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HARRISBURG — One member down, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives struck an, at times, somber yet congenial bipartisan tone as they opened the 2...

Republicans looked like they were heading for a no-win debacle on the House floor in their fight over speaker. Instead, Kevin McCarthy got over the to...

HARRISBURG — A week after he was a surprise choice to become speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Democratic state Rep. Mark Rozzi ca...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Rep. Kevin McCarthy won his 15th bid to become speaker of the House, but only at great cost. To win the votes he needed to secure t...

As Republican infighting debilitates Washington, lawmakers at some U.S. statehouses have managed to launch sessions complicated by similar GOP partisa...

It’s another New Year and time for a round of predictions — whether they turn out right will be up to history to decide. Russia’s former president Dmi...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Pennsylvania House Democrats’ claim that they hold the majority in the 203-member chamber in an ongoing power struggle has been rej...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Rep. Bryan Cutler, current Speaker of the Pennsylvania House, will continue to lead the state House Republican caucus into the new ...

Kevin McCarthy may now have the hardest job in Washington. Assuming that he becomes speaker of the House, which will require the near-unanimous suppor...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Facing a dramatically different political landscape than Republicans had expected, with the possibility of Democrats in control of ...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — With Election Day two weeks away, Republican prospects of taking control of the House of Representatives , already strong, appear t...

Redistricting is not just something that happens every 10 years. It is more than just the way that we shuffle the decks of legislators and change the ...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — A self-described “worker guy” from Delaware County who now runs an $80 million a year business emerged as the favorite choice to be...

Here is where the Old Contrarian (me) seeks to diminish the importance of what Old Yeller (not the 1956 children’s book, but the 45th president of the...

State legislators trying to strip the executive branch of much of its discretion regarding emergency management have complained that the Wolf administ...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania House Republican Caucus elected members to open leadership positions Monday following a vacancy in the position of caucu...

HARRISBURG — Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, has been reelected by his peers to serve as chairman of the House Majority Policy Committee for the up...

HARRISBURG — The House Majority Policy Committee, chaired by Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, will host a hearing next week to highlight the vital r...

In a June 27 article regarding state Sen. Joe Scarnati’s response to a Spotlight PA report printed by The Era, the senator has taken issue with The Er...

Governor Tom Wolf confirmed two cases of COVID-19 in Pennsylvania Friday. Wolf, referring to the two as the first presumptive positive cases of 2019 N...