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COUNTY FREELOADERS: ARE PENNSYLVANIA NEIGHBORS OVERPAYING OR UNDERPAYING TAXES? The defenders of the welfare state are at it again.

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

Marie Nelson sits and plays the slot machines during the grand opening of Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem.

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.

The issue of tinted film on automobile windows is not as clear as some people would like.

Governor Edward G. Rendell announced that representatives of his office, the departments of Health and Education, and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency will participate in a federally sponsored H1N1 Influenza Preparedness Summit in Maryland on July 9. The Governor said the summit will provide vital information that will be used in ...

After stewing in the cauldron of Harry Potter mania for a half decade, Chris Columbus needed a change - and he got one.

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.

A Pennsylvania man whom authorities say killed his girlfriend and their son has been arrested here.

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

George Mason University law professor and Reason contributor Ilya Somin has a great post at the Volokh Conspiracy explaining that "prior to the triumph of statist judicial and economic ideology during the New Deal period, American courts at both the state and federal level provided far stronger protection for property rights than they do today." ...

A quick meeting between Gov. Ed Rendell and Republican and Democratic leaders resulted in little progress as Pennsylvania entered its seventh day without a state budget in place.

A northeastern Pennsylvania man is accused of raping a 5-year-old girl in her bedroom.

Normally, the heated rhetoric of Harrisburg's budget battles lasts through the spring and into early July when the sides trade horses behind closed doors and emerge to declare victory.

Recording artist Steven Tyler attends the fourth annual MusiCares Benefit Concert at The Music Box @ Fonda on May 9, 2008 in Hollywood, California.

Devin Lyons typically starts his days this summer cooking fresh eggs for breakfast from the farm's chicken coop.

Even President Barack Obama, a gleam in his eye as he talked at the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association dinner two weeks ago, seemed to recognize the special relationship he's forged with TV networks in the opening months of his administration.

Dr. Timothy Cuff , Westminster College associate professor of history, and three Westminster senior history majors conducted research at the Pennsylvania State Archives in Harrisburg .