Disputes over education spending, cash reserves emerge as Pa. budget deadline approaches by Stephen Caruso of Spotlight PA | June 9, 2023 HARRISBURG — With three weeks until the June 30 deadline to pass a new spending plan, Pennsylvania lawmakers appear split over … Read more

by Stephen Caruso of Spotlight PA | June 5, 2023 HARRISBURG — June is budget negotiation month in Pennsylvania, when state lawmakers decide how to direct billions of tax dollars and make big policy choices on everything from energy to education to health … Read more

BY: CASSIE MILLER – APRIL 26, 2023 3:29 PM State lawmakers from the House and Senate celebrated the passage of a bill on Wednesday that would eliminate out-of-pocket costs for genetic testing and screening for people at high risk for … Read more

By JUSTIN SWEITZER Gov. Josh Shapiro on Wednesday called for lawmakers to swiftly pass legislation that enshrines nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ Pennsylvanians into state law, saying it is “long past time” for the bill to become law in Pennsylvania. “This … Read more

By John Finnerty HARRISBURG (April 26) – The House Judiciary Committee approved a package of gun reform bills over Republican objections that the measures would do little to reduce gun crime but only create potential legal snags for otherwise law-abiding … Read more

By Zack Hoopes | zhoopes@pennlive.com Four pieces of legislation on gun reform were passed out of the Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, with Democrats taking advantage of their newly minted majority to move bills that had previously been quashed by … Read more