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Jul 22, 2025
Mastriano has been playing into speculation about whether he’ll seek the GOP nomination to run against Gov. Josh Shapiro in 2026, even as Republicans line up behind state Treasurer...
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Jul 10, 2025
The longstanding prohibition is “a relic of the earliest days of this commonwealth” and one that “doesn’t make sense anymore” given the pace of modern life and...
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Jul 1, 2025
Low Medicaid rwimbursement rates make it difficult for providers to keep their pay competitive, leading to staffing shortages and gaps in care.
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Jul 1, 2025
Most agencies have enough cash to continue running for some time, although school districts are already nervous. Legislators still expect deals on skill games, transit, and other...
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Jun 24, 2025
The bill functions similarly to Pennsylvania’s previous “clean slate” laws, which have thus far only been applied to criminal proceedings and not to civil cases like...
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Jun 23, 2025
The tax reform proposal to close the so-called "Delaware loophole" has been discussed for over two decades ini Pennsylvania with no movement because of a sharp partisan divide.
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Jun 23, 2025
Lamb was the featured speaker Sunday at a town-hall-style event organized by Capital Region Stands Up and other like-minded groups, and held at the conference center at Central Penn...
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Jun 17, 2025
Both solemnity and concern were shared across the aisle in the Pennsylvania Capitol as lawmakers discussed the dangers of political violence.
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May 22, 2025
In a contest with only 691 votes cast, current council vice president John Anthony emerged victorious over incumbent Mayor Jack Ritter.
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May 13, 2025
Sen. Dawn Keefer, R-York County, posted a video of herself torching Gov. Josh Shapiro's budget.
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May 2, 2025
Pennsylvania is expecting to backfill part of the duties abandoned by the federal Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, which President Donald Trump has all-but eliminated.
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Apr 18, 2025
President Trump may say he wants to bring back U.S. manufacturing but hard to manufacture more chocolate when there’s a new import tax on ingredients that can’t be grown...
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Apr 16, 2025
At least one lawmaker says they would like to see a legislative review of the matter, while others have reserved judgement until the Pennsylvania State Police finishes its review.
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Apr 4, 2025
The Pennsylvania Leadership Conference runs through Saturday at the Penn Harris Hotel, as Republicans head into a potentially challenging 2026 election cycle.
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Apr 2, 2025
Perry's event will be broadcast online at 6 p.m. Wednesday.
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Mar 25, 2025
The Democratic-majority House has again passed a bill increasing penalties for illegally employing kids, with an increasing number of Republicans opposed to the measure.
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Mar 17, 2025
Republicans believe the added services in the waivers — approved last year under the Biden administration — will balloon Pennsylvania’s Medicaid costs.
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Mar 4, 2025
Trump is expected to give the first speech of his second term to a joint session of Congress starting at 9 p.m. Tuesday night.
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Mar 3, 2025
The state has big choices to make in the coming budget about fixing its education funding mechanisms - but the prospect of federal cuts could upend that effort.
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Feb 28, 2025
Broader federal funding cuts - such as SNAP reductions - could also put pressure on agriculture, even though Pennsylvania has enough funding for its own bird flu response.
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Feb 20, 2025
Heads of state agencies were questioned Wednesday about the prospect of losing federal funds if President Trump pushes forward with cuts.
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Feb 19, 2025
The Democratic governor's pitch to raise new revenue by legalizing recreational marijuana is likely the hardest pill in his budget plan for the Republican-controlled Senate to...
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Feb 14, 2025
“How can we tell employees that you can resign from federal service but then in the same breath say that we’re hiring?” asked Da'Laine Simpson, a labor leader at the Defense...
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Feb 7, 2025
Shapiro appeared Thursday afternoon at CrossPoint Early Learning Center in Lower Paxton Township in what was the first — but almost certainly not the last — of his post-budget...
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Jan 31, 2025
The Democratic governor's announcement generated pushback from GOP leadership as to what is underpinning the energy market.
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Jan 30, 2025
The first bills to fully pass a chamber of the legislature in the new session came out of the Pa. Senate on Wednesday.
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Jan 24, 2025
Pennsylvania is not part of the lawsuits challenging President Donald Trumps's attempt to end birthright citizenship, unlike the legal battlefield of eight years ago.
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Jan 6, 2025
The Republican Party of Pennsylvania now has a contested chairman's race.
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Jan 6, 2025
Bill memos detailing anticipated pieces of legislation coming in the 2025-26 session run the gamut from big ideas that have struggled to get off the ground to lawmakers’ more...
Jul 22, 2025Mastriano has been playing into speculation about whether he’ll seek the GOP nomination to run against Gov. Josh Shapiro in 2026, even as Republicans line up behind state Treasurer...