Gov. Wolf Signs Law To Increase Child Endangerment Penalties
A new Pennsylvania law lets authorities factor in the age of the victims and the degree of harm when filing charges in child endangerment cases.
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A new Pennsylvania law lets authorities factor in the age of the victims and the degree of harm when filing charges in child endangerment cases.
Pennsylvania lawmakers are starting the second-to-last day of the state government's fiscal year, as top Republicans say little about how they'll deal with the state's biggest cash shortfall since the recession.
Gov. Tom Wolf has signed a bill that will significantly strengthen protections for animals.
Often considered the most laid-back, softest-spoken man in the U.S. Senate, Bob Casey is exploding over the Republican health care bill.
Republican lawmakers, who control the state legislature, are divided over how to fund an agreed-upon $31.9 billion state budget that's supposed to be in place by Saturday, July 1.
The local VA said it was reviewing what it called "excessive levels of in-home assistance," but now says it is doing a "close second look" at its initial decisions.
Senate Republican leaders shelved a vote on their prized health care bill Tuesday until at least next month, forced to retreat by a GOP rebellion that left them lacking enough votes to even begin debate.
Pennsylvania lawmakers continue to grapple with how to plug another significant deficit.
The Senate Republican health care bill would leave 22 million more Americans uninsured in 2026 than under President Barack Obama's health care law, the Congressional Budget Office estimated Monday, in a blow to GOP leaders' hopes of pushing the plan through the chamber this week.
The Supreme Court is letting the Trump administration enforce its 90-day ban on travelers from six mostly Muslim countries, overturning lower court orders that blocked it.
Currently, lawmakers and the governor are facing a big budget deficit with no clear answers about how to close it.
An Associated Press analysis finds that congressional districts drawn by Pennsylvania's Republican-controlled Legislature helped the GOP win nearly three more of the state's U.S. House seats in last year's election.
Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey appeared on Sunday's Face the Nation backing up the Senate Republican health care bill.
Sen. Bob Casey has told a town hall crowd that the Republican health care proposal in the U.S. Senate would mean "destructive" cuts to Medicaid and "obscene" tax cuts for the rich.
A crowd of 1,600 went wild when Senator Bernie Sanders took the stage inside the David L. Lawrence Convention Center Saturday night.
