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Jake Corman, the Republican president pro tempore of the state Senate, must be a suspicious guy. Of the untold number of Pennsylvanians who have the e...

It didn’t take for Joe Scarnati long to figure out how he will fill his days after retiring from his 20-year legislative career on Nov. 30. The now fo...

HARRISBURG — Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, R-Brockway, spoke out earlier this week on the state Supreme Court’s ruling in a case regardin...

HARRISBURG — Tuesday during Senate Session in Harrisburg, The Pennsylvania Senate honored Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, R-Brockway, for a...

(Editor’s note: This story focuses on Republican candidate Cris Dush who is seeking the 25th District state senate seat. A story on Democratic candida...

Gov. Tom Wolf’s request for legislation to legalize recreational marijuana in Pennsylvania drew responses across the spectrum from both sitting legisl...

Erie County’s prolonged fight for a community college is about to get even longer. In an appeal filed Friday with the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court,...

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...

Two investigative journalism organizations that have called out Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati on allegations of corruption have the state’...

After a years-long battle and strong opposition from a top Pennsylvania lawmaker, Erie County’s request for a brick-and-mortar community college has b...

Dr. Jim Brown sees a need for a change. A career educator and now part-time farmer, the 64-year-old Jefferson County resident was studying local state...

HARRISBURG — Contractors, gig workers, self-employed individuals and other Pennsylvanians who applied for benefits through the new Pandemic Unemployme...

State Sen. Joe Scarnati is right. Some counties like McKean, Warren, Forest, Elk and Potter, which have single-digit or low double-digit cases of coro...

DUBOIS — Herm Suplizio has picked up a major endorsement in his campaign for the state Senate. State Senator and Senate President Joe Scarnati, R-Broc...

Editor’s note: Rep. Cris Dush was inadvertently omitted from an article that ran on Page A-1 of Monday’s edition. HARRISBURG — As the COVID-19 pandemi...

HARRISBURG — As Pennsylvania continues to cope with the impacts of COVID-19, the Senate on Tuesday gave final approval to a bill that promotes telemed...

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

HARRISBURG — This week, Senate Bill 327 was passed by the Senate which included an amendment by Sen. Joe Scarnati, R-Brockway, to allow for the safe r...

HARRISBURG — The Senate approved two bills Wednesday that would provide much-needed clarity and common sense to the process of deciding which business...

HARRISBURG — Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, R-Brockway, and Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman, R-Bellefonte, announced Monday the Senate ...