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PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Pennsylvania is a hugely important political battleground, but it hasn’t traditionally mattered much in presidential primaries. T...

ALLENTOWN (TNS) — There were high hopes this would be the year that people who were sexually abused decades ago when they were kids finally would get ...

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...

Pennsylvania lawmakers have a remarkable talent for evading accountability. They won’t increase the state government’s percentage of school funding be...

ALLENTOWN (TNS) — The Christmas season is a time to be cheery and celebrate the good things in life. So I will take a break from my running criticism ...

In a rare bit of good news out of the U.S. Supreme Court, there are signs that three of the court’s six conservatives are poised to join its three lib...

A former local state representative once joked that he wisely kept his sparkling new state-leased vehicle out of sight in his home garage when he was ...

ALLENTOWN (TNS) — Solidarity apparently has an expiration date. In 2020, at the height of the pandemic, Pennsylvania lawmakers unanimously rejected a ...

HARRISBURG (AP) — Inflation is gift-wrapping another big salary increase for hundreds of Pennsylvania state lawmakers, judges and top executive branch...

ALLENTOWN (TNS) — For the first time in a dozen years, Democrats will have a big say on what legislation passes, or doesn’t pass, the Pennsylvania Gen...

Musicians regularly oil their instruments' valves to reduce friction and ease play — much as private interests regularly oil some state politicians fo...

HARRISBURG (AP) — State lawmakers have voted for an array of tax credits, including a massive incentive designed to help Pennsylvania land one of the ...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania state House Republicans on Wednesday introduced a measure to impeach Philadelphia’s Democratic district attorney, saying the...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — A Pennsylvania House committee searching for grounds to impeach Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner issued what it called ...

The region’s Republican lawmakers took a stand against abortion on Monday, joining the March for Life event in Harrisburg. Sen. Cris Dush, R-Brookvill...

As state lawmakers trickle back to Harrisburg, state residents might be interested to know how the legislators spent their unduly long summer vacation...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — A state lawmaker who has publicly shared his struggles with alcoholism wants to enlist the help of state liquor stores and restaura...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) —State Fish and Boat Commissioners waited 17 years to reel in a funding increase, and even then it was only because lawmakers agreed ...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — It’s been five years since “Pignellope” made her way to the Pennsylvania Capitol steps in Harrisburg to protest a forthcoming legis...