Pennsylvania legislature

Republicans in Pennsylvania’s state Senate are pushing forward what the GOP calls a “forensic investigation” of last year’s presidential election

The Pennsylvania Legislature’s spending grew by more than 8% last year, adding some $28 million to its own reserves.

Senator Bernie Sanders is leading the way to pass a bill that would raise the federal minimum wage to fifteen dollars an hour over the next four years. This effort is drawing major attention in Pennsylvania where the minimum wage does not exceed the federal rate of $7.25. NBC10’s Political Reporter Lauren Mayk tells you how the “Raise the Wage...

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf said the state is missing out on tax revenue by allowing recreational marijuana use. Wolf, a Democrat, called on the GOP-controlled legislature to take up legalization soon.

State Rep. Movita Johnson-Harrell surrendered to police on Wednesday morning. Attorney General Josh Shapiro says the Philly representative will be resigning. She was accused of stealing money from her community and using it for personal use.

A publicly elected Philadelphia official will face criminal charges, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced Tuesday.

Frustrated by the Pennsylvania Legislature, four men are taking advantage of a shifting legal landscape to file suit against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton over decades-old allegations of clergy sexual abuse.

Pennsylvania state lawmakers’ newly filed ethics forms show they accepted more than $83,000 in free trips last year and collected a variety of gifts, booze and free meals. That’s just the value that lawmakers reported, and they are not required to disclose everything they accept in a state that does not limit gifts to public officials.

Mike Stack, one of the more well-known Northeast Philadelphia politicians of the last two decades, is dropping his bid for a City Council at-large seat.

A ban on plastic bags in the town that makes up most of New Jersey’s Long Beach Island went into effect May 1 after a six-month grace period.

Republican leaders of the Pennsylvania Legislature are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the imposition of new congressional district maps viewed as likely to give Democrats a boost in their quest to capture control of the U.S. House.

The fighting between Republican leaders who control the Legislature and Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf has reached epic heights Tuesday, with squabbling going back and forth at such a pace that it’s hard to keep up with.

Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s election-year budget plan unveiled Tuesday will renew battles with the Republican-controlled Legislature over imposing a tax on Marcellus Shale natural gas and increasing the minimum wage.

The federal lawsuit, filed earlier this month, alleges that majority Republicans in the state Legislature drew congressional maps that give the GOP an unconstitutional partisan advantage at election time.

Juveniles should only rarely be sentenced to life without parole, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court said Monday, telling prosecutors that such cases require proof beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is an unusual example of someone who can never be rehabilitated.

The Pennsylvania Legislature has approved legislation to reduce the traditional pension benefit for future state government and public school employees in favor of a new 401(k)-style benefit. It would be the second pension benefits reduction to be imposed on future employees in eight years. Gov. Tom Wolf is scheduled to sign the bill Monday. Details of the bill:

Repeat DUI drivers are killing at an astounding rate, according to PennDOT and AAA. But the NBC10 Investigators discovered efforts to get them off the road sooner are going nowhere.

Approval for ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft to operate statewide is nearing final approval in the Pennsylvania Legislature before temporary regulatory authority to operate in most counties runs out early next year.

Lawrence “Larry” Curry, who retired in 2012 after 20 years in the Pennsylvania Legislature, and the Jenkintown train station will be connected for decades to come.