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Pennsylvania owns a lot of property. A lot isn’t being used, and many buildings aren’t occupied, while taxpayers continue to foot the bill for water,

The Pennsylvania Auto Show is back at Harrisburg’s Farm Show Complex. There are hundreds of new cars, trucks, SUVs, motorcycles, and more — both new and used. You don’t have to be in the market for a new car to go,

Webster is calling for the flag's design to undergo some kind of change. To that end, he's putting up a memorandum to establish the "Pennsylvania State Flag Commission" to study the history of the flag, and gather design submissions to eventually redesign the official flag.

Allies welcomed Trump while there was some trepidation from Democrats who are concerned what policies might result from a second Trump presidency.

As the Pennsylvania General Assembly prepares to get back in session for the year, both senators and House representatives have lofty goals. But there’s one issue expected to be the talk of Harrisburg this year: cannabis. Marijuana is legal for ...

A 2018 study done by the Center for Rural Pennsylvania found that the suicide rate in Pennsylvania’s rural counties was 25% higher than the state’s urban counties.

Pennsylvania's political leaders, both Democrat and Republican, released statements of condolences Sunday night.

Treasurer Stacy Garrity and Auditor General Tim DeFoor will be sworn in to a second term, while Attorney General-elect Dave Sunday will be sworn in to his first term.

The fact that Unbound Academy has a viable path toward approval shows that PA needs to radically rethink its charter school law, critics say.

No one in the Pennsylvania Capitol is prepared to say if this is the year the state will legalize marijuana. But that hasn’t stopped supporters from beginning to lay out their visions, with some lawmakers pitching selling the drug in state-owned stores and others proposing letting independent sellers seek state licenses.