Pennsylvania Government

With funding included in the new Pa. budget, SNAP benefit cards will get security updates aimed at helping vulnerable households avoid the theft of their food benefits.

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.

The increased funding to rape crisis centers in Pennsylvania bolsters many that were devastated by last year’s 135-day budget impasse.

Building more homes gives buyers and renters more options, helping slow the upward climb of home prices and rents. It can even lower prices if a market is experiencing significant overbuilding.

At least 70% of registeredPennsylvania voters polled by Franklin & Marshall College support several key issues, including school cell phone ban and skill games tax.

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.

Miners debilitated by the disease receive a small cash benefit and health insurance to cover associated costs, but the monthly payments haven't kept up with inflation.

The state tax credit is mirrored by President Donald Trump's new federal education tax credit, which will offer similar tax relief to individuals donating to eligible school scholarship organizations.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins participated in a roundtable discussion with farmers at Applewood Farm in Scott Twp. before signing the declaration.