legislation

FALL BACK: If you’re always feeling like you could just lie in bed another hour, feel free to do so Sunday; you won’t miss anything. Daylight saving t...

The candidates below are in contested races statewide. Because a number of candidates have cross-filed, they are listed in alphabetical order by first...

Three current district judges in McKean County are running for office unopposed, but their jurisdictions will look a little different. On Tuesday’s ba...

HARRISBURG — Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor announced the release of audits of municipal pension plans in Elk, McKean and Potter counties. “Our aud...

“Do as I say, not as I do” is a catchphrase for hypocrisy. There’s even a book about it, “Do As I Say (Not As I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy,” b...

HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania cannot enforce a regulation to make power plant owners pay for their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, a state c...

U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson didn’t mince words when reflecting on the saga in which the House’s Republican speaker was ousted by a small group of ultra-c...

HARRISBURG — A bill proposed in the state House would drastically increase setback requirements for drilling natural gas wells, likely legislating the...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania ranks among the worst in the nation when it comes to spending on veterans’ services, according to a recent analysis. The com...

I thoroughly enjoyed reading in high school. I related to Holden Caufield’s teenage disillusionment in the “Catcher in the Rye.” My early political vi...

Public school teachers may soon be allowed to wear jewelry or clothing bearing a religious emblem or symbol while on the job. The Pennsylvania House o...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — The weeks-long drama over who would become the next Speaker of the House of Representatives finally ended on Wednesday with the fr...

In less than a month’s time, absent legislative action, the U.S. government will shut down. Meanwhile, Israel, one of the United States’ closest strat...

SMETHPORT — A Bradford man pleaded guilty earlier in the week, on the day his case was set for trial in McKean County Court, to a charge of sexually a...

U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson, joining Republicans eager to put the new House speaker saga behind them, voted for conservative Rep. Mike Johnson as House s...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Increasingly bitter squabbles in Harrisburg that have stalled funding for the University of Pittsburgh and other state-related univ...

When Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy died in 2009, he was fondly recalled for his finely honed skills as a legislator. Commentators and members of...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The chaos of October has brought the House GOP back to where it began: Some guy is once again speaker of the House. His name is, fo...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Two former members of the U.S. House of Representatives will visit St. Bonaventure University on Nov. 13 and 14 to meet with s...

HARRISBURG — Sponsored by Sen. Cris Dush (R-Brookville), legislation to allow Pennsylvania public schools to display the preamble of both the state (S...