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“It’s a slip, not a fall,” Abraham Lincoln said after his loss in his legendary 1858 Illinois Senate contest against Stephen Douglas. Liz Cheney appar...

ALLENTOWN (TNS) — When elected officials resign from their public office, they often do so in disgrace. The resignation of a Philadelphia city council...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Federal subpoenas and search warrants delivered to Republican lawmakers inPennsylvaniathis week were the subject of some confusio...

An odd atmosphere has descended on Washington, D.C. At the precise moment the government announced that the economy shrank for the second consecutive ...

Even as Democrats reel from draconian impact of Republicans’ success at stacking the U.S. Supreme Court, the Biden administration is in danger of leav...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor sued the state Legislature on Thursday over a package of proposed constitutional amendments that Repub...

I read the columns of Robert Reich, the former labor secretary under President Bill Clinton, with considerable interest, even though Reich is a malevo...

HARRISBURG — Lawmakers overwhelmingly passed the main Pennsylvania state budget bill Friday, more than a week after it was due — a plan fattened by fe...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Democratic U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman called for a ban on “military-grade assault weapons” following a July 4 holiday wit...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Pennsylvania’s budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year won’t be complete on time for its June 30 deadline, and lawmakers plan to stay th...

HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania’s state House of Representatives and Senate returned to the Capitol on Tuesday, as leaders of the Republican-controlled...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — State lawmakers packed up their briefcases and went home to their districts last week, turning their focus to re-election campaigns...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — As he runs for U.S. Senate, Mehmet Oz has derided big tech as a “cartel” and boasted about taking on the Silicon Valley giants. B...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — The Wolf administration’s plan to begin requiring coal and natural gas power plants to pay for their greenhouse gas emissions has c...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — A Pennsylvania court is considering a petition by state Senate Republican leaders to block the Wolf administration from putting fee...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — A Senate panel will continue its exploration of legalizing recreational marijuana today with a hearing that will focus on the best ...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — A Pennsylvania Republican candidate for governor is asking a prosecutor to investigate rival Doug Mastriano’s campaign finances. ...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — State Sen. Doug Mastriano said late Monday that he raised more than $1 million last year, three times as much as he initially dis...

A measure granting $25 million to emergency medical services organizations passed the state House Tuesday, with the support of Rep. Martin Causer, R-T...

HARRISBURG (AP) — Val Arkoosh, a trained anesthesiologist who chairs the board of Pennsylvania’s third-most-populous county, on Friday ended her campa...