Pennsylvania Senate Republicans requested partial Social Security and driver’s license numbers as part of a yearslong attempt to audit the 2020 election.

The lack of local maintenance codes can contribute to poor housing quality and less investment in areas, according to a study from the Center for Rural Pennsylvania.

The legal office of Pennsylvania’s governor won’t explain why it paid private law firms at least $367,500.

Democrats won a House majority in the midterms. But a vacancy has split the chamber evenly until at least Jan. 3, and the parties disagree on who should control it until then.

The Democrat is not the only governor-to-be who has given donors plum positions ahead of his inauguration, but some say the practice highlights the need to get money out of politics.

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Supporters and detractors alike agreed Shapiro had a weak opponent, strong outreach to rural areas, and a pragmatic policy message.

When the Pennsylvania House’s new session begins on Jan. 3, at least one Democratic seat will be vacant — complicating the election of the chamber’s speaker.

The state Supreme Court closed a decades-old legal loophole that kept people who would never be competent to stand trial on criminal charges in jail or prison indefinitely.

The historic unionization effort in minor league baseball aims to address chronic low pay and poor working conditions, but your local players might not benefit.

Attorneys for Democratic and Republican candidates in two close, still-uncalled races are haggling over whether to count several dozen provisional ballots.

One week later, angry voters demand to know why Luzerne County polling places ran out of ballot paper.

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The requirement added fresh pressure and prompted counties to develop processes to ensure they complied with it.

A patient’s complaint about her virtual appointment through Veriheal has offered a look inside the multimillion dollar certification industry.