Katie Meyer

The commonwealth has 156 prisoners on death row and according to filings, 80 percent of them have been there more than a decade.

The last time the farm bill was negotiated, five years ago, one relatively popular suggestion was to cut funding for SNAP benefits by 10 percent.

The ruling creates a rare question for members who are currently running for Congress: is it appropriate for them to help fix the maps or vote on the new ones?

This could be the year Pennsylvanians vote whether to amend the constitution and shrink the state House of Representatives by a quarter.

State House Leader Dave Reed is officially running for congress becoming the second top Republican in the chamber to seek higher office this year.

If anyone was wondering what Paul Mango—one of four Republicans vying to unseat Democratic Governor Tom Wolf—thinks about his namesake fruit, wonder no more.

The allegations that he repeatedly sexually harassed a staffer is causing a prominent union to rescind its support.

Now that US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has approved Pennsylvania’s 13-year education-improvement plan, state officials are working on rolling out some changes.

The busiest National Guard training facility in the country has broken ground on a new $11.5 million building, and officials say it was a long time coming.

Lawmakers tried to improve online sales tax collections in last year’s budget, as the state struggled to find enough revenue balance its books.

The statute in question doesn’t allow weapons to be seized during an emergency.

He’s eyeing the western Pennsylvania seat that is being vacated by Republican Bill Shuster.