through an $18 million national bankruptcy claim settlement with genetic testing company 23andMe over ...

CANONSBURG — Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania encourages customers to apply for its WarmWise energy-efficiency programs in July, allowing time to make ene...