Pennsylvania Government News

A spokeswoman for the state Department of Public Welfare's comment about state employees likely being ineligible for welfare benefits during the budget impasse sparked a response from caseworkers who review those applications.

Republicans in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives are offering their own spending plan in a bid to resolve the state's budget stalemate .

There's been a major development in Pennsylvania's week-and-a-half old budget standoff.

Today's roundup of stimulus coverage : We've heard this story before : America's metropolitan areas are losing out to its rural areas when it comes to getting stimulus dollars.

As many as 800 Pennsylvania state employees might have to be laid off because of Republican lawmakers' demands for spending cuts and labor unions' refusal to accept less drastic measures, Gov.

A pile of shredded metal and plastic burned fiercely for about 18 hours, sending up a dense plume of smoke from a north-central Pennsylvania recycling plant.

Patrons play the slot machines at Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in East Hanover Township.

Across the United States, state legislators and governors struggled Tuesday night to agree on spending cuts and tax hikes as they ran up against a midnight deadline to approve a budget.

Area lawyers and financial experts will be available to the public beginning July 7 from 1 to 6 p.m. at the Centre County Bar Association, 232 Match Factory Place, Bellefonte, as part of Gov.

Volunteers clean up flood damage at Colonel Denning State Park's nature center, the type of work friends groups across the state do in many state parks and forests.

Even with the deadline less than a week away, it's impossible to predict when a state budget agreement will be reached, or what it will look like.

Phantom Fireworks distributes fliers to encourage fireworks safety, and it has a safety display set up where customers walk into the store.

A former state senator, Vincent J. Fumo, is seeking a new trial on corruption charges, claiming the jury was tainted.

The revelation that Pennsylvania politicians received nearly $17 million from people connected to the gambling industry has prompted the Philadelphia Daily News to ask about the ethics and legality of cash flowing into the pockets of Pennsylvania politicos charged with overseeing gambling.

Fees for Pennsylvania municipalities that don't maintain their own police forces are under consideration in the state House of Representatives.

Unknown Source: PR Newswire US Wordcount: Three of the bills were part of the Governor's 'Prescription for Pennsylvania' CAMP HILL, Pa., July 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Edward G. Rendell today ceremonially signed three health care measures that were part of his landmark Prescription for Pennsylvania health care reform plan and a fourth ...

Ed Rendell without a spending plan in place, a reality that many have come to grudgingly accept.

A bill to open Pennsylvania's government-subsidized health insurance program to 85,000 more lower-income adults won House approval Monday.

More than 20,000 Pennsylvanians are expected to exhaust their jobless benefits in mid-July, the first large wave of people to do so, the state Department of Labor and Industry said.

Pennsylvania's budget expires in two days. But a court ruling last year in the face of a budget impasse and possible furloughs means state operations will continue to run for now.