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An effort to move Pennsylvania’s presidential primary next year bred new disagreements in the Legislature on Tuesday, as members of a House committee rejected a bill favored by the Senate. Instead, the committee approved a bill to move the current primary date up three weeks, from April 23 to April 2.

Majority control of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives will once again come down to a special election. Republican voters face a strongly Democratic lean in a Pittsburgh district to flip power back to their caucus on Sept. 19. Democrat Lindsay Powell and Republican Erin Connolly Autenreith will go up against each other for the Allegheny County seat. They are vying...

A court’s ruling earlier this year that the way Pennsylvania funds public schools is unconstitutional helped make education spending one of the thorniest issues in state budget negotiations. The state government is approaching a second week without full spending authority.

The fire at the Broad Street Market in Harrisburg was reported around 1 a.m. Monday but was brought under control a short time later. The site housed a stone building and a brick building that had stood for about 145 years.

Authorities say an electrical malfunction in a ceiling fan sparked a fast-moving fire that severely damaged an historic market building in Pennsylvania’s capital city. But no injuries were reported. The fire at the Broad Street Market in Harrisburg was reported around 1 a.m. Monday but was brought under control a short time later. The site housed a stone building and...

Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro called on the Republican-controlled Senate to return to the Pennsylvania Capitol to finalize a state spending plan. The state government is nearing a week without full spending authority. On Thursday, the governor disputed Republicans’ accusations that he went back on his word about the $45 billion spending plan.

Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro is backing off his insistence on money for a new private-school funding program, giving Pennsylvania’s Democratic-controlled House the opening to pass a new state spending plan after a days-long stalemate. The chamber on Wednesday night approved the main bill in a $45 billion spending plan, 117-86.n.

Gov. Josh Shapiro is trying to wrap up his first budget by Saturday’s start of the new fiscal year, as the Democrat works to balance Pennsylvania’s politically divided Legislature.

Pennsylvania first banned texting while driving in 2012, a summary offense punishable by a $50 fine. Under the new legislation, motorists cannot handle their cell phones to make a call or almost any other function while driving. That includes while sitting in traffic or at a stoplight.

Pennsylvania’s state Senate wants to expand a ban on texting while driving and is advancing legislation that increases the penalties for motorists who are handling their cell phones for almost any activity while driving.

The state’s house of representatives — by a vote of 102 to 101 — have approved a $46 billion budget plan that would include $375 million for education initiatives.

A special election in Delaware County had the focus of the entire Keystone State with the balance of power at stake. NBC10’s Matt DeLucia reports on Democrat Heather Boyd’s predicted win over Republican Katie Ford.

Control of the state of Pennsylvania will come down to Delaware County as voters in the 163rd District are electing a state representative in a special election. The winner will determine which party controls the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. NBC10’s Deanna Durante explains.

Democrats maintained their narrow Pennsylvania House majority Tuesday by winning a special election and along with it continued control over how the chamber will handle abortion, gun rights and election law legislation.

Voters in Delaware County have a big decision ahead of them that could impact the rest of Pennsylvania. The decision will be made in a special election to determine who to send to Harrisburg for a Pennsylvania state house district seat. NBC10’s Political reporter Lauren Mayk has the details on what is at stake.

Anti-gun violence advocates rallied and packed a legislative hearing in Pennsylvania, where a politically divided government has fought firearms policy to a virtual standstill for decades and rising gun violence has gripped Philadelphia. Thursday’s March For Our Lives rally marks its fifth anniversary since its inception after a 2018 mass shooting at a Florida high school. Hundreds are expected at...

New Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro talked to NBC10 @Issue’s Lauren Mayk, about public safety amid the continued gun violence in Philadelphia.

Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro’s nominees for attorney general and state police commissioner received unanimous approval from the Pennsylvania’s Republican-controlled Senate.

Pennsylvania state representative Mike Zabel, a Democrat from Delaware County, submitted his letter of resignation from the House on Wednesday following several sexual harassment allegations. Another Pennsylvania lawmaker also came forward saying she too is a victim of Zabel. NBC10’s Johnny Archer has the story.

A Pennsylvania state lawmaker is quitting the Legislature, a week after a union lobbyist accused him by name of having sexually harassed her four years ago. Democratic Rep. Mike Zabel of Delaware County said in the letter sent Wednesday to Democratic Speaker Joanna McClinton that his resignation will take effect March 16. That leaves enough time for her to order...