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HARRISBURG — When state Rep. Matt Gabler, R-DuBois, asked — and was appointed — to serve on the House Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Comm...

HARRISBURG — Legislation to improve the affordability and accessibility of emergency medical services training in rural areas has been approved by bot...

Amy Coney Barrett acquitted herself very well at her confirmation hearings, which means, quite often, she refused to answer questions. Barrett is an e...

ERIE — A federal lawsuit claiming that the Catholic Diocese of Erie covered up clergy sexual abuse has been put on hold until the Pennsylvania Supreme...

There’s a glimmer of hope on the horizon for the struggling restaurant and hospitality industry. On Wednesday, the state House of Representatives pass...

Following the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday, Pennsylvania lawmakers and other officials stepped forward to laud her car...

A Weedville man is in Elk County Jail for allegations that he failed to follow the sexual offender requirements under Megan’s Law. Chester A. Keech Jr...

HARRISBURG -- Monday is the deadline by which Gov. Tom Wolf must make a decision about whether to deny or grant local officials the exclusive authorit...

HARRISBURG — Governor Tom Wolf responded to the recent federal court ruling regarding the business closure order and the stay at home orders issued in...

A legal case against pandemic restrictions in Pennsylvania, involving multiple business owners and legislators, received a favorable response from a f...

Gov. Tom Wolf's pandemic restrictions that required people to stay at home, placed size limits on gatherings and ordered "non-life-sustaining" busines...

Ever since Gov. Tom Wolf declared the COVID-19 public health emergency in March, Republican legislative leaders have complained that he has exceeded h...

HARRISBURG — The state House on Tuesday unanimously passed legislation authored by Rep. Matt Gabler, R-DuBois, at the urging of Elk County veterans gr...

Gov. Tom Wolf has extended the emergency disaster declaration in Pennsylvania. On Monday, the governor signed a second renewal of the 90-day Proclamat...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) has adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, to be published in the Pennsylvania Bulleti...

As Executive Director of The Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association and as a former member of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Medical Marijua...

COVID-19 recovery is part of Gov. Tom Wolf’s fall legislative agenda, but one Republican lawmaker is saying his plans are disingenuous. “I’d like to k...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — COVID-19 has highlighted the need for urgent updates to telehealth laws in Pennsylvania. Sadly, Pa. Bill 857 was vetoed in April,...

New York state Attorney General Letitia James has pointed a loaded gun at the National Rifle Association, accusing its leaders of fraud and self-deali...

The Humane Society of the United States and the Humane Society Legislative Fund presented Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., with the Pennsylvania 2019 Legislato...