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Governor Ed Rendell unveiled his final budget proposal Tuesday. He wants to lower the sales tax but tax more items.

Sen. Robert Mellow, D-Peckville announced today that he will not seek reelection to a 11th term.

This article has been read 538 times. Greene County Commission Chairman Pam Snyder announced Monday she will seek the Democratic nomination for state representative in the 50th District.

Rep. John Murtha, a 19-term Democrat, is dead at 77. Articles John Murtha, Pennsylvania congressman, is hospitalized in intensive care HARRISBURG, Pa.

ERIC CONOVER / TIMES-SHAMROCK Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta ran for Congress in 2002 and 2008.

If you are live in Harrisburg, PA , you should check out some of the best ethnic restaurants in town.

The Art Association of Harrisburg presents its annual Bal Masque party, a philanthropic Soul Train to Funkytown replete with adventurous gourmet dining, a vacation raffle, tarot readings and a Gypsy Swing band on Saturday at Appalachian Brew ing Company.

Governor Edward G. Rendell has declared a statewide disaster emergency to enable state, county and municipal governments to respond effectively to the snow storm that has blanketed much of the state.

HARRISBURG - County prosecutors are supporting legislation to set less severe criminal penalties for "sexting." The Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association said a House bill to create a new second-degree misdemeanor offense for teenage sexting - the sending of nude or sexually explicit photos by cell phone - takes a "common-sense" approach to ...

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today announced that it would hold a public hearing on Wednesday, Feb.

A long-serving state senator from southwestern Pennsylvania will retire when his term ends this year.

Harrisburg, the capital of Pennsylvania, will consider Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection along with tax increases and asset sales as options to address $68 million in debt service payments due this year, the chairwoman of a City Council committee said last night.

Harrisburg, PA - A former top-ranking House Democratic staff aide testified Wednesday about the variety of ways caucus leaders tapped into the public treasury to run campaigns, from funding a blast e-mail program and researching weaknesses in Republican candidates to dispatching state workers to canvass door-to-door. Mike Manzo told jurors in the ...

Police in Harrisburg are investigating the robbery of pizza delivery man. The robbery happened at about 7 p.m. Tuesday in the 1200 block of South 13th Street.

Harrisburg Mayor Linda Thompson unveiled her plan Tuesday night to generate $8 million to help get the city out of the red.

The Pennsylvania Judicial Conduct Board ignored "red flags" about a judge who took millions of dollars in kickbacks to place juveniles in for-profit detention centers, according to an investigator probing the "kids-for-cash" scandal in Luzerne County.

29: Environmentalists are watching gray whales as they migrate from Alaska to Baja, California.

The Legislature's practices went on trial Monday along with a former state lawmaker and three of his aides, as prosecutors and defense attorneys described how taxpayer resources have been used to run campaigns while disagreeing sharply about who was to blame.

Monday was day one of a cell phone ban in the Capitol City. Police clearly can't be everywhere at all times, but from what CBS 21 News observed Monday, it's going to take some time for the rules of this ban to spread through this city.

Harrisburg, Pa. - This week Harrisburg's Mayor dropped a budget bombshell. Her proposal includes tax and utility increases.