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The proposal, a limited version of a bill Wolf vetoed this spring, would provide upwards of $600 million in tax breaks.
In such a moment, the court will rarely grant review in any case that would hinder that goal.
The conclusion of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2019-20 term surprised seasoned observers of the judiciary and the public alike.
Some of the bills signed into law Tuesday had languished in Republican-controlled legislative committees for a year or more.
A University of California study published over the weekend found that 1 in 3 young adults are at severe risk of COVID-19.
Democracy is threatened from many sides.
It’s a little hard to see beyond the clouds of our current moment, but the energy efficiency economy has a bright future.
Adults aged 19 to 49 now make up an increasing share of Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 cases, state Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine said Monday.
A constitutional amendment that would overhaul how Pennsylvania elects its statewide appellate judges cleared a state Senate committee.
We’ll go deep on the changes being made to funding for the Department of Health and the Department of Human Services.
The report finds that after an increase in releases in March, young people were less likely to be released from detention in April and May.
Can we finally nix the myth that what this nation needs is a businessman who will “run America like a business”?
We’re still trying to figure out how to navigate the remaining summer months.
It was an election unlike any other in Pennsylvania history.
President Donald Trump is demanding that schools reopen in the Fall.
Administrators are stockpiling hand sanitizer, masks and infrared thermometers.
The Susquehanna Township School District’s use of an Indian mascot must permanently be discontinued.
Fiscal watchdogs and reproductive rights advocates in Harrisburg are again sounding the alarm over an anti-abortion organization.
Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology sued the Trump administration over the visa change.
The speech was filled with references to the values of hard work, decency, community and family he learned growing up here.
