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Lack of Senate support could again sink Shapiro’s call for Pa. to legalize weed
A legalization bill needs to win majority support from an 11-person state Senate committee. Just three members are publicly ...
Pennsylvania Senate Republicans introduce Save Women’s Sports Act to restrict transgender athletes in female competitions
A group of Pennsylvania Senate Republicans has introduced the Save Women’s Sports Act, a bill aimed at barring transgender ...
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Fiery resignation by Pa.’s consumer advocate breeds fear office will lose independence
Patrick Cicero’s resignation echoes the early years of the consumer advocate’s office, in which its first leader clashed with ...
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro will pitch legal marijuana in his budget address. GOP Senate still isn’t sold
Gov. Josh Shapiro will again pitch next week in his annual budget address that Pennsylvania should legalize recreational ...
Pa. Senate passes first bills of new session with debate over benefits crackdown
The first bills to fully pass a chamber of the legislature in the new session came out of the Pa. Senate on Wednesday.
Shapiro’s $51.4B opening bid spends big on Pennsylvania’s ‘rise’
It's a new year, and with it comes a time-honored tradition in Pennsylvania: the unveiling of the governor's spending ...
State Senate signs off on new Westmoreland register of wills, judge
Westmoreland County's newest row officer and a judge could be sworn later this week after the Pennsylvania Senate on Tuesday confirmed both nominations from Gov. Josh Shapiro to fill the vacancies.
PA: What's at stake for cash-strapped SEPTA in Gov. Shapiro's budget
SEPTA and other state transit systems are bleeding financially, and for two years, Gov. Josh Shapiro and majority Senate Republicans have failed to reach a deal to get new ...
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Legal weed, more money for Pa.’s poorest schools will likely be in Shapiro’s budget pitch
Gov. Josh Shapiro is expected to reuse ideas from his first two years in office that have yet to win enough support in the PA ...
Pennsylvania governor expected to reprise support for recreational marijuana, seek money for SEPTA, schools
Gov. Josh Shapiro's proposal is expected to reprise his support for legalizing marijuana and introducing taxes on skill games ...
Senate confirms Pam Bondi as attorney general, installing Trump ally at top of DOJ
Ahead of the vote, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) urged his Democratic colleagues to support her.