Rank and file members now make $113,000 per year. Some legislators want to tie future pay bumps to passing the budget on time ...

This comes after a four-month budget impasse, which left counties and school districts across the state staggering, shutting ...

Pennsylvania has the largest full-time state legislature in the country, with 253 well-compensated state representatives and senators. Yet it has been unable to fulfill one of its primary missions: ...

HARRISBURG — A new legislative session starts today in Harrisburg, kicking off a two-year period that will likely feature debates over transit funding, the size of the budget, marijuana legalization, ...

While minimum wage bills with overwhelming public support languish in the Senate, wealthy donors and aspiring political ...

Dec. 27—HARRISBURG — Spending on public education, reforming aspects of health care, loosening regulations on business and strengthening the commonwealth's workforce were among the legislative wins ...

Pennsylvania’s budget was late, and critics say lawmakers’ accomplishments have been light. Is it time for one of the nation’s most expensive full-time legislatures to go part-time? Yes, say lawmakers ...

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A new bill introduced to the Pennsylvania legislature could soon make it easier for bars and restaurants to serve cocktails. State Rep. Dan Goughnour (D-Allegheny) has introduced legislation that ...

Charles Suppon has big plans for the Tunkhannock Area School District. At any given time, the northeastern Pennsylvania district’s chief operating officer can rattle off statistics about fields in ...

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