(The Center Square) - When a new Legislature gets to work in Harrisburg next year it will grapple with a state financial picture in which where the ink is mostly red - but the bigger picture is that Pennsylvania continues…

(The Center Square) - Veterans of Foreign Wars official John Getz Jr. warned posts around Pennsylvania for years that so-called "skill games" were not a reliable long-term revenue source, and now that they are illegal he said it's possible some…

(The Center Square) - Pennsylvania government has joined the challenging game of trying to display online the scope of what is one of the nation's biggest data center booms, and some observers aren't thrilled.

(The Center Square) - A battleground issue for Pennsylvania's 2027-28 legislative session was staked out in Allegheny County Thursday as County Executive Sara Innamorato signed what was billed as the nation's first county-level mandate that employers provide leave for new…

(The Center Square) - Republicans who want to keep at least one leg of Harrisburg's three-legged governance stool have a "block out the noise" attitude in an election campaign where some think Democrats could grab all three: the Senate, House,…

(The Center Square) - In what effectively were the waning moments of the 2025-26 legislative session, lawmakers on Wednesday gave final approval to a policy they had sought for years - a ban of most student cell phones in schools…

(The Center Square) - The prospect of a data center company being able to take land by eminent domain stirred near-unanimous support for a House bill that would prevent that scenario - and its sponsor on Tuesday said he was…

(The Center Square) - The state House on Monday gave overwhelming bipartisan approval to a bill to establish Pennsylvania's first rules on the automated license plate readers that have stirred controversy nationwide.

(The Center Square) - Both parties in the state House on Monday were split in passing what was called a "bell to bell" ban on student cell phone use, even though many students will be able to avoid it.

(The Center Square) - The Amish man who was hard at work at his outdoor food business in Lancaster County in early October had heard that measles was going around.

(The Center Square) - The last day of legality arrived Tuesday for an estimated 70,000 so-called "skill games" that were pulling in money at clubs and small businesses across Pennsylvania - and with it came the end of a job…

(The Center Square) - A multi-year push to legalize so-called "skill games" operating in clubs, bars, and other small organizations around Pennsylvania may be over, and Rep. Russ Diamond said Monday "there are lots of people to blame and most…

(The Center Square) - A new study of typical household water bills generated by 500 water systems around the nation found that four of the top 10 most expensive water companies are in Pennsylvania.

(The Center Square) - A public outpouring of disgust, frustration, and concern about Pennsylvania's pell-mell rush toward data center construction filled the Capitol Rotunda Tuesday afternoon at a rally where advocacy groups called for the Legislature and Gov. Josh Shapiro…

(The Center Square) - The state House on Monday unanimously approved a bill to create first-time regulations and a new tax on the sale of natural kratom - an increasingly popular tree-derived substance that can act as both a stimulant…

(The Center Square) - Ryan Bartell was forty, a teacher who worked with autistic children, when he entered a hospital experiencing severe but undiagnosed pain.

(The Center Square) - Health care patients would have to be told when a facility is using artificial intelligence to make clinical decisions under a bill that got strong bipartisan support Wednesday in passing the Pennsylvania House.

(The Center Square) - More than a hundred data center proposals have popped up like mushrooms on the Pennsylvania map, and a House committee on Wednesday attempted to validate the "real" ones by backing a plan to weed out many…

(The Center Square) - A Senate Committee on Tuesday approved a measure that would prohibit local and state governments from entering into non-disclosure agreements with data center owners or developers, a practice that has frustrated communities around the state.

(The Center Square) - An investigation launched by Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala into no-bid contracts and spending irregularities in Pittsburgh under the administration of former Mayor Ed Gainey has led to a call that Gainey resign from the…