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HARRISBURG — As Pennsylvania continues to cope with the impacts of COVID-19, the Senate on Tuesday gave final approval to a bill that promotes telemed...

HARRISBURG — Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, R-Brockway, on Monday spoke out against the state House Rules Committee removing local involve...

HARRISBURG — On Monday, Gov. Tom Wolf signed a bill allowing for remote public meetings and providing property tax relief, but vetoed a second bill th...

HARRISBURG — This week, Senate Bill 327 was passed by the Senate which included an amendment by Sen. Joe Scarnati, R-Brockway, to allow for the safe r...

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S Department of Health and Human Services announced it has resolved a complaint filed a...

HARRISBURG — The Senate approved two bills Wednesday that would provide much-needed clarity and common sense to the process of deciding which business...

HARRISBURG — Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, R-Brockway, and Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman, R-Bellefonte, announced Monday the Senate ...

HARRISBURG — The Senate approved emergency measures on Tuesday to help local governments respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency, according to...

HARRISBURG – Auditor General Eugene DePasquale today urged the General Assembly to make sure all options are on the table for counties and municipalit...

MOUNT JEWETT — Mount Jewett Mayor Annie Jo Wolfe wants to make sure the borough is still sufficiently prepared for emergencies, she said in a statemen...

HARRISBURG — The House is preparing to return for a historic session week on Monday. As a result of the Capitol complex being closed to visitors, seve...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Catholic Diocese of Buffalo filed for bankruptcy Friday morning as it faces hundreds of lawsuits alleging decades of child sexual ...

Continuing his commitment to rural Pennsylvania, Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, announced he will seek re-election to the state House of Represent...

WASHINGTON — On Friday, U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson and House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson introduced H.R. 5799, the Bridging Responsib...

In a reversal of a previous ruling, a Commonwealth Court panel on Tuesday decided that 26 Republican state legislators — including Senate President Pr...

HARRISBURG — State Rep. Matt Gabler, R-DuBois, is announcing that 2020 will be his final year in the state House. With just under a year remaining in ...

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., ranking member of the Special Committee on Aging, applauded the U.S. House of Representatives fo...

The Bradford Area Public Library will host a program at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday about the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s REAL ID requirements...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) are working to help food banks collect and distribute more food t...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — After being in office for about a year, state Rep. Valerie Gaydos, R-Allegheny, thinks there might be a few too many seats in the c...