Tony Moreno Announces He's Accepting Republican Nomination For Pittsburgh Mayor
Retired Pittsburgh Police officer Tony Moreno has announced he will run on the Republican ticket in a bid to become the City of Pittsburgh's next mayor.
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Retired Pittsburgh Police officer Tony Moreno has announced he will run on the Republican ticket in a bid to become the City of Pittsburgh's next mayor.
A key trade that sealed a budget deal between Gov. Tom Wolf and Republicans who control the Legislature was a $100 million injection of cash into Pennsylvania's poorest public schools in exchange for the governor backing off a regulatory expansion of eligibility for overtime pay.
A state budget that dumps billions in federal coronavirus money into savings, boosts spending on education and provides aid to nursing homes easily passed the Legislature on Friday.
State senators voted this week to amend the state's constitution on election rules.
Details still need to be worked out, but a potential bipartisan plan on infrastructure has been reached by senators in Washington D.C.
A Republican rewrite of Pennsylvania election law that would mandate voter IDs, alter registration and ballot counting deadlines and give conservatives auditing procedures they have clamored for passed the state House on Tuesday despite the Democratic governor's veto threat.
Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge remains hospitalized after suffering a stroke last week, but there is good news as his status has changed to stable condition.
West Virginia House of Delegates Republican legislator Joshua Higginbotham has come out as gay.
Voters in Pittsburgh may have another choice for mayor this November.
Charlie Gerow, a longtime conservative activist, said he will run for governor of Pennsylvania.
Republicans who control Pennsylvania's Legislature are increasingly looking to take a different avenue to write laws, voter referendums, to get around Gov. Tom Wolf and make policy that the Democrat cannot block with his veto pen.
A state senator from southcentral Pennsylvania said Tuesday that he is forming an exploratory committee to run for the Republican nomination for governor in 2022.
Pennsylvania state lawmakers are returning to session Monday with a big June agenda and sharp differences over the future of the state's finances, schools, energy sector and election procedures.
A Beaver County Republican lawmaker wants to put an end to concealed carry permits with a new hot-button bill.
The person sitting behind the oversized mahogany desk will change come November, but the rich history found inside the Pittsburgh Mayor's office will remain.
