legislation

Pennsylvania’s recreational marijuana prohibition recently forced a county official to resign his post. And, during an interview with The Center Squar...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — My foray into the workforce was a minimum-wage job making pizzas and washing dishes at Pizza Hut. The money I earned supported my s...

If you have children in school or you work in education, you’ve seen the teacher-shortage crisis firsthand over the last few years. School districts a...

HARRISBURG — AARP Pennsylvania invites local eligible non-profit organizations and governments across the country to apply for the 2024 AARP Community...

(TNS) — Though state House candidates won’t start filing nominating petitions for a couple more weeks, the 2024 election battle for control of the Pen...

As energy and environmental issues remain central in Pennsylvania for 2024, the partisan divide in the General Assembly means compromise on major issu...

(TNS) — U.S. Sen. John Fetterman is no fan of former President Donald Trump, but he does not appreciate the efforts to keep leading Republican preside...

January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month and although it would be easier to ignore it, human trafficking is very real and close to home. Your tele...

(TNS) — A Western Pennsylvania legislator and longtime member of the state Athletic Oversight Committee is asking whether the PIAA needs an overhaul. ...

ST. MARYS — The Elk County Community Foundation is accepting applications through Monday for thousands of dollars in grants currently available to 501...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — It’s a new year but the same old mess in Congress. Instead of a fresh start, lawmakers return next week to their stale, dead-end ar...

Pennsylvania now faces a new No. 1 killer of those in the prime of their lives: accidental drug overdoses fueled by the prevalence of fentanyl. Accord...

(TNS) — A state lawmaker wants to prevent Pennsylvania municipalities and counties from designating themselves as “sanctuary cities” for undocumented ...

(TNS) — College professor Melissa Marks only has to recall a recent conversation she had with a student to know what Pennsylvania’s new student teache...

When the pandemic hit, state and federal governments upped financial aid to the public with more welfare benefits, stimulus checks and loans. That aid...

(TNS) — An innovative plan to help Pennsylvanians with crippling medical debt is delayed but not dead, supporters say. The plan calls for using state ...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Rep. Glenn Thompson returned from a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border Thursday even more convinced that Congress needed to act to sto...

HARRISBURG — In 2024, Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro could face a more complicated sophomore year in charge of Pennsylvania after his first year brought...

(TNS) — A Democratic state senator is making the rare call for an ethics investigation into fellow senator Doug Mastriano’s efforts to try to overturn...

(TNS) — While potential uses of artificial intelligence made a huge splash in 2023, potential legislation meant to study or regulate it did not. At le...