The spending plan is a slight increase from last year's budget, and includes spending for education, energy and pension plans ...

Budget talks rolled on in Harrisburg with Pennsylvania’s spending plan now eight days past the constitutionally-mandated ...

More than 1,100 people in Pennsylvania are currently serving life sentences without parole on second degree murder charges. The review of their cases could be the largest resentencing effort in the ...

In a series of motions and strategic huddles, the Pennsylvania Senate on Thursday voted to amend multiple tax proposals — from a tax holiday on school supplies to repealing data centers’ breaks — into ...

Legislation empowering local government to enact an optional 18-month moratorium on data center developments, along with a separate measure to institute a 35-year minimum sentence for second-degree ...

Some lawmakers say the Pennsylvania State Senate is stalling on a bill to increase the state's minimum wage.

A $50.18 billion budget advanced within the Pennsylvania Senate late Saturday, signaling a near-end to a brief impasse but ...

Sen. Dave Argall (R-29), in response to constituent requests after Pennsylvania State Trooper Michael E. Pahira, Jr. was killed in the line of duty during a Schuylkill County traffic stop last week, ...

State legislators have signaled that major policy items are off the table as budget deliberations continue into this weekend.

The Speaker of the House added July 1-2 session days, then canceled the July 2 session. It's unclear if the moves were strictly budget-related.

House lawmakers are calling on the state Senate to pass legislation that would allow Pennsylvania’s high school athletics governing body to split up playoff competition for public and private schools.

With hours to go until the 2025-26 state budget was set to expire at midnight, Pennsylvania Senate Republicans on Tuesday ...