PA State News

Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, met with members of Otto-Eldred’s FFA program at the state Capitol this week for FFA’s State Legislative Leadership...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania House Republicans announced a package of proposals they say is aimed at reducing household costs through temporary tax cuts ...

HARRISBURG – Sales tax would be temporarily exempt on purchases of shoulder pads, gloves, helmets and other football equipment under a new proposal fr...

HARRISBURG – Legislation that would develop standards to certify police dogs trained to detect fentanyl passed the House of Representatives today on a...

HARRISBURG – A bill that would provide Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection oversight of water withdrawal for data centers was approv...

HARRISBURG — If Pennsylvania decides to legalize recreational marijuana, which government agency should run the show? Gov. Josh Shapiro's proposed bud...

HARRISBURG – Sen. Cris Dush, R-Brookville, caucus chairman, and co-chairs Sen. Maria Collett, D-12, Sen. Marty Flynn, D-22, Sen. Kristin Phillips-Hill...

HARRISBURG – Sens. Tracy Pennycuick, R-24, Wayne Langerholc, R-35, and Scott Martin, R-13, introduced bipartisan legislation creating the Task Force o...

A Bradford businessman's attempt to seek election to the Republican state committee in the May 19 primary has been thwarted. Hiel Bartlett, former pol...

Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity is reminding residents that Treasury’s spring unclaimed property auction will be held online Wednesday with more ...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is seeking the public’s feedback on its services this winter through an online su...

HARRISBURG — A bill to restore Pennsylvania’s traditional opening day of statewide firearms deer season was introduced in the state Senate today, acco...

HARRISBURG – Legal gaming generates substantial tax revenue for the commonwealth, but March serves as an annual reminder that, like drugs or alcohol, ...

HARRISBURG — How to build a financial bridge across the vast chasm between Pennsylvania's potential spending and revenue figures — gauged at roughly $...

UNIVERSITY PARK — A Penn State–led study suggests a new soil additive could help reduce phosphorus runoff from fields where poultry litter is used as ...

HARRISBURG – Energy affordability and grid reliability were again at the center of discussion in Harrisburg. The House Energy Committee heard testimon...

HARRISBURG — The "nonhuman status" of artificial intelligence chatbots would have to be disclosed to humans - and those same chatbots would have to be...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania and New Jersey have launched a multi‑state aggressive‑driving enforcement wave running through April 26, PennDOT announced. ...

JOHNSTOWN — A federal jury on March 18 found Clint Addleman, 49, of Clearfield, guilty on all charges connected to a 2019 bombing that killed a Clearf...

HARRISBURG — Attorney General Dave Sunday announced that a former corrections officer at SCI Forest has pleaded guilty to assaulting two correctional ...