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State Attorney General Kathleen Kane's decision not to run for a second four-year term as she faces a criminal trial this summer left a field of five candidates jockeying for her job. → Read More
A bipartisan group of state lawmakers is backing new proposals to give a person’s low-level criminal offenses a limited shelf life in Pennsylvania. Plans → Read More
A long-sought measure to retroactively change the statute of limitations on child sex abuse cases has been queued up for a final vote in the state House. → Read More
Pennsylvania school board members came to the Capitol earlier this week, some of them downright weary. “It’s been a grueling year,” said Nathan Mains, → Read More
The state House is poised to consider major changes to the statutes of limitations on child sex abuse cases in Pennsylvania, one month after the release of → Read More
The state’s budget gridlock is over, but school districts are focusing on another piece of unwelcome news: after years of delayed reimbursements for state → Read More
The state has an entire agency dedicated, at least in part, to the men and women who have served in the military. The Department of Military and Veterans → Read More
For Pennsylvania lawmakers, the problem of lead poisoning in Flint, Michigan has served as a rallying cry, a teachable moment and, now, a political cudgel → Read More
For Pennsylvania lawmakers, the problem of lead poisoning in Michigan has been a rallying cry, a teachable moment and, now, a political cudgel. → Read More
A plan to allow medical marijuana in Pennsylvania may be further away from becoming law than supporters had hoped. The legalization plan is before the → Read More
Democratic state lawmakers who were reliable backers of Governor Tom Wolf’s agenda during the budget impasse say they may not stick so closely to his side → Read More
The state spending stalemate is ending, but lawmakers could face some unfinished budget business. While Governor Tom Wolf will let the rest of a state → Read More
Pennsylvania's Democratic governor says he won't block Republicans' $6.6 billion no-new-taxes spending package after nearly nine months of budget gridlock → Read More
State senators on Tuesday urged their colleagues to advance their plans to change how judicial conduct cases are handled in Pennsylvania. A proposed → Read More
A plan to allow certain forms of medical marijuana in Pennsylvania has cleared a major hurdle, passing the state House and now heading to the Senate, → Read More
State lawmakers and Governor Tom Wolf could be headed for another clash over the Pennsylvania budget, now more than eight months late. Top Republican lawm → Read More
State budget hearings for the governor’s most recent spending proposal have drawn to a close, but not without an unusual bit of advice from a House → Read More
The commander of the Pennsylvania National Guard has resigned after almost two months on an unexplained leave of absence. Adjutant General James Joseph is → Read More
The state hasn’t had a full spending plan for more than eight months, but top lawmakers haven’t yet had a budget meeting with Gov. Tom Wolf’s → Read More
One state lawmaker says he wants to see a more intensive focus on child sex abuse cases statewide in light of the recent grand jury report criticizing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown. → Read More