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It’s highly unlikely that anyone turns cartwheels when they pay their property taxes, but the idea that the money is going to the school up the street...

ALLENTOWN (TNS) — Now that the state Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of mail voting, it’s time for critics to stop whining about it and...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Pennsylvania’s U.S. lawmakers are urging the State Department to recognize the plight of a Pittsburgh-area resident who has been se...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor sued the state Legislature on Thursday over a package of proposed constitutional amendments that Repub...

HARRISBURG (TNS)— When Pennsylvanians woke up last week to the news that they could soon be voting on whether the state should declare there is no rig...

The new state budget resolves one problem that arose during the volatile 2020 election season. But because Republican lawmakers know a politically use...

HARRISBURG (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf and lawmakers wrapped up a budget package this week — nearly two weeks late — approving billions of dollars in new spe...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Pennsylvania’s $45.2 billion will bring hundreds of millions of new dollars to southwestern Pennsylvania, with record investments i...

Right-wing social warriors in the state Legislature have backed off their effort to hold thousands ofPennsylvaniacollege students hostage to their ide...

HARRISBURG — Lawmakers overwhelmingly passed the main Pennsylvania state budget bill Friday, more than a week after it was due — a plan fattened by fe...

A week into the state’s new fiscal year and Pennsylvania still didn’t have a state budget. Once again, lawmakers blew off the deadline, even though it...

UNIONTOWN (AP) — A state lawmaker from western Pennsylvania removed his name from the ballot for reelection after police filed a drunken driving charg...

HARRISBURG — Most Pennsylvania lawmakers were absent from the state Capitol on Tuesday, five days into the new budget year without a state government ...

HARRISBURG (AP) — State lawmakers gave their final approval to new restrictions on fireworks Friday but the rules will not be in place as July Fourth ...

The Spirit of ’76 is alive and well at the Supreme Court. Back then, the colonials rejected the rule of a far-away, unaccountable government. After se...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Pennsylvania’s budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year won’t be complete on time for its June 30 deadline, and lawmakers plan to stay th...

HARRISBURG — State House Republicans blocked a proposal to prevent those ages 18 to 21 from possessing assault-style rifles on Tuesday by completely c...

HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf and state lawmakers are launching into their busiest stretch: the horse-trading and budget-making weeks of June that are va...

ALLENTOWN (TNS) — Fireworks should have been set off at the stateCapitolon Wednesday to celebrate state legislators finally acknowledging they fouled ...

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