Pennsylvania state government
Changes to medical marijuana law approved by Legislature

Jun. 25, 2021 10:20 PM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pandemic-era regulations that let medical marijuana dispensaries serve patients at curbside and dispense three months' worth of the drug...

Lawmakers vote to bank pandemic funds, boost schools funding

By Mark Scolforo Jun. 25, 2021 11:37 AM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A state budget that dumps billions in federal coronavirus money into savings, boosts spending on education and provides aid to nursing...

Lawmakers OK letting students repeat year because of COVID

Jun. 24, 2021 03:37 PM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Lawmakers made a final vote Thursday to approve a bill to let parents decide whether to have their children repeat a year of school, a...

Savannah Thorpe, Lancaster, joins with multiple groups rallying on the steps of the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., to lobby lawmakers into spending more of the federal relief money on students, the poor and other communities of need, Wednesday, June 23, 2021. (Mark Pynes/The Patriot-News via AP)
Budgeteers hashing out ed funding, use of coronavirus money

By Mark Scolforo And Marc Levy Jun. 24, 2021 01:15 PM EDT

House votes for 'vaccine passports,' Health secretary limits

By Mark Scolforo Jun. 23, 2021 05:38 PM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republicans in the Pennsylvania House on Wednesday voted to ban the use of so-called COVID-19 “vaccine passports” by colleges,...

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press Jun. 23, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
York Dispatch. June 22, 2021. Editorial: By coming out, former Penn State standout Carl Nassib proves his courage The...

Republicans juggle deficit, pandemic and schools in budget

By Marc Levy Jun. 17, 2021 11:26 AM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania are working to assemble a budget plan that would use billions in federal pandemic relief and...

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press Jun. 16, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
York Dispatch. June 14, 2021. Editorial: Awful ‘audit’ idea hatched by GOP in Pa. It seemed only a matter of time...

Pennsylvania's COVID-19 emergency declaration formally ends

Jun. 15, 2021 04:19 PM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf's administration on Tuesday certified the results of the May primary election, bringing a formal end to the disaster...

Panel OKs House GOP bill to ban employer vaccine mandates

By Mark Scolforo Jun. 15, 2021 12:17 PM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A ban on employers mandating vaccines for their workers inched ahead in the state House on Tuesday with a committee vote supported by...

FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2020, file photo, state Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin, attends a hearing of the Pennsylvania State Senate Majority Policy Committee in Gettysburg, Pa. With Pennsylvania's wide-open races for governor and U.S. Senate taking shape, Republican candidates with strong ties to Donald Trump are running and considered strong contenders for the party's nominations, a powerful sign of the former president's enduring popularity in the GOP. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Pennsylvania Republicans eye referendums to get past vetoes

By Marc Levy Jun. 14, 2021 11:00 AM EDT

Wolf signs bill to extend pandemic regulatory waivers

Jun. 11, 2021 02:04 PM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday signed legislation to extend hundreds of waivers of regulations that his administration approved over the last...

Lawmakers vote to end emergency declaration, extend waivers

By Marc Levy Jun. 10, 2021 07:39 AM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s Republican-controlled Legislature on Thursday voted to end Gov. Tom Wolf's pandemic disaster emergency declaration and to...

Lawmakers look to extend waivers under disaster declaration

By Marc Levy Jun. 09, 2021 05:43 PM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s Republican-controlled Legislature appeared Wednesday to back off a wholesale end to the governor’s pandemic disaster...

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press Jun. 09, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 8, 2021. Editorial: Fetterman should stop flouting flag law and obey it Pennsylvania Lt....

House votes to end governor's pandemic disaster declaration

By Mark Scolforo Jun. 08, 2021 07:25 PM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's House of Representatives voted on party lines Tuesday to put an end to the governor's pandemic disaster emergency...

Pennsylvania's new unemployment claims system goes live

By Michael Rubinkam Jun. 08, 2021 01:48 PM EDT
Pennsylvania’s long-awaited overhaul of its rickety unemployment claims filing system went live on Tuesday, with some users immediately complaining about...

Medical marijuana law changes get through Pennsylvania House

Jun. 07, 2021 04:14 PM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The state House on Monday approved a set of revisions to Pennsylvania's medical marijuana law, seeking to make permanent some of the...

FILE - A cyclist rides past the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., in this March 22, 2021, file photo. Pennsylvania state lawmakers are returning to session Monday, June 7, 2021 with a big June agenda and sharp differences over the future of the state's finances, schools, energy sector and election procedures. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Lawmakers return for June with big agenda, sharp differences

By Marc Levy Jun. 07, 2021 11:20 AM EDT

In this undated photo provided by Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General shows Chaim "Charlie" Steg, former Regional Director of Operations at St. Francis Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare. Steg, who oversaw the suburban Philadelphia nursing home pleaded no contest Wednesday, June 2, 2021, to endangering three residents who before dying suffered health complications because of inadequate staffing levels, prosecutors said. (Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General via AP).
Former nursing home manager pleas to endangering 3 residents

By Mark Scolforo Jun. 02, 2021 12:32 PM EDT