legislation

Judges and justices in Pennsylvania have never been a complicated situation. A magisterial district judge presides over a set portion of a county. The...

Pennsylvania voters will likely soon get the final say about whether to limit the governor’s powers during a disaster emergency after a majority of st...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Pat Toomey, R-Pa., announced Friday they are accepting applications from persons interested in being con...

Political parties and candidates have different positions on issues, but should at least support the fundamentals of our system of government. Sounds ...

HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania's governor will be letting additional restrictions that were imposed almost three weeks ago to combat the pandemic to e...

The almost-too-late pandemic relief package passed by Congress will help preclude the Dickens-era prospect of as many as 240,000 Pennsylvania families...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, are introducing the Clean Slate Act to give more than 70 million Americans,...

It’s a nice job, if you can get it. You don’t have to report to work every day, you can rake in money from another job, and you might even walk away w...

Pennsylvania is “on pause” from now until Jan. 4, Gov. Tom Wolf said Thursday when introducing a new set of temporary mitigation measures to try to st...

WASHINGTON — After a years-long fight, criminals who prey on and stalk children will face longer jail sentences. Led by Sens. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., and B...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — COVID- 19 is a serious disease. Every good person wants to see it defeated as quickly as possible and all wish that no other lives ...

President Donald Trump came to office unencumbered by close study of our founding documents. From the start, there was only one bit of the Constitutio...

ALLENTOWN (TNS) — As businesses and schools do all they can to stay open during the pandemic, many are peering nervously over their shoulder. They fea...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Bob Casey’s bipartisan Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold Medal Act has been signed into law. This legislation honors America...

Bradford’s past may be rooted in large part in the oil industry, but a bill vetoed Wednesday by Gov. Tom Wolf may well threaten the industry’s future....

HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf has vetoed bipartisan legislation that would have helped ensure the future of the state’s 160-year-old conventional oil and...

WASHINGTON — As the worst pandemic in a century ravages nursing homes and long-term care facilities, U.S. Sens. Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Pat Toomey, R-Pa...

The Supreme Court signaled Tuesday during oral argument that it won’t be striking down the whole Affordable Care Act as the Trump administration has a...

Pennsylvania’s top advocate for crime victims is grappling with job insecurity and politics seem by all accounts to be at play. Jennifer Storm, the st...

Its significance might have been lost on most people, but a recent ruling by a district judge in Jefferson County represents a huge victory for journa...