legislation

Law and order are long overdue in the City of Brotherly Love. Last week’s rioting is the latest black eye on Philadelphia in an ongoing saga of danger...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, a centrist Democrat and champion of liberal causes who was elected to the Senate in 1992 a...

Last November, the voters sent a divided government to Harrisburg. The governor is a Democrat. The House of Representatives has swung between having t...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A government shutdown appeared all but inevitable as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy dug in Thursday, vowing he will not take up Senate...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The shorts were short-lived. The Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill that requires members to follow a dress code that wi...

A recent report says less government red tape accelerates economic growth, but Pennsylvania seemingly stands in its own way. Since taking office, Gov....

As the first Monday of October nears, the U.S. Supreme Court prepares for another term. On the docket in coming months are cases touching on a variety...

WASHINGTON — With the number of truck crashes continuing to rise, federal transportation officials are moving ahead with efforts to limit how fast tra...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) introduced legislation Tuesday to...

A Pittsburgh-area Democrat has announced that he will challenge Sen. Bob Casey in the party’s U.S. Senate primary next year. Blaine Forkner, a 43-year...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Bob Casey, D-Pa., last week held a hearing entitled, “Unlocking the Virtual Front Door: E...

NEW YORK (TNS) — In a world where war is waging, disease is ravaging, poverty is crippling and homelessness is out of control, does it really matter a...

The long list of special interests to which state legislators pander long has included, in effect, respiratory diseases and lung cancer. Their refusal...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Former President Donald Trump is on the campaign trail again, and most of the attention he’s getting is for bare-knuckled attacks o...

Pennsylvania state legislators’ salaries cost at least $25.3 million per year for only about 50 days of session, according to The Philadelphia Inquire...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Parents are trying to get books banned in schools around the country, it’s frequently pointed out, and one thing you might do is sh...

Once upon a time, life was pretty quiet in Pennsylvania on Sundays. This was mostly the result of so-called “blue laws” that prohibited many different...

At least part of the Pennsylvania state budget has remained in limbo for over 10 weeks now, pushing well past the June 30 deadline. Schools, universit...

As chaos within the Republican ranks of the GOP-controlled U.S. House pushes the federal government closer to a shutdown, Democratic Sen. John Fetterm...

Telehealth Awareness Week, a new investigation reveals that Pennsylvanians are losing access to remote health services. Initial findings of a study co...