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June 30 state budget deadline passes as lawmakers remain divided, continue negotiating

When dawn broke Monday on the Pennsylvania Capitol it was a foregone conclusion that lawmakers would miss the midnight deadline to approve the next state budget. This marks the fourth year in a row the budget will be late, failing…

Pa. House passes cyber charter reform again; Senate lawmakers take another run at vouchers

Legislation to reform Pennsylvania’s quarter-century-old cyber charter school law and return to taxpayers hundreds of millions in excessive tuition payments passed in the state House on Wednesday with bipartisan support. The bill now heads to the state Senate where a…

Pa. congressional Republicans unanimous in support of Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill”

All ten Pennsylvania Republicans voted in support of the massive tax and spending bill that passed the U.S. House early Thursday morning, touting the tax relief, border security and support for working families they said it would provide. Democrats, including…

AG’s office says it seized hundreds of illegal gambling machines disguised as skill games

The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office announced Tuesday it seized hundreds of illegal gambling machines allegedly supplied to storefront casinos and other businesses by a pair of companies owned by a Pittsburgh man with prior convictions for illegal gambling.

Pa. justices ask in oral arguments: Is RGGI a tax, a fee, or something completely different?

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative could put fossil fuel-burning power plants out of business and significantly increase energy costs for consumers, electricity producers and Republican opponents of the program said Tuesday in state Supreme Court. They argued the state Department…

Voter ID and vote-by-mail reform bills move to Pa. House

Pennsylvania lawmakers will consider a package of election reforms including a voter ID requirement and changes to the commonwealth’s vote-by-mail law after a House committee passed the long-debated measures. Most Democrats have staunchly opposed proposals requiring voters to prove their…

With public transit agencies in dire straits, Pa. House puts Shapiro’s funding plan into play

As the commonwealth’s two largest public transportation systems barrel toward fiscal crises and sweeping service cuts, Pennsylvania lawmakers approved legislation Monday to direct nearly $300 million in new funding to transit agencies in the next state budget. The bill reflects…
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