Tom Riese | WESA

Skill game manufacturers and businesses that host the machines say they're holding out hope that state lawmakers can agree — before Oct. 13 — on a framework to regulate the devices that can be found in social clubs, convenience stores and small shops. If that deadline is not met, law enforcement can begin seizing skill game kiosks next month.

After the death of legendary musician Dolly Parton, literacy advocates say Pennsylvania has a chance to honor her legacy — and to help kids with reading.

Gov. Josh Shapiro has joined a lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service with 23 other states seeking to block President Donald Trump's attempt to control voting by mail ahead of midterm elections.

A group of conservative activists says it's found a way to get a behind-the-scenes look at Pennsylvania elections in order to root out potential voter fraud: by reviewing lists of people disqualified from jury duty and comparing the names with those on county voter rolls.

The lawsuit alleges that the administration is "using hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funds as a cudgel [to] impose the current Administration's preferred policies" on voting rules.

While prosecutors push the state House to approve a Republican-sponsored measure on felony-murder resentencing, a spokesperson for House Democratic leaders says there's still no agreement despite a last-minute voting session set for Thursday.

With a budget deal seemingly out of reach for the week, state Senators left Harrisburg Tuesday, marking another year the fiscal plan will miss the end-of-June deadline set by state law.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Stacy Garrity has been slow to share her policy on skill games, even as a prominent supporter of the industry rallies to support her.

The list of Democrats named in a series of online threats has nearly doubled in size. State Rep. Dan Frankel says he was told his name was on it after a "more thorough review."

The Pennsylvania state House has approved two bills related to data center construction. The votes are the latest moves by Harrisburg lawmakers to regulate a fast-growing industry that some communities and environmental groups have opposed.