
Pennsylvania
Pa. Senate won’t concur on conservative House plan
Pennsylvania state Senators are trying to figure out how to move forward on the stalled state budget. They’re planning to fo ...
8 years ago
Fair funding advocates decry Pa. leaders for playing politics with specialty school money
For years in Pennsylvania, school funding coming from state government was criticized as being irrational, unpredictable, and too-tied to ...
8 years ago
Collective bargaining bills would apply public records, open meetings laws to contract negotiations
Some state lawmakers are pushing a package of bills that they say would make contract negotiations between government agencies and public ...
8 years ago
Pennsylvania delays payments as general fund balance nears zero
Pennsylvania is putting off paying over a billion dollars to insurers who administer Medicaid benefits, because its main bank account is ...
8 years ago
Sen. Pat Toomey a key player in Trump tax overhaul effort
As President Donald Trump and Congress undertake an overhaul of the U.S. tax code this fall, Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey is likely ...
8 years ago
Judge sets date for Cosby retrial on sexual assault charges
A judge has scheduled a new date for Bill Cosby’s retrial on charges he drugged and molested a woman more than a decade ago. ...
8 years ago
Two losing Pa. House candidates ask court for new election
Two losing candidates in a special election to for Pennsylvania State Representative seat in the 197th District argued in federal c ...
8 years ago
Report: Pennsylvania child abuse workers swamped, underpaid
The county caseworkers who investigate child abuse in Pennsylvania are underpaid, inadequately trained, plagued by high turnover and face ...
8 years ago
Pa. House narrowly passes a tax-free budget funding plan
The state House of Representatives has narrowly voted to move a budget plan built largely on one-time fund transfers. Although it ...
8 years ago
Lancaster knows how to keep people out of jail, but it’s expensive
After nearly two decades in prison, Isaac Rivera was ready to remake himself. The 41-year-old from Lancaster served time after a 1 ...
8 years ago
ListenPa. House cobbles together new budget plan, light on recurring dollars
After negotiations briefly stalled Tuesday, the House is on the verge of passing a GOP-authored plan to balance a $2.2 billion dollar gap ...
8 years ago
Ralliers try to convince Pa. lawmakers to act on gerrymandering
Advocates for overhauling the redistricting process packed the Capitol rotunda in Harrisburg Tuesday hoping to persuade lawmakers to take ...
8 years ago
Municipal distress getting worse in Pennsylvania, new data show
The Pennsylvania Economy League released a report on Tuesday showing predictions in its last study have borne out. That’s no ...
8 years ago
Pennsylvania House GOP delays vote on budget-balancing plan
Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives is putting off preliminary votes on measures designed to plug state government’s $2.2 ...
8 years ago