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HARRISBURG — People can sue to challenge a city’s gun restrictions even if they have not been charged with violating them, Pennsylvania’s highest cour...

A Pennsylvania appeals court heard arguments Wednesday on whether the Wolf administration had the legal right to impose a mask mandate on K-12 schools...

SMETHPORT — Former Bradford music store owner Edward Wright is appealing his legal designation as a sexually violent predator. Wright, 69, of Bradford...

There are times for the government to protect information. There are big secrets such as weapons codes or battle plans. There are small, personal ones...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — The latest push to legalize recreational marijuana in Pennsylvania is bringing two lawmakers together from opposite parties with ve...

HARRISBURG — This week the state Senate approved a measure that seeks to modernize and improve portions of Pennsylvania’s Second Class Township Code. ...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s Republican-controlled Legislature voted Wednesday to again extend hundreds of regulatory waivers that Gov. Tom Wolf’s admi...

HARRISBURG (AP) — A state Senate committee in Pennsylvania approved legislation Tuesday to use federal coronavirus relief aid to revive a long-running...

A bill that would allow parents in Pennsylvania to exempt their children from wearing a mask at school cleared a state Senate committee on Tuesday as ...

HARRISBURG — McKean County Magisterial District Judge Dominic Cercone was again certified for service as a member of the Pennsylvania Judiciary after ...

H ARRISBURG (TNS) — Medical marijuana patients face a risk of arrest in Pennsylvania if they get behind the wheel of a vehicle. Jesse Roedts found tha...

HARRISBURG — Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee Chairman Senator Cris Dush, R-Brookville, is urging Pennsylvanians to submit sworn testimon...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — A Pennsylvania state lawmaker wants to discourage drivers from smoking in a vehicle while transporting a child, and the measure is ...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — State and national environmental groups are petitioning Pennsylvania’s environmental rule-making board to start requiring oil and g...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Shawn’s Law, legislation that would strengthen the penalties against those convicted of aiding or encouraging a suicide, is headed ...

HARRISBURG — Questions about the legality and practical effect of a victims’ rights amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution that has been in limbo ...

Together with The American Library Association (ALA), the Bradford Area Public Library will be celebrating Banned Books Week, Sept. 26 through Oct. 2....

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Gun rights advocates have their aim focused on the Senate to advance legislation that would free up government restrictions on thei...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — A state lawmaker in Allegheny County will soon introduce a bill to give teenagers the option to supersede the will of their vaccine...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania schools need a statewide requirement that students in classrooms wear masks as protection against the coronavirus, the Democ...