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HARRISBURG (TNS) — Despite the latest Franklin & Marshal Poll findings that show voters’ growing dissatisfaction with Pennsylvania’s election procedur...

For all the speculation that goes on around Donald Trump and the 2024 Republican presidential nomination race, it's possible, even likely, that the mo...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — When Josh Shapiro took the oath of office Tuesday on a trio of Bibles, he didn’t just become the leader of Pennsylvania governmen...

This column has written previously about the fundamental difference between Republicans and Democrats when it comes to the crisis on the U.S.-Mexico b...

Josh Shapiro, at 49, is Pennsylvania’s first post-baby-boom governor. Less certain is whether that will translate into better state governance. Pennsy...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — The special elections to fill two vacant seats in the Pennsylvania state House — the subject of a contentious fight between Democra...

Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives accomplished something that far longer eluded their federal counterparts: electing a leader for t...

HARRISBURG — Republicans who control Pennsylvania's Senate on Wednesday kicked off the new legislative session by pushing through a trio of proposed c...

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

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

ALLENTOWN (TNS) — Pennsylvania has a new speaker of the state House, Rep. Mark Rozzi of Berks County. Rozzi, a Democrat who is best known for fighting...

Will Rogers famously said: “I belong to no organized political party. I’m a Democrat.” He would have to dig deeper to find a gibe suitable for today’s...

On Dec. 30, as Washington shut down for the Christmas-New Year holidays and Republicans prepared to take over the House of Representatives, Democrats ...

HARRISBURG — The narrowly divided state House of Representatives on Tuesday resolved a logjam over control of the chamber by making its new speaker a ...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Last year, as congressional elections approached, pundits offered a bold prediction: November would bring a “red wave,” a Republica...

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...

Just because political graft is obvious doesn’t mean it’s any less odious. Earlier this month, President Joe Biden announced a $36 billion bailout for...

BOSTON (TNS) — The two major political parties’ long hold on America could be finally starting to slip, setting the stage for an exodus of disgruntled...

Republican lawmakers will take control of the House of Representatives on Jan. 3. That means that, among many other things, they will take control of ...

Parties fall apart; the center cannot hold. (We’ve sure seen that.) Mere anarchy is loosed upon the political world. (Have a look at the morning paper...