
Pennsylvania
Bipartisan-supported severance tax bill stays stalled in Pa.
The fight over how to fund Pennsylvania’s overdue budget is boiling down to just a few points of contention — including whether to impose a new tax on natural gas drillers.
8 years ago
Pa. Treasurer Joe Torsella reiterates, no loans until the budget’s done
State Treasurer Joe Torsella has found himself at the center of contentious battles over funding Pennsylvania's unbalanced budget and paying the commonwealth's bills.
8 years ago
Philly defense attorneys’ group: Oversight tightened in wake of whistleblower lawsuit
After learning one of their attorneys was working with a suspended license, the Defender Association of Philadelphia has tightened the rules.
8 years ago
Pipeline opponents sue Sunoco, alleging constitutional violations
Four opponents of the Mariner East 2 pipeline sued Sunoco Pipeline and its parent, Energy Transfer Partners, in federal court on Monday.
8 years ago
With ‘no filters, no restraints,’ Terror Behind the Walls puts Eastern State at center of Halloween
What does it take to be hired as an intimidator or a creeper at one of the nation's top historic haunted attractions? A lot of energy and stamina.
8 years ago
Houlahan scores major endorsements in Pa. congressional primary
Democrat Chrissy Houlahan has gotten some early backing in her bid for a congressional seat in the western suburbs of Philadelphia.
8 years ago
Four takeaways from a freshman, moderate Republican in Congress under Trump
U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Bucks County may be an endangered species — a moderate Republican who makes a point of working with Democrats.
8 years ago
Pa. will have trouble making payments beyond September
As Pennsylvania lawmakers fight over the details of a long-overdue budget funding plan, the commonwealth is having trouble covering short ...
8 years ago
Harrisburg launches pilot program for police body cameras
The capital city joins a small group of Pennsylvania municipalities that have tested or permanently integrated the equipment. ...
8 years ago
Every state in the U.S. was required to submit a proposal to the federal government by last week on how it will comply with the new feder ...
8 years ago
Pa. jail faces class-action lawsuit for posting mugshots online
A lawyer for a man who sued a Pennsylvania county jail for posting his mug shot online says nearly 70,000 former inmates could have claim ...
8 years ago
Alt-right flyers posted throughout three Pennsylvania college campuses
More college campuses in Pennsylvania recently got a visit from a group identified as a white nationalist hate group by the Southern Pove ...
8 years ago
Pa. Senate hits restart on budget negotiations
The GOP-controlled Pennsylvania Senate has formally rejected a conservative budget plan passed by the House — essentially resetting neg ...
8 years ago
Bucks man convicted in sex assault of 6 young sisters gets 30 to 87 years
A cultlike figure whose spiritual and financial hold over a formerly Amish couple enabled him to have sexual relationships with six of th ...
8 years ago
Report on ‘chronic teacher absenteeism’ in Pa. highlights union’s role, spurs further questions
A new report finds that teachers in traditional public schools are almost three times as likely to be chronically absent as teachers in c ...
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