State Government

A proposal to ensure access to contraceptives is moving ahead in the Pennsylvania Legislature after drawing dozens of Republican votes. The bill approved in the state House by a vote of 133 to 69 on Tuesday faces an uncertain future in the GOP-controlled Senate.

The rebate program had not seen a full update since 2006 despite repeated bipartisan efforts to stem enrollment declines.

A measure that would give thousands of survivors a two-year window to seek monetary damages against their abusers is caught up in a politicized battle.

Some of Pennsylvania’s school districts may have to spend down their reserves or take out loans to open for the fall semester, because billions of dollars in state aid is being held up in a partisan stalemate.

In 2022, Pennsylvania lawmakers promised to spend $100 million on adult mental health services. This year’s budget uses the money for a different purpose.

Pennsylvanians could be smoking a different plant should new legislation legalizing recreational cannabis become law.

Commonwealth Court ruled the legislature cannot use a blanket reason to redact bills from private law firms.

For the past decade, there’s been nothing short of a crisis in our state capital.More and more of Pennsylvania’s sprawling and costly bureaucracy operated…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s Republican Party is planning a meeting to potentially censure U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey amid a growing GOP backlash over…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A bid to amend the Pennsylvania Constitution to give victims of child sexual abuse a new legal window to sue over otherwise…