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HARRISBURG — State Senator Cris Dush, R-Brookville, on Wednesday rallied to protect the constitutional rights of law-abiding Pennsylvania firearm owne...

HARRISBURG — The state Senate adopted a plan Wednesday that will allow thousands of older Pennsylvanians to retain eligibility for prescription drug a...

HARRISBURG — State Sen. Chris Dush, R-Brookville, introduced a plan to protect the constitutional rights of law-abiding Pennsylvania firearm owners an...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Senate approved legislation this week to allow a family member or other designated person to visit and care for a long-t...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Not long ago, a candidate for statewide office in Pennsylvania would have been seen as fringe for backing the legalization of rec...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Senate voted to repeal a portion of the state’s school code in order to protect the First Amendment rights of teachers, ...

U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, our Democratic neighbor from West Virginia, has it right: The filibuster should not be eliminated. The Senate needs the filibus...

Just six months ago — it seems like so much longer — many Democrats were supremely confident about their prospects in the 2020 election. Some saw Joe ...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Last month, The Atlantic featured a big spread on Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman’s effort to win a U.S. Senate seat in 2022. La...

HARRISBURG — Farmers and other conservationists are applauding legislation in the state Senate that will offer financial support that farmers in Penns...

How Texas fetal heartbeat bill advances cause — perhaps all the way to Supreme Court For millions of parents the world over, the image of a tiny heart...

In early March, President Joe Biden met with a group of seven historians in the East Room of the White House. One topic of conversation: Franklin Dela...

If you were looking for clarity about President Joe Biden’s position on the Senate filibuster — liberal Democrats’ No. 1 Enemy at the moment — you did...

On April 7, 2017, less than four years ago, a majority of Democrats in the U.S. Senate joined a majority of Republicans to sign a letter supporting th...

The Senate Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee will consider four bills at a meeting set for 9:15 a.m. today in the Senate Chamber, according to Com...

Pennsylvania is inching closer to letting voters decide whether the candidate for lieutenant governor should be chosen in statewide primary voting, as...

HARRISBURG — Individuals in recovery for substance use disorders could stand a better chance of breaking the cycle of addiction by maintaining meaning...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania National Guard members could aid in the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine under legislation approved by the Senate on Wed...

Well, it’s on. Donald Trump ended his post-presidency silence not with a blast at President Joe Biden, or at the left, or at the House impeachment man...

I’m going out on a limb here and saying that Republicans and Democrats have very different ideas of what “unity” means. The fact that President Joe Bi...