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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republican leaders in the Pennsylvania House threatened Friday...

Citizen group Protect PT’s argument for why zoning hearing board decisions allowing additional gas well fracking in Penn Township should be overturned contained a number of elements, but focused on a central question. Should a legal body be permitted to simply declare that an expert witness’s testimony is not credible

pray@altoonamirror.com The Pennsylvania Su­­preme Court has upheld the termination of parental rights of a Bedford County man, but the 5-2 decision issued March 26 raised several questions that remain to be answered. The state’s highest court was reviewing a case in which a father was challenging a decision by Bedford County Common Pleas Court Judge Thomas S. Ling to terminate his parental rights. The father and mother broke off their relationship shortly after their child’s birth eig...

Key facts in 2020’s $100,000 Club of Pa. state government Updated Feb 24, 2021; Posted Feb 24, 2021 Gov. Tom Wolf is the CEO of Pennsylvania state government but his earnings, which he donates to charity, arent the highest in the commonwealths workforce. Commonwealth Media Services/file Facebook Share Since Gov. Tom Wolf is the head of Pennsylvania state government, it’s logical to think he’d top the list of its highest earners but that is not the case. In fact, the governor, who earned...

HARRISBURG – In a 6-1 decision, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has concurred with a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation appeal looking to reverse a decision from the Commonwealth Court – which had found an unmined coal estate adjacent to highway construction was illegally seized by state transport authorities through eminent domain. The Commonwealth Court decided in March 2019 that a de facto taking of land on which the coal estate was located had occurred, when PennDOT undertoo...

The willful blindness of Republicans.

Brewster to be sworn in Wednesday Jan 13, 2021 HARRISBURG (AP) — Republicans who control Pennsylvania’s state Senate said they will stop blocking a Democrat from taking his seat in the chamber after his unsuccessful GOP challenger lost another bid in court Tuesday to overturn the results of the close race. U.S. District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan was under pressure to settle a fight that spilled onto the floor of the state Senate last week when majority Republicans refused to let Democratic s...

Both Allegheny County and the state Supreme Court previously had ruled that the ballots should be counted despite the language of the law requiring that voters must "fill out, date and sign" a declaration on the outer envelope of their mail-in ballots. When ballots are submitted through the mail, they are post-marked and time-stamped upon their arrival at county election offices. Prior to the election, Gov. Tom Wolfs administration had counseled counties not to count such votes, according to ...

Jan 13, 2021 HARRISBURG (AP) — Republicans who control Pennsylvania’s state Senate said they will stop blocking a Democrat from taking his seat in the chamber after his unsuccessful GOP challenger lost another bid in court Tuesday to overturn the results of the close race. U.S. District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan was under pressure to settle a fight that spilled onto the floor of the state Senate last week when majority Republicans refused to let Democratic state Sen. Jim Brewster of Alleghen...

Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. Jim Brewster of Allegheny County was swore in Wednesday. He defeated Republican challenger Nicole Ziccarelli by 69 votes in...