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After years of evading their responsibility to account for how they spend the public’s money, members of the state House have an opportunity to establ...

Nationwide, local and state politicians often resist reforms to reduce violence committed by police, even though sensible reforms would serve officers...

Happy Sunshine Week! Wait. What? Last month, Punxsutawney Phil emerged and declared six more weeks of winter, so we’re not talking about the weather. ...

The chairman of the Pennsylvania House committee on energy urges Gov. Tom Wolf to ban the importation of Russian-sourced energy and to end opposition ...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — After 40 witnesses took the stand over the course of more than three months, testimony in the landmark trial over how Pennsylvani...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — A Senate panel will continue its exploration of legalizing recreational marijuana today with a hearing that will focus on the best ...

Jury selection and trial for Capitol riot defendant Pauline Bauer has been set to begin July 5 in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. Bauer, 5...

As expected, three Commonwealth Court judges recently overturned a sensible Philadelphia ordinance requiring people in that gun-violence-plagued city ...

HARRISBURG — A federal lawsuit claims the Pennsylvania Supreme Court would overstep its authority by selecting a new set of congressional district map...

DIMOCK — Meeting with a man whose well water has been polluted for years, officials in the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office asked him whether he...

HARRISBURG — A Philadelphia ordinance that requires gun owners to tell police when a firearm has been lost or stolen was ruled illegal Monday by a sta...

One of the things that defines the American people is our passionate belief in fair play. No one should start out with inherent advantages, right? We ...

BUFFALO (AP) — A Western New York couple have been charged with a felony for allegedly using falsified vaccination cards at the Buffalo Bills playoff ...

A revolution in university admissions appears to be at hand. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear two cases on affirmative action in higher education,...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — A state lawmaker has introduced legislation that would ask voters to decide whether Pennsylvania government should get out of the l...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Key Pennsylvania officials are growing impatient with delays by the board of the state’s biggest pension fund in disclosing the r...

The ever-increasing connectivity between phones and the complex infotainment systems in automobiles may be putting our civil liberties at risk. Techno...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — In a case with constitutional implications, two Western Pennsylvania hunting clubs and a nonprofit libertarian law firm are suing t...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Supreme Court Justice Tom Saylor has hit the expiration date on his judicial career. Having reached the constitutionally mandated j...

READING (TNS) — The surging inflation that has run rampant across the nation hasn’t been bad for everyone. Pennsylvania state legislators saw a $5,000...