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These are boom times for shale gas exploration but towns and municipalities like South Fayette Township are concerned that it should be controlled and limited, adopting zoning ordinances that would keep drilling away from schools and residential areas.
Thanks to those higher gas fees at the pump, PennDOT will soon have a billion dollars more each year to spend on roads and bridges.
Although Mayor Bill Peduto scheduled his first sit-down TV interview with KDKA political editor Jon Delano on Wednesday, he really didn't want to sit down at all.
His name is now on the door, but Mayor Bill Peduto's office is still full of boxes, as he met with KDKA political editor Jon Delano for his first TV sit-down interview as mayor to discuss key issues facing the city.
Tom Wolf admits that he is -- at this stage -- unknown to most Pennsylvanians.
Once a month PA State Senator Pat Toomey joins the Mike Pintek show to discuss the hot topics in our state. This interview brought up the subjects of Obamacare and raising the minimum wage.
Bill Peduto is set to take the oath as Pittsburgh's 60th mayor and a big change was also made this morning to City Council.
The cold and snowy weather forced the mayor's inauguration to move inside.
Mayor-Elect Bill Peduto showed up at the City-County Building with a bucket and bible.
Call it "the big fix." The federal government has ordered a $3 to $5 billion overhaul of the region's antiquated sewer and water systems to stop raw sewage from spilling into our rivers and streams.
Preparations are getting finalized for Monday's inaugural festivities of Pittsburgh Mayor-elect Bill Peduto.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor has temporarily blocked a controversial part of Obamacare that affects the availability of contraceptives to women who work for Catholic-affiliated institutions.
Mayor-elect Bill Peduto has known him for years, but he's not exactly well-known to the public. Attorney Kevin Acklin will soon be the city's number two man -- as Peduto's chief of staff.
Over 1,200 citizens took part in drafting what Mayor-elect Bill Peduto calls a blue-print for the city, yielding 47 different reports on how to improve city services.
The chairman of Pennsylvania's $26.5 billion state employee pension system said Monday he is stepping down, partly because of state Treasurer Rob McCord's criticism of the handling of allegations of possible misconduct against its chief investment officer.
