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HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania's state Senate voted Wednesday to postpone a trial seeking to remove Philadelphia’s progressive district attorney on the hee...

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

If the last few years have taught us anything, when it comes to politics, culture, the economy and international events, we should always expect the u...

It’s an election season of closely watched races, not the least of which are the U.S. Senate contest and the race for governor in Pennsylvania. Not so...

HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania’s state House of Representatives and Senate returned to the Capitol on Tuesday, as leaders of the Republican-controlled...

HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania state lawmakers are advancing proposed new limits on fireworks in response to growing complaints after a 5-year-old sta...

PORT ALLEGANY — If elected governor, Josh Shapiro would be “uncompromising” in defense of women’s right to choose and voting and workers’ rights, but ...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — One day after New Jersey cleared the way for its first legal recreation weed sales, possibly before the end of April, a Pennsylvani...

The Pennsylvania House Majority Leader may be a bit hyperbolic. Rep. Kerry Benninghoff, R-Centre, said he thinks the new preliminary map for redistric...

HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania’s Senate on Wednesday approved legislation to overhaul how probation is handled, in an effort to clamp down on people b...

It was the week that President Joe Biden and the Democratic majorities in Congress came face-to-face with reality. And that reality is that their narr...

A decision from a government body that raises questions is nothing new. That happens every day. But reversing course to do something that makes sense?...

Is there anyone who has not voiced an opinion on Simone Biles stepping aside from Olympic competition by now? I’ll add to the deluge by saying: Thanks...

After one year and 96 days, the state of Pennsylvania has seen the end of the declaration that it is under a COVID-19 disaster emergency. State Rep. M...

A bill that would distinguish the oversight needed for conventional and unconventional oil and gas industries has passed the state House of Representa...

“What any religious tradition ascribes as God’s will is no concern of this Congress.” New York Democrat Rep. Jerry Nadler, chairman of the Judiciary C...

HARRISBURG — Transparency legislation, House Bill 2463, which unanimously passed the Legislature, will become law without the governor’s signature. Re...

HARRISBURG — Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, R-Brockway, on Monday spoke out against the state House Rules Committee removing local involve...

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...

Continuing his commitment to rural Pennsylvania, Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, announced he will seek re-election to the state House of Represent...