Pa. House Votes To Tweak Background Check Requirements For Those Who Work With Children
The state House has sent the Senate a bill designed to ease some background check requirements for people who work with children in Pennsylvania.
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The state House has sent the Senate a bill designed to ease some background check requirements for people who work with children in Pennsylvania.
Mayor Michael Nutter's plan to purchase land in Northeast Philadelphia on which to build a new prison has collapsed in City Council.
Former Pennsylvania Senator and current presidential hopeful Rick Santorum spoke with Talk Radio 1210 WPHT morning host Chris Stigall about the ever growing Republican presidential candidate field.
The chairman of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission says January is when the conversion to all electronic tolling is expected to begin with a pilot program at the Delaware River Bridge.
The state Senate has approved a bill to reauthorize and increase the state's 911 surcharge on phone service.
A state Senate committee has again advanced legislation that would allow for direct shipments to Pennsylvania consumers from out-of-state wineries.
The Pennsylvania Senate unanimously approved a measure Tuesday to impose up to an additional 65 cents per phone line and an extra $52 per household to help counties pay for the growing cost of their 911 emergency communications centers.
School districts across Pennsylvania are responding to rises in fixed costs, including pensions and charter schools, by: (A) raising property taxes, (B) reducing staff, or, in many cases, A and B.
The Obama administration has given conditional approval for Pennsylvania to set up a health care marketplace in the event that the US Supreme Court upends the federal health care law.
Senator Rand Paul told Talk Radio 1210 WPHT midday host Dom Giordano that most of America agrees with him when it comes to privacy concerns.
Suburban Philadelphia Republican state Senator John Rafferty is scheduled to announce his candidacy for attorney general this week.
A New Jersey state Senate panel has advanced legislation that would bar smokers from lighting up in vehicles if children 16 and younger also are present.
The two-week effort by a coalition of unions and community groups called the Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools urges legislators to support Governor Wolf's education budget.
Marcus Brown, whose nomination was blocked by the state senate and who is withdrawing his name from reconsideration, will continue as acting commissioner until the governor finds a new nominee.
Author HW Brands discusses his new book, Reagan: The Life with Rich Zeoli on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT.
