Schools May Stay Closed After Christmas Due To Budget Stalemate
In the partisan budget stalemate, legislators seem to have forgotten some victims -- school children.
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In the partisan budget stalemate, legislators seem to have forgotten some victims -- school children.
Some Western Pennsylvania school districts say they may not reopen after the Christmas break if the state budget impasse continues.
NFL quarterback Michael Vick got the celebrity treatment as he visited the state Capitol on Tuesday to lobby for a bill to help protect cats and dogs from being left in unattended vehicles.
Donald Trump is drawing criticism after a speech he made Monday in South Carolina.
Former President Bill Clinton will be in Pittsburgh later this week for a private fundraiser to benefit his wife's presidential campaign.
On Monday, the Republican-controlled PA Senate passed a bi-partisan $30.8 billion state budget that Governor Wolf says he will sign.
In a rare Oval Office address, President Barack Obama vowed Sunday night the United States would overcome a terror threat that has entered a "new phase" as he sought to reassure Americans shaken by recent attacks in Paris and California.
Pennsylvania senators trickled into the Capitol on Sunday to continue work toward a budget deal, a job made more challenging by the House Republicans' decision in recent days to walk away from negotiations that have stretched on for months.
Pennsylvania House Republicans revolted Saturday against the latest plan between Gov. Tom Wolf and top lawmakers to break a five-month budget stalemate, leaving two competing plans and any resolution in doubt.
The Lord's Prayer, which is said at the beginning of every council meeting in Monroeville, is now causing a controversy.
Speaking at the African American Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Pittsburgh on Thursday, Gov. Tom Wolf was cautiously optimistic.
Bill Peduto is the most traveled mayor Pittsburgh has ever seen.
Call it a ticket tax -- a seven percent sales tax on tickets you purchase to any of Pittsburgh's performing arts -- the ballet, the symphony, the opera, dance, musical events, or a favorite play.
Although there have been political challenges to Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane's authority with a suspended law license, a new legal challenge has been filed in Allegheny County Court.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane is about to reveal her next step in an investigation into the exchange of pornography and other objectionable content in emails by prosecutors, judges and others found on state-owned computers.
