Marc Levy of Associated Press

The owners of twelve Pennsylvania casinos are asking the state’s highest court to declare that a tax on slot machine revenue is unconstitutional because the state doesn’t impose it broadly on cash-paying electronic game terminals known as skill games that can be found in many bars and stores.

Pennsylvania lawmakers have passed a budget deal that took nearly two weeks into the new fiscal year to reach. The $47.6 billion plan approved Thursday represents a 6% increase. Most of the new money is going toward public schools and human services to boost pay for direct care workers.

Pennsylvania election officials say the number of mail-in ballots rejected for technicalities saw a significant drop in last month’s primary election. That's after state officials tried anew to help voters avoid mistakes that might get their ballots thrown out.

Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives is advancing legislation long sought by counties seeking help to manage huge influxes of mail-in ballots during elections in the presidential battleground state.

Gov. Josh Shapiro and his top human services official say the administration has a plan to end a waiting list of thousands of families who are considered to be in dire need of help for an intellectually disabled adult relative.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and Republican David McCormick will be the only names on ballots for the office in Pennsylvania’s April primary after a ruling by the state’s highest court.

Pennsylvania’s highest court is ruling that Republican state lawmakers can no longer try to enforce a subpoena for election records that they issued in 2021.

Pennsylvania’s 2024 primary election may lack drama in the high-stakes races for president and U.S. Senate, but the field for lower-ballot contests are filling up for state attorney general and a handful of its 17 U.S. House seats.

A liberal activist wants a Pennsylvania court to bar U.S. Rep. Scott Perry from the state’s primary ballot, arguing that Perry engaged in insurrectionist activity and cannot appear on the state’s ballot under the Constitution’s insurrection clause.