01.29.15 |
Governor Tom Wolf is poised to sign an executive order restoring a moratorium on new natural-gas drilling leases on Pennsylvania's state parks and forests. Wolf's office says he'll sign the order today at Benjamin Rush State Park in Philadelphia. ...
01.29.15 |
Findings just released from the National Council on Teacher Quality show Pennsylvania's teacher pension system carries the third highest unfunded liability in the country. Pennsylvania ranks seventh in the nation if that $32.6 billion liability is ...
01.28.15 |
Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against the man charged with killing a state trooper and seriously wounding another in a shooting outside the Blooming Grove barracks. Pike County District Attorney Ray Tonkin argued in a legal filing ...
01.28.15 |
Governor Tom Wolf gave an impromptu speech Tuesday to parents of children who are suffering daily from debilitating seizures and vowed to sign a medical marijuana bill that senators are writing. The greeting with parents in Wolf's Capitol reception ...
01.27.15 |
Former Pennsylvania Congressman Chris Carney says he is considering a run for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in 2016. Carney serves on Governor Tom Wolf's transition team for military and veterans issues. Carney, a Susquehanna County ...
01.27.15 |
The Republican majority in the Pennsylvania State Senate is suing democratic Governor Tom Wolf over his firing of his predecessor's appointee. The lawsuit filed Monday in Commonwealth court says Republican Governor Tom Corbett's appointee, Erik ...
01.26.15 |
With heavy snows predicted in some portions of the Keystone state, Penndot has issued some reminders about travel. In areas where forecasts are calling for significant snow and possible icy conditions, Penndot says motorists should postpone travel ...
01.26.15 |
The rules may be changing-- for snow and ice on semi trucks in Pennsylvania. Senator Lisa Boscola has reintroduced legislation to require snow and ice removal before driving a large truck. Drivers could be fined $25 to $75 if a police officer ...
01.23.15 |
Governor Tom Wolf on Thursday swiftly undid his predecessor's late-hour appointments, firing the recently-named director of the state's open records office and recalling all pending executive nominations. Wolf said he removed Erik Arneson, the ...
01.23.15 |
Pennsylvania’s high court has at least temporarily blocked a prosecutor from taking action on a grand jury recommendation that the attorney general be charged criminally in an investigation of alleged leaks of secret investigative material by ...
