Pennsylvania Government News

As both the city and the commonwealth grapple with ongoing budget shortfalls, local HIV/AIDS organizations continue to struggle during what have proven a very rough year.

PHILADELPHIA a " Pennsylvania's governor has walked away from the stalemated negotiations aimed at ending a days-old transit strike in Philadelphia.The talks broke down last night over union demands for independent pension audits and the potential impact of the health care overhaul.Gov. Ed Rendell told reporters he has 'never been more disappointed ...

Pennsylvania and four other states are seeking stimulus money to make upgrades to their rail systems, including the proposed intermodal terminal in Greencastle.

Before helping to break ground for a national memorial honoring the 40 heroic passengers and crew members who died aboard United Flight 93 on 9/11, Governor Edward G. Rendell recognized the sacred ground on which he stood and reiterated a commitment made earlier this year.

Pennsylvania House Bill 492, the Emergency Health Powers Act, was introduced by Rep.

Voters elected four judges to the Pennsylvania's Superior Court and two judges to the Commonwealth Court.

Xlibris, the leading print-on-demand self-publishing services provider, today announces the release of History of the Pennsylvania Grape Industry, an engaging new book authored by Carl William Haeseler, Ph.D, Professor Emeritus of Pomology and Viticulture .

Calif. debt firm settles Pa. class-action suit Eds: APNewsNow. Will be led. By DAN NEPHIN Associated Press Writer PITTSBURGH A California debt collection company has agreed to pay $2.55 million to settle a lawsuit brought by thousands of Pennsylvanians who claim they were wrongly led to believe they had to pay costly fees to avoid criminal charges ...

It may be a new fiscal year, but Pennsylvania is stuck in the same fiscal rut. The state is spending more money than it takes in.

A major conclusion of the work is that for some organisms, possibly including humans, continued evolution will not translate into ever-increasing fitness.

The LIHEAP program helps people to pay their utility bills. Those who need financial help to pay their energy bills this winter can begin applying for grants starting tomorrow, but some who qualified for help last year might not get it this year.

On October 22, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a one-sentence order, affirming the decision of the Commonwealth Court in Baylor v Cortes, 3 MAP 2009.

In this age of raucous and rabid partisan polarization, it's easy to picture two forces, one on the far right and the other verging on communism, poised to battle each other to the death.

One in two Pennsylvanians has experienced pay reduction, layoffs or an inability to pay for medical care, among other hardships, during this worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, according to the latest poll from the Center for Opinion Research at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster.

Pennsylvania is making a new push to get federal approval for tolls on Interstate 80, the heavily used route that bisects the state from Ohio to New Jersey.

Employers provided health insurance to 694,471 fewer Pennsylvanians in 2007 and 2008 than at the start of the decade, according to a new report analyzing U.S. Census data.

In the Pennsylvania state government, the mainframe still plays a crucial role delivering applications to users and handling the government's business.

Note marker at 36N -76W. Image from Google Earth PHILADELPHIA - "- An international team of environmental scientists led by the University of Pennsylvania has shown that sea-level rise, at least in North Carolina, is accelerating.

Senator David G. Argall announced legislation today that would reduce the size of the state legislature by more than 20 percent.

Just as important, the team believes that the cognitive deficits caused by sleep deprivation, such as an inability to focus, learn or memorize, may be reversible by reducing the concentration of a specific enzyme that builds up in the hippocampus of the brain.