The Pennsylvania Senate on Wednesday passed legislation to require public schools across the commonwealth to adopt policies prohibiting student cellphone use during the school day, according to Sen.

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(WHTM)– It’s the second week of appropriations hearings in the State House and Senate, and the seat got a bit hot on Monday for the PennDOT Secretary on the issue of mass transit. Mass transit is the ...

PennDOT secretary Mike Carroll responds to questions from state Senate Transportation committee members on recent reports of an illegal immigrant arrested with a Pennsylvania commercial driver's ...

Most people are familiar with geothermal energy from pictures of Iceland and from the heat pumps in their home. But, geothermal energy can be located in much broader geographic areas, and can be ...

(WHTM)– Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday called on Congress to protect children online by passing the Pennsylvania Senate’s Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). Sunday, along with a bipartisan ...

Bipartisan bills in the Pennsylvania House and the Pennsylvania Senate have been introduced to help boost the development of geothermal energy in the commonwealth. Geothermal is a renewable source of ...

Pennsylvania Senate Republicans have requested records, recordings and receipts in relation to Governor Josh Shapiro's private flights and security improvements to his personal home. In Harrisburg ...

(TNS) — A statewide policy of banning cellphones in schools has taken a step forward this week as Gov. Josh Shapiro and other elected officials have voiced support for the idea. The state Senate ...

Pennsylvania’s minimum wage—unchanged for 16 years—could finally be set for a dramatic increase under Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro’s newly unveiled 2026–27 budget proposal. In his budget address ...

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The Pennsylvania Senate on Wednesday confirmed John S. O’Brien II to the Board of Pardons, dooming a pressure campaign from clemency advocates seeking to defeat his nomination. Gov. Josh Shapiro, a ...