Gov. Josh Shapiro has joined a lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service with 23 other states seeking to block President Donald Trump's attempt to control voting by mail ahead of midterm elections.

Data center developers will have a tougher time building in Pennsylvania after Gov. Josh Shapiro signed an executive order regulating their construction.

With fewer than three months until midterm elections, officials in Pennsylvania and other states say they are falsely being accused of fraud — in some cases precisely because they are trying to keep t...

A group of conservative activists says it’s found a way to get a behind-the-scenes look at Pennsylvania elections in order to root out potential voter fraud: by reviewing lists of people disqualified ...

While prosecutors push the state House to approve a Republican-sponsored measure on felony-murder resentencing, a spokesperson for House Democratic leaders says there’s still no agreement despite a la...

Pa. officials say President Donald Trump’s administration is withholding nearly half of the state’s allocated Homeland Security dollars from last year.

With key bills signed by Gov. Josh Shapiro Sunday evening, the $50.8 billion Pennsylvania state budget increases funding for public education, doubles support for rape crisis centers and includes no c...

Republican gubernatorial candidate Stacy Garrity’s campaign says a contender for lieutenant governor is trying to confuse her party's voters.

The list of Democrats named in a series of online threats has nearly doubled in size. State Rep. Dan Frankel says he was told his name was on it after a "more thorough review."

The fight in State Senate District 46 — which covers all of Washington and Greene counties and a slice of Beaver — has been ugly. Courtroom fights have been matched by sniping between state and local ...

A Republican's audit of the state's motor-voter system, which some in the GOP suspect of allowing non-citizens to vote, found zero such cases out of more than 210,000 applications it reviewed.

Commonwealth Court Judge Stacy Wallace said that while Buchtan's election papers identified his residency at the wrong address, she found that he "did not intend to deceive the public" and could conti...

The new position comes with a $145,018 salary, per information available as of December. The board oversees the state’s gambling industry, regulating slot machines and table games at casinos, as well ...

The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...

The company said it has lost more than $350 million over the past two decades while operating the Post-Gazette.

The case involves a challenge to the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission’s application of anti-discrimination protections to transgender students in public schools.

Pittsburgh Public Schools and three other districts are suing CCA and the Pennsylvania Department of Education, for allegedly violating students’ constitutional right to a “thorough and efficient” edu...

In a 4-3 decision, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Monday that local agencies do not need to give 24-hour notice when making changes to public meeting agendas — as long as a majority of the body ...

The heart health condition officials say caused Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman’s fall Thursday could have been deadly if it wasn’t immediately treated, according to cardiologists.

Despite some hopes that state officials might legalize and tax the recreational use of marijuana and electronic gambling “skill games,” the measure does not anticipate any new revenue streams. But it ...

As the impasse over Pennsylvania’s state budget nears four months, many of the details about the sticking points are still unknown. But lawmakers are more openly showing their anger.

For all the political debate about whether or not to retain state Supreme Court justices Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty or David Wecht this fall, one question rarely gets discussed: If voters deci...

The push by advocates comes as the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to decide whether to hear a case that could change the fate of same-sex marriage.

There was little sign of a breakthrough when Pennsylvania's state budget impasse blew past its 100th day last week. Instead, state legislators found something new to argue about: whether a loan progra...

Despite Gov. Josh Shapiro’s insistence this week that Pennsylvania state budget negotiations are “incredibly close” to ending an impasse entering its fourth month, county leaders and service agencies ...

Pennsylvania joined the suit late, but the ruling temporarily prevents the U.S. Department of Agriculture from withholding hundreds of millions of dollars in benefits State officials say they are open...

Three state Supreme Court Justices have raised more than $2.8 million to make the case that voters should keep them on the state’s top court this fall.

Pennsylvania has been added to a lawsuit over the Trump Administration’s demand for personal information on food-stamp recipients. State officials hope the legal maneuver will provide breathing room i...

A long-simmering battle between Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and the White House over the state’s food-stamp program is set to come to a head by the end of this week.

A long-simmering battle between Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and the White House over the state’s food-stamp program is set to come to a head by the end of this week.

Courts are supposed to be above politics, but partisan interests and concerns are already shaping this November's fight over whether to retain three Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices.

Gov. Josh Shapiro told reporters in Philadelphia that violent crime is down in Pennsylvania, and any attempt to direct federal forces to U.S. cities is unconstitutional, as a federal judge ruled on Tu...

Gov. Josh Shapiro said Pennsylvania’s long-troubled system for approving unemployment benefits has improved dramatically. At a Harrisburg press conference, the governor also pushed back on President D...

More than six weeks past the state budget deadline, the Republican-led Senate returned to Harrisburg Tuesday afternoon to pass its own spending proposal — one that stands little chance in the Democrat...

Though earlier reports cited witness accounts of multiple explosions, U.S. Steel on Tuesday said only one explosion occurred — at coke batteries 13 and 14 — followed by a pressure release from two oth...

Democrats have said they have no interest in passing a six-month, short-term budget, while Republicans have signaled that their return to Harrisburg this week may be to propose just that.

State Democratic lawmakers are urging their Republican colleagues to return to the Capitol to vote on a budget package, as Pittsburgh’s transit system has six months — and Philadelphia's system has on...

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Tuesday condemned the starvation of civilians in Gaza and called on United States leaders to increase aid and ensure its safe distribution to families in the Palestin...

Democrats have taken renewed interest in Epstein, a wealthy financier who was accused of sexually abusing, trafficking and abusing children for years prior to his death behind bars in 2019.

Most of the lawmakers themselves are shut out of closed-door, high-level negotiations but will be expected to approve a $50 billion plan with little time to study it.