Just months after Pa. leaders cut a deal to resolve a monthslong budget impasse, observers expect a fight in the state's ...

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A new bill introduced to the Pennsylvania legislature could soon make it easier for bars and restaurants to serve cocktails. State Rep. Dan Goughnour (D-Allegheny) has introduced legislation that ...

Environmental and labor advocates are skeptical that lawmakers can overcome partisanship in the state Capitol and take ...

Pennsylvania residents across the state, from Allegheny to Lackawanna, have expressed concerns about the onslaught of data centers.

Charles Suppon has big plans for the Tunkhannock Area School District. At any given time, the northeastern Pennsylvania district’s chief operating officer can rattle off statistics about fields in ...

Automatic pay increases that took effect last month again placed Pennsylvania’s Legislature among the highest paid in the ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — At 253 members, Pennsylvania has the largest full-time legislature in the nation. One state senator wants to see fewer lawmakers like herself in Harrisburg. “While the ...

An automatic cost of living adjustment bumped state lawmakers' salaries to $113,000 per year, for rank and file members. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, Pennsylvania ...

Pennsylvania lawmakers reached a deal on a state budget on Wednesday, Nov. 12, to end a four-month stalemate that held up critical funding to school districts, local governments and other agencies.

(WHTM)– Pennsylvania lawmakers are proposing a legislative package to better protect first responders responding to arson.