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HARRISBURG — As Pennsylvania’s push for a Rural Revitalization Commission moves through the legislature, the public gets a cost estimate. A fiscal not...

HARRISBURG – Silent panic alarms may become the next line of defense for schools in Pennsylvania. A bipartisan plan introduced in the Senate would man...

DEAR RUSTY: I keep reading that the Social Security Administration will only be able to pay out 75% of benefits come 2033. If Congress were to do noth...

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HARRISBURG – Attorney General Michelle Henry announced that Pennsylvania received its annual payment — totaling more than $352 million — from tobacco ...

Emergency dispatchers deserve to be recognized as “first responders,” a designation that opens up a broad new category of legal benefits for these vit...

HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania will join the majority of states that ban motorists from handling a cell phone for almost any purpose while driving, as...

As technology continues to change, our laws and our sense of justice must adapt to meet the new technological landscape. One such aspect of that evolu...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — In an effort to temper the presence of xylazine, the powerful animal tranquilizer that is increasingly showing up in Pennsylvania’s...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Senate Republicans are proposing a historic tax cut for Pennsylvanians that includes taking the personal income tax back to 2003 le...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Pa. House Democrats moved forward with a bill that would facilitate a key part of Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget plan — and potentially...

The United States Embassy in the Bahamas issued a strong warning to travelers headed to Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI): check your bags for forgotten ...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — An overhaul of Pennsylvania’s Equal Pay Law — amending the statute to include race and ethnicity, protections for pay history, stif...

There will be a vote to remove Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson this week and it will fail thanks to Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries o...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — A new book by Dr. Joel Horowitz, professor emeritus of History at St. Bonaventure University, examines the impact of civic ass...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — It’s become a rite of passage for many young people to get a cellphone before they get a driver’s license or even enter middle scho...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — A bill adding additional restrictions to unemployment benefits passed the Pa. Senate on a near party-line vote, with Democrats sayi...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — The Pa. Senate passed a bill that would overhaul elements of the commonwealth’s energy development system — a move hailed by the Re...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — For two weeks, former President Donald Trump has been cooped up in a Manhattan courtroom on charges that he falsified records to co...

It’s hard to believe that right now, in the 21st century, countless Pennsylvanians are losing access to affordable prescription drugs. But that’s exac...