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HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf, as promised, vetoed a bipartisan-backed bill on Monday that would have given local officials’ authority this year to set c...

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...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., joined Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and several of his colleagues in sending a letter to Attorney General Willi...

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

Last week, Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III became the first Kennedy to lose an election in Massachusetts. I don’t have anything against Rep. Kennedy. By ma...

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

On Thursday, Gov. Tom Wolf urged the legislature to quickly pass his plan for safe and secure elections that ensures voters will receive mail-in ballo...

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...

It’s wonderfully ironic that the ratification of the 19th Amendment, establishing women’s right to vote, occurred 100 years ago today because a young ...

Sen. Kamala Harris brings an aggressive approach to politics and public policy, deep electoral experience and hands-on expertise in the beleaguered U....

HARRISBURG — Transparency legislation, House Bill 2463, which unanimously passed the Legislature, will become law without the governor’s signature. Re...

HARRISBURG — A key piece of legislation dealing with state government transparency that has the support of every member of the General Assembly faces ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., joined by 36 of his colleagues, announced that he sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-...

HARRISBURG — After months of taking action to carry the voices of Pennsylvanians concerning the governor’s response to COVID-19, on Tuesday the House ...

HARRISBURG — A resolution to end the COVID-19 emergency declaration in Pennsylvania was presented to Gov. Wolf for his signature on Wednesday. The ter...

In a June 27 article regarding state Sen. Joe Scarnati’s response to a Spotlight PA report printed by The Era, the senator has taken issue with The Er...

HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania’s high court on Wednesday ruled against an effort by Republican state lawmakers to end Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s pande...

A group of Pennsylvania representatives are backing a resolution in the House that calls for the impeachment of Gov. Tom Wolf. While Rep. Martin Cause...

WASHINGTON — Thursday, the United States Senate unanimously approved the bipartisan Hong Kong Autonomy Act, authored by Sens. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., and C...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following a request from U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., for the federal Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) Comptroller General t...